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Tsipras puts proposals to socialist leaders, resumes bailout talks ahead of review
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared alongside Europe’s socialist leaders in France on Thursday in an apparent pre-cursor to the resumption of negotiations between Athens and its lenders from... and include the Greek prime minister in their deliberations. Thursday, though, was the first time that Tsipras
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Newsletter 86 - 26/08/2016
bailout. This means that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have to handle the matter delicately... to former prime minister Kostas Karamanlis, who oversaw the fiscal derailment in 2009, support the idea
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Determined talk from Tsipras as negotiations with lenders move closer
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn his first printed press interview for several weeks, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appears to have raised the stakes ahead of negotiations with the country’s lenders resuming. In clear-cut... even try to ease the tax burden without waiting for the approval of the creditors. The prime
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TV permit auction drags on as coalition tries to draw line under ELSTAT controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsto maintain relations with Greece’s creditors on an even keel ahead of the next programme review, Prime... protests in the northern city. Tsipras reportedly promised the businessmen that he would set up a prime
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Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016
to be high on Eurogroup agenda A crucial few days are coming up for Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... that missed out on permits. However, in the short-term the prime minister will be able to argue
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Uncomfortable questions regarding TV auction mount for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsadministrative court on whether the process was constitutional before holding the tender. Prime... prime minister to take on the private media and regulate the country’s broadcasting network
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Government tries to limit damage from corruption claims but more tests lie ahead
PoliticsGreek Politics. This is in line with comments made by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at SYRIZA’s central committee meeting last... this contradiction will be one of the prime minister’s tasks when he returns home, although trying
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Government caught between milestones and corruption claims
PoliticsGreek Politics. The rounding off of this process would allow the second review to begin in earnest. Prime Minister Alexis... strong growth in 2017. It seems more likely at the moment that the prime minister would hang on and see
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Opinion polls sound warning for SYRIZA ahead of party congress
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe publication of two opinion polls over the last few days, emphasising voters’ dissatisfaction with SYRIZA and growing support for New Democracy, have heaped more pressure on Prime Minister Alexis... further damage. According to reports, New Democracy is in two minds over whether the prime minister
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TV permit tender triggers turmoil in Greek judiciary, questions about gov't role
PoliticsGreek Politics, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, as well as several key ministers, and New Democracy leader Kyriakos... that the government is trying to intervene in the judiciary. Thanou, who served as caretaker prime minister
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