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  1. ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    MPs are due to begin debating on Wednesday the government’s proposed change to the electoral law, which is highly unlikely to gain the necessary level of support to avoid Greece’s next general election being held under the proportional representation sy...

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  2. VIDEO - How could Greece put the EU recovery fund to best use?
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    Agora

    In the latest episode of the video discussions organised by Agenda Publica and MacroPolis as part of the Future is Blue newsletter, MacroPolis editor Nick Malkoutzis speaks Olivier Vardakoulias, an economist with WWF Greece, and Marcus Bensasson, a fina...

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  3. PM announces extensive measures to build on recovery, counter inflation and put govt on track

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Projecting the message that “Greece is changing,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set out a range of measures at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Saturday that he hopes will allow his government to turn a new page and build new momentum o...

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  4. Tsipras tries to put PM on spot by pushing for 800-euro min wage

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has gone on the offensive against the government, calling for the minimum wage to be raised to 800 euros and for the consumption tax on fuel to be lowered as counter-measures to confront the wave of inflation troubling Greek...

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  5. ND, SYRIZA put squeeze on KINAL as centre-left party's poll rise continues
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Following its recent impressive rise in the opinion polls, centre-left KINAL finds itself at the centre of political machinations as both New Democracy and SYRIZA attempt to impede its advance, which has created doubt about when the next elections will ...

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  6. Series of failures provide opposition with platform to put pressure on PM
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Although it is still largely absorbed by its leadership contest, which is not due to conclude until early September, recent events have prompted SYRIZA to take a more aggressive stance regarding Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s premiership. The left-wing party was...

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  7. State braces for losses as bank divestment plan is put into action
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    EconomyBanking

    The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) formally launched last week the process of divesting its small participation in the share capital of Eurobank. This set in motion HFSF's plan to dispose of its holdings in the four systemic banks, bringing to...

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  8. Athens not put out by Turkey-Egypt rapprochement, but watching closely
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Athens is assessing the results of the historic meeting between Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday, in Ankara. The two leaders discussed ways to further repair the long-frozen ties between the...

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  9. October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight

    Economy

    to the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase

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  10. Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greece’s coalition has two more hurdles to clear before it stumbles over the finishing line at the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass the new property tax, which unites previous disparate levies in one charge, through Parliament. The new

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