On November 28 Georgia will hold rerun presidential elections. What do election programs say about economic problems and what promises do they offer? Independent presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili, backed by the ruling Georgian Dream party, says: “The president is to protect business, care for its freedom, because economy depends on …
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How Will Syriza’s Greek Victory Hit the Markets
Will Alexis Tsipras be the man who ultimately takes Greece out of the eurozone? After Storming to victory in a general election with his radical leftist party Syriza, and sealing a necessary coalition deal with a small, right wing party, Mr. Tsipras priority now: renegotiate the terms of Greece’s debt …
Read More »Greece election: Exit polls signal big Syriza win
Exit polls suggest a historic victory for the anti-austerity Syriza party in Greece’s general election. The polls indicate that Syriza took between 36% and 38% of the total vote, with the ruling New Democracy party a distant second with 26%-28%. It is unclear whether Syriza has enough votes to govern the …
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