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ND feeling fiscal pressure as row over media handouts rumbles on
PoliticsGreek Politics, the stigma over the handling of the 20-million-euro package, including accusations that some ND officials are linked to the sites receiving state funds, does not seem to be dissipating. Government spokesman
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Attention turns to next steps in solidifying Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policytalked about an array of issues including the management of Ottoman sites across Greece. This time... of the Cyprus Republic following their meetings with the Turkish officials. Erdogan’s visit to Athens
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PM defends stance on Turkey and troubled electricity cable project
PoliticsForeign Policywas only “entitled to use” the land it sits on and the archaeological religious sites which dot its... officials, who feel the policy followed by the Mitsotakis administration does not serve Greece’s
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After TV permits setback, scrutiny of State Minister Pappas intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicsa deal to buy products from local supermarkets. He insisted that he and Pappas were in Venezuela for different reasons and only met at official functions. Reports in today’s Efimerida ton Syntakton and Ta... visited government officials to discuss an investment on behalf of clients. The report about
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Coalition struggles to contend with fallout from football crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the previous government led by New Democracy and Antonis Samaras, which had encouraged the millionaire to buy... intervention decisively. Football's world governing body FIFA sent officials to Athens this week following Sunday’s events. “Greek football [has] reached the edge of the cliff," said FIFA official
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After Washington talks, debt relief and fiscal remain main obstacles on way to MoU exit
EconomyProgrammeabolishing the step-up interest rate margin related to the debt buy-back tranche from the end of 2012... Ministry official told journalists after the talks that “great imagination is” required to expect... the discussions in Washington, IMF officials suggested that the restructuring measures should apply to all
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Some sad lessons the Western Balkans can learn from Bulgaria's EU Journey
Agoraofficial is as likely to take a bribe as a Russian one. The Nations in Transit Report by Freedom House... to. Firstly, do not buy the “European perspective” dream cheaply! Ask your governments about their vision.... Throughout the years, many EU officials, especially Commissioners, backed Borissov’s autocracy
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Mati fire verdict prompts legal blame game as PM pledges swifter justice
PoliticsGreek Politicsactually scrapped offenders’ ability to buy out their sentences. However, this provision had been... official, was cleared of any wrongdoing in connection to the Mati fire by the misdemeanour court. He... issued. An Athens misdemeanour court handed five former fire service officials jail sentences of up
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Greece makes new proposals in search for deal acceptable to lenders and MPs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEuropean leaders on Wednesday. Although unnamed European Union officials seemed to dismiss the new suggestions from Athens, the official line from Brussels was that they would be examined with “diligence... funding (similar to the buyback exercise involving privately held debt at the end of 2012) to buy back
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Athens outlines 2018 debt management plan for post-bailout era
EconomyMacroeconomyof step up charges from the 2012 debt buy-back as well as the capping of total debt servicing to 15... being used to repay official sector loans to smooth the near-term debt obligations after August 2018... by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and some eurozone officials for a clean programme exit next summer
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