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Tsipras gets approval for gender bill despite coalition partner's absence
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 148 MPs out of the 285 percent backed all the bill’s articles, including the one allowing Greeks... Greeks to change their gender twice but only if they are not married. One SYRIZA MP voted against the bill and two others abstained. Only one ANEL MP, from a total of nine, backed the draft
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Newsletter 135 - 13/10/2017
articles, including the one allowing Greeks as young as 15 to choose their gender. One SYRIZA MP voted against the bill and two others abstained. Only one ANEL MP, from a total of nine, backed
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Sub-tranche, 2017 fiscal performance ticked off on first day of review talks
EconomyProgrammeand not dragging into next year. One of the matters that seems to have been settled is the fate... to be directed towards reducing arrears and building the cash buffer. This is one of the subjects... Athens has to complete and the overhaul of the regulations governing strikes, which is also one
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Newsletter 137 -27/10/2017
during the week, although one of the trickiest issues, concerning Greece’s fiscal performance next year, was left to be discussed on Friday. One of the first items to be crossed off the list..., one issue that appears to have been settled is raising the quorum for first-degree unions to vote
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Sub-tranche released but PPC poses key challenge in review
EconomyProgrammestate of PPC’s finances was one of the topics of discussion during the recent visit by the mission... billion. In H1 2017 it recorded a profit of 14.4 million euros, which was entirely due to the one-off... of the country. One of the imminent actions expected after the lenders’ visit to Greece is the change
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Eurogroup marks start of countdown for prior actions
EconomyProgrammeon the SYRIZA-led coalition to implement the 95 prior actions included in the review. One matter... with the institutions. Some of the prior actions will prove trickier than others. One... criteria. Also, 180 have finalised their application and a further 670 have uploaded at least one document
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Eurogroup sees review conclusion in sight, warns over property auctions
EconomyProgramme-performing loans (NPLs), which has become one of the hot-button issues in the current review. Draghi’s..., the institutions see this as one possible way out of the impasse, which would allow the e-auctions to begin... a staff-level agreement that will pave the way for the third review to be concluded. It appears that one
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Newsletter 139 -10/11/2017
the one proposed by the coalition. He also challenged the opposition leader to explain where his party... an established and corrupt elite, which they claim Mitsotakis is part of. It looks set to form one... their worries that only one of 10 actions needed to start the project have been completed
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Will centre-left let go of past to grasp change?
Agorawho will lead the effort to unite the country’s centre-left forces has the potential to be one.... “…they think they have an imperial past which gives them a right to a grand funeral,” says one... of beliefs that are progressive and germane. Because if there is one thing the Greek centre-left can take
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Hitman's furlough and investment complications pose new problems for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe case. New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyannis, whose husband was killed by November 17, one... at a worse time for Tsipras. Apart from the fact that the redevelopment of Hellenikon promises to be one..., including the one at the EU-Arab World Summit in Athens on Thursday, that his government wants
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