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  1. Five things to take away from the first round of Greek local elections
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    and was elected from the first Sunday. The leftist party had a much larger presence in the regions than ever... dominant combination outside of Attica than the opposition party. SYRIZA will need backing of somewhere near 30 percent (and possibly more than the aggregate support the coalition parties receive

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  2. Tsipras starts to flesh out SYRIZA's economic policy but questions remain

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    to lead New Democracy in the opinion polls. The Metron Analysis survey put the leftists on 23 percent... retirement payment for 1.26 million pensioners that receive less than 700 euros per month and reducing... should not make up more than a third of customers’ income. Tsipras pledged to scrap the contentious

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  3. Run this way: The recurring pattern of Greek leaders
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    MPs. With anxiety about the March presidential elections running high, Samaras sought to put his... attends plenary sessions) rather than have coffee with them. Are Parliament and the country's banks... Tsipras of hiding more than half of the 27 billion euros it would cost to implement the measures he

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  4. To Potami aims for rapid rise to third spot in Greek elections
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    , though, it also attempts to present a more caring, less elitist face than the previous failed... media coverage than other smaller parties. Drasi always found it difficult to convince voters... government to be a coalition rather than single-party one. According to GPO, 38.3 percent of SYRIZA

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  5. Pressing economic tasks mounting up for next Greek government

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    billion in March. In previous transactions like this, foreign investors purchased more than half... sources note that withdrawals so far are manageable and much lower than those before the June 2012... the downward trend evident in December, when revenues fell by more than 17 percent. If budget revenues

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  6. Golden Dawn trial begins against complex political backdrop
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    More than 18 months after rapper Pavlos Fyssas was murdered by Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias... compiling a case file of more than 30,000 pages. The complexity of the trial means that it is expected to last for more than a year, possibly as long as two years. Apart from delivering justice

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  7. Uptick in time deposit rates, mixed trends in corporate loans

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    in the months prior to June 2012 elections, this time the lack of competition does not put any pressure... mid-2013 when the last round of Greek bank consolidation took place. Back in 2012, there were more than... rates remain 300-400 bps higher than euro area average figures. In the household segment, the most

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  8. Election Watch: What are Greeks voting for?
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    to a dusting off of the Lagarde list of Greeks with deposits in Switzerland and plans to put... that it is a more reliable option than the flitty SYRIZA that took Greece to the edge of a euro exit... represent the country’s future, rather than its past. Then there are the defectors who formed Popular

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  9. Tsipras and Meimarakis face off, bristle at idea of working together

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    Evangelos Meimarakis was much livelier than a discussion involving seven party leaders last week... with it. Given that some polls show Meimarakis as being more popular than Tsipras, the SYRIZA leader... measures could be put forward. It should be noted that since the first bailout was signed in 2010, Greek

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  10. Tsipras raises debt relief at UN but refugee crisis may prove more pressing issue

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose to put the issue of debt relief front and centre when he... rather than debt relief or attracting investment. Refugee crisis Tsipras mentioned the refugee crisis... by the fact that, according to IOM, less than 34,500 thousand people arrived in Greece by sea during

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