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Tsipras dismisses snap polls and new measures as review deal hangs in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government will not vote “a single euro” in new measures through Greek Parliament as part of its... suggests that the International Monetary Fund should stand by its view of the Greek programme (seemingly... that the Greek constitution does not allow this and that it would be an “undemocratic” move. The prime minister
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The scenarios ahead for Greece as review hangs in balance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs talks between Greek government officials and the country’s lenders continue in Brussels... of growth to the Greek economy as well as access to the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing... majority. If they win and gain more than 150 seats in the Greek Parliament, Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s party
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Territorial waters, hydrocarbon research cause friction between Athens and Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policyon and provide a positive agenda for Greek-Turkish relations. Such conditions seem to be absent at the moment.... held with his then counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu. Senior Greek diplomats have reached... consideration and relevant background work, analysts note. There are parts of the sea off
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Newsletter 238 -07/02/2020
among Greek politicians, journalists and commentators that some NGOs have been directly or indirectly... the theory. Petsas suggested that Greek authorities are investigating whether the uprising... protests to gather force, but this would be misplaced as the fizzling out of the nascent Greek anti
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Pandemic and pushback rows spark political clashes
PoliticsGreek Politicsrequisitioning, to join in the effort to treat patients as the authorities try to stave off a public health... and their ensuing press conference was overshadowed when the Greek leader reacted angrily to a question from a Greece-based Dutch journalist about migrant pushbacks by the Greek authorities
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Newsletter 341 - 10/06/2022
party well below the levels of support it garnered in the last few years and the Greek public highly... caused by the souring of Greek-Turkish relations over the last few weeks. Defence matters overtook... by “national” or “Greek-Turkish” issues (34 pct) and public health (29 pct). The Kapa Research poll, carried
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Newsletter 379 - 05/05/2023
Greek manufacturing recorded the third month on the bounce of improved conditions in the sector...-nationalist Greek Solution on 3 pct and the same share of the vote as radical left MeRA25. Above them... Greek Solution, while 20 pct are expected to back 2 smaller far-right parties. Just 4 pct say
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New migration law passes amid questions over Chios tragedy
PoliticsGreek Politicsresidency permit simply for attending Greek schools has been scrapped. Plevris captured... the Hellenic Coast Guard and migrants. Fifteen migrants were killed off Chios earlier in the week..., this version of events is denied by the Greek authorities. In an interview with Foreign Policy
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Greek coalition overcomes concerns about "small PPC"
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCorporation (PPC) in the form of a smaller spin-off. Adopting the so-called “small PPC law” is one... that it would renationalise the part of the power company that is due to be sold off. It is certain, though
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PPC, Hellenikon present government with first test of problem solving mettle
Economyadministration thought it had finally solved this problem with a plan to sell off some of PPC’s... with creditors and underline Harold Macmillan’s old adage that events knock governments off course... are headaches for governments. The tremendous rally in Greek government bonds in the past six weeks left
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