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Newsletter 156 -23/03/2018
affair, as well as less prominent issues. Kammenos emerged from the talks at the prime minister’s... following Tuesday’s meeting. “This coalition was formed with two main aims: Firstly, to get Greece... the government’s future, a meeting of New Democracy’s shadow cabinet on Wednesday led to opposition leader
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Newsletter 161 -11/05/2018
of the Public Power Corporation’s (PPC) lignite units moved a step closer on Monday, when the company’s... in the works by calling on its members to boycott this year’s performance evaluation and to refuse to give... by the end of June. It is expected to issue the ministerial decision to launch this year’s evaluation
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Philip Roth's words of caution
Agorathat Greeks have had an all-consuming love/hate relationship with for so many decades, that Roth’s work was so valued here. However, Roth’s considerable and ardent following in Greece, an admittedly small... and the US, especially within the context of Donald Trump’s victory. Whether Roth expected it at the time
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Newsletter 164 -01/06/2018
for the country’s future but which could also shape political developments in the months to come...” with Athens but Tsipras’s office insisted that no deal has been reached yet. The statement came after New... there is not a widespread backlash against his handling of this sensitive national issue. In Wednesday’s
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After an international agreement comes the domestic politics
Agoraand then (if he gets the public’s approval) making changes to FYROM’s constitution, which will need... knowing that SYRIZA’s coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), will not provide any support... on both sides. Skopje has apparently accepted that it will have to change the country’s name from
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Tsipras pledges array of tax cuts, hopes for break on pensions
PoliticsGreek Politics) on Saturday, when he made a range of promises, particularly regarding his government’s fiscal plans... with the lenders. The SYRIZA leader also highlighted the government’s belief that there is no need... macro indicators. He also noted that Greece’s public finances have improved significantly, leading
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Newsletter 183 -16/11/2018
victory as it appears that Greece’s lenders are prepared to allow the government to cancel...) technocrats to the European Commission’s assertion that Athens will still be able to meet its 3.5 percent...’s Kathimerini, none of the 16 reforms that the Greek government committed to complete by the end
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SYRIZA and ANEL: Far from picture-perfect
AgoraSYRIZA’s election victory was a sign of things to come. The pair’s idiosyncratic alliance is coming...-wing party surged from the fringes to gain 36.3 percent of the vote – more than Greece’s traditional... go toe-to-toe with Greece’s lenders over austerity policies and debt relief. To Potami
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Looming vote on Prespes Agreement triggers political upheaval
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe imminent vote on the Prespes Agreement and the disturbances that overshadowed Sunday’s rally... majority in Parliament for the diplomatic settlement,which would see Greece’s neighbour change its..., but the government first have to navigate Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defence committee, which may prove
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Newsletter 193 -08/02/2018
Working Group meeting last week about the government’s decision to increase the minimum wage by 11... on the lenders’ side about Athens’s decision to extend for another six months, until the end of June... Greece’s lenders gave a less than favourable verdict of the government’s outstanding post-programme
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