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Newsletter 173 -07/09/2018
-bailout bounce in the opinion polls. SYRIZA-friendly Avgi newspaper provided fresh details on Thursday...-MoU visit on Monday. Tsipras is also expected to herald an increase to the minimum wage... billion. The latest operational targets submitted by Greek banks to the ECB's Single Supervisory Mechanism
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Reshuffle speculation follow snap polls rumours as ND enjoys ratings bounce
PoliticsGreek Politicsfurther foreign trips this week, including his latest visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos. One...Despite government officials publicly dismissing the latest round of rumours about snap polls... poll by GPO for Ta Nea newspaper provided a boost to the governing party’s morale on Saturday
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Coalition's attempt to defend handling of fatal blaze fails to stem criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicswas quick enough, if any evacuation was ordered, whether police may have directed cars towards danger... and arguing that this had contributed to the disaster. During a visit to the area, Kammenos also became... in Friday morning’s newspapers and the response by opposition parties, the news conference did little
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Greece on track for bumper tourism year, figures show
EconomyFeaturesare expected to visit the country this year. Last year, the Bank of Greece’s (BoG) full-year figures... million from the Greek Tourism Confederation. The latest quarterly figures from the BoG showed... to rise as the season moves into its peak period. The latest current account bulletin from BoG showed
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Foreign minister's visit to Ankara sparks hope of new era in Greek-Turkish ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyA visit by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias to Turkey this week has given fresh hope... was reportedly very pleased to hear this from the first official of the new Greek government to visit... minister in 50 years to carry out a visit to Turkey and ushered in a new era in Greek -Turkish relations
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Broad agenda for Kerry's visit to Athens
PoliticsForeign Policyscheduled visit to Greece on November 14 was postponed due to an extraordinary meeting on the Syrian... visit to Athens. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s rather awkward move to complain about Turkish... during Kerry’s visit will be energy. Washington has many times described Greece as a potential energy
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Kerry positive during Athens visit, shows keen interest in Cyprus and energy
PoliticsForeign Policyprogramme were the main public messages to emerge from the visit to Athens by US Secretary of State... during his five-hour visit (the first by a US secretary of state for a few years) were the Cyprus... at the Foreign Ministry. Just one day following his visit to Cyprus, Kerry appeared rather optimistic over
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Energy, defence high on agenda as Tsipras prepares for US visit
PoliticsForeign PolicyPreparing for his visit to Washington on October 17 will top the agenda for Prime Minister Alexis... whether there are possibilities for the Greek defence industry to take on work. His visit aims... Minister, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Tsipras is to visit Chicago on October 14 before he goes to Washington
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Erdogan makes forceful start to visit, catches Athens off guard
PoliticsForeign Policyof a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who called for the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, which.... The Turkish president is due to visit Thrace on Friday for the first time since 2005. The unusual... was unprepared for Erdogan’s visit. Noticeably, the Greek government had issued a very brief and non
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PM makes delayed Israel visit to offer support, express concerns about humanitarian impact
PoliticsForeign Policypremier’s visit was originally scheduled to take place last Thursday, but it was postponed as both US.... The postponement of the Greek premier’s visit to Israel last week was also related to the bloodshed... was ready to visit Israel at any time, but the next available date was just after the Cairo peace
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