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Dispute over hospital doctor shortages rages as minister makes controversial Turkey comments
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot drive private doctors away from rural areas, especially the islands. “If the measure says....” The leftist opposition claimed that the only way to respond to the problem is by adopting its suggestion... of the reasons that New Democracy’s support in the June 9 European Parliament vote was lower than
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Tsipras invites Middle East investment at second EU-Arab summit
PoliticsForeign PolicyAnastasiades, the UAE’s Minister of Economy, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri and the President... project, which ran into further problems this week. “This summit is taking place at a time when
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Athens assessing lay of land as Cyprus talks approach and UK seeks new role
PoliticsForeign Policysolution which has formed the basis of negotiations for the island’s reunification for more than four... efficient than the EU in communicating with Ankara. That was the main message Foreign Secretary Dominic... is not at all willing to accept two states rather than a united one within its family – this point is clear
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PM stands firm on festive blockades as farmers demand policies, not policing
PoliticsGreek Politicsplaying field, rather than treating their protests as a nuisance. “We must ensure that Greek... to highlight perceived shortcomings in the government’s economic and rural policy. Farmers have also... the government is treating their mobilisation as a matter of enforcement rather than politics, reinforcing
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No quick solution to Greek liquidity problem; reforms list holds key
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the Frankfurt-based lender raised the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) limit for Greek banks by more than... the money, which Athens hoped would have eased its liquidity problems. Reuters has reported unnamed
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Greece eyes temporary solution to liquidity problem from Brussels Group talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFund began on Thursday, with Athens being represented by more than 20 people. This is by far... market liberalisation will not have any impact on its efforts to ease its liquidity problems. The draft
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IMF hints at flexibility as debt relief talks continue
PoliticsGreek Politicsa constructive role in securing a better compromise offer for Greece than the one put forward... primary surplus targets of less than 3.5 percent of GDP after 2022. There has been no clear indication... of respondents believe that conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis would make a better prime minister than
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Athens believes name deal still alive, waits for move from Zaev
PoliticsForeign Policyreferendum was void due to a low turnout. This reference in the Ministry's announcement hints at an ongoing... that more than 50 percent of FYROM's citizens participated on Sunday's vote. The foreign minister also... that a number of problems in the wider region of the Balkans would be addressed by the ratification
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PM burnishes conservative credentials with focus on day-to-day issues, law and order
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso pledges to fight what he calls the “deep state”, which he hints is standing in the way.... The ND leader argued that his critics offer no true alternative other than to unseat the government... reacted to Mitsotakis’s campaign in the north of Greece by accusing the PM of ignoring the real problems
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Greek banks' equity raising could keep official support to a minimum
Economythan debt investors via the debt to equity swap. This means that subject to demand for the share... that Piraeus would issue CoCos of more than 2 billion with an annual cost of around 160 million..., and hybrid securities is activated. CoCos, which qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital “pari passu
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