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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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Greece and Albania hold private talks to tackle longstanding differences
PoliticsForeign PolicyNazi collaborators. For Athens, one of the main issues is the rights of the Greek minority... the change of its constitutional name. He also said that “no one should ask us to change our identity... in the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in the security and defence sector. Greece is one of the EU
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Coalition battles it out with opposition over ammunition sale
PoliticsGreek Politicsprivate payments and that all money for the shells was to be transferred from one state to another... they wanted to 100,000, no money changed hands. This is one of the key difficulties the opposition has... that the current coalition is not the one that takes Greece out of the crisis and is in a position
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Piraeus Bank posts net loss of 19 mln euros in Q3, NPEs continue to fall
EconomyBankingof the stock of NPEs, 8.2 billion or one out of four, were not in arrears. The bank remains optimistic... for two NPE disposal transactions, one for business and one for consumer loans, of a total NPE on balance
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Strike legislation, auctions present Athens with challenges in wake of SLA
EconomyProgrammeproductive to add the amendment to one of the imminent multi-bills related to bailout commitments... and proper debate on the alteration to the rules on strikes. The government is expected to submit one... to Greece, Declan Costello, identified the banks’ exposure to non-performing loans as one of the deep-rooted
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Erdogan makes forceful start to visit, catches Athens off guard
PoliticsForeign Policyin such an open discussion about sensitive issues before Erdogan’s meeting with Tsipras. At one point... exchange and one which immediately triggered criticism from New Democracy, which argued that Athens... the European Union and Turkey. One of the Greek coalition’s main short-term concerns is that if the EU
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before Christmas. productive to add the amendment to one of the imminent multi-bills related to bailout... concern within SYRIZA. Only a few months ago, it was seen as one of the most difficult aspects.... This is 135,161 lower than one year ago and represents the second consecutive month since October 2011 where
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Tsipras focussed on MoU exit in 2018 but will have to avoid pitfalls
PoliticsGreek Politicsstronger revival in the first half of 2018 if things go according to plan. One of the potential obstacles... spokeswoman Maria Spyraki in a radio interview on Thursday. “One partner cannot have a certain position and the other partner a different one. If the government does not present a united position
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A year of risk and reward for Greece
Agorathat contributed to one of the most damaging economic crises the developed world has seen. If everything goes... out of the way means there is just one more inspection ahead. Although it is set to involve more... are not encouraging if one looks at the content the country’s political debate. Apart from failing
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Coalition focuses on positives as MPs gear up for vote on vast multi-bill
PoliticsGreek Politics(the first one of the year) on Monday to discuss the content of the omnibus bill, among other issues... during a press briefing on Tuesday that there is already sufficient. This is one of the reasons..., beyond the prospect of Greece exiting its bailout in a few months. One of those is the increase
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