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Tsipras fends off election rumours, Mitsotakis talks up moderate qualities
PoliticsGreek Politics2019. In reality, though, nothing has changed as far as the government’s thinking on elections... officials it is thought, who prefer for the vote to be put off until next year so that the economy has more time to recover. Tsipras has not yet taken a decision regarding which option he favours. His mind
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Extending Brexit: Reaching the Larry David moment of the saga
Agora“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” With this quote, Douglas... extension has not been ruled out. The extension was deemed necessary given the catastrophic... the Government is applying for extensions is that the Parliament has already rejected three times
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Parties give first hint of strategies in reaction to poll announcement
PoliticsGreek Politics. The mechanics Although Mitsotakis has stated his preferred date, the formal declaration of elections is not expected to take place until after Parliament has returned from the Easter recess..., as the second largest party in Parliament, has become more outspoken in recent days in its aspiration
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Is Democratic Left set to make a shock return to Greece's coalition?
PoliticsGreek Politics” as she put it. How realistic, though, is it to expect DIMAR, which has 14 MPs, to rejoin the government... and the party’s subsequent criticism of coalition policy? Our Q & A attempts to answer this question... view shared by everyone in his party? Since leaving the coalition, DIMAR has been through a period
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New Democracy and SYRIZA on campaign footing but for how many elections?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSamaras and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, confirming that Greece has entered a pre-election phase... has turned the corner, with a larger primary surplus, growth and a possible return to the markets... that in Athens’s two electoral precincts and in Attica (Greater Athens), SYRIZA has a substantial
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SYRIZA gives up on "odious debt" write-off but not major debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Alexis Tsipras coming to power and repudiating a large chunk of Greece's debt has been played... answer to the issue was ever given but SYRIZA MP Giorgos Stathakis, part of the party's economics team, has now suggested that only around 5 percent of Greece's debt, which is expected to stand
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Greece’s return to capital markets: Why not try a diaspora bond first?
Agora-year hiatus - the time has come. In their view Greece’s emerging economic stability and newfound... and worked for generations. To illustrate the point, since 1951 Israel has repeatedly issued diaspora bonds... transmission channels. But they could also invest in a diaspora bond that is properly registered, has
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After criticism over public sector jobs, gov't names new revenues chief
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s approach to public sector appointments has drawn negative publicity in recent... doctors being forced to resign was raised. “Over the last year there has been no break with bad old... later and has, for the time being, been replaced by Stavros Lekkakos, who was previously non-executive
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis take messages abroad but face disquiet at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsanswer. It is known, however, that the Public Debt Management Agency has been holding talks... of Europe, but at the forefront of European developments,” he said after the meeting. Mitsotakis has... that the government has no intention of going back to the days of fiscal profligacy
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Mati fire investigation puts spotlight on authorities and government
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government has sought to highlight the role of illegal construction in the fire-stricken area northeast... they will launch a parliamentary inquiry into the Mati fire. He suggested that the prosecutors’ report has... 18 percent said they have not decided or do not want to answer. Opinion is apparently divided among
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