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What Dijsselbloem didn't say
Agorapresident. Whatever the case, Jeroen Dijsselbloem exposed one of the ugliest and most damaging sides... solidarity in the context of the euro crisis, they present it as a one-way transaction: The program... look at one side of the balance sheet if you want to make a proper economic assessment. While
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No return of institutions to Athens yet as differences persist
EconomyProgrammein the local media that the negotiations have reached an impasse. One of the issues that remains outstanding... savings of 1 percent of GDP to apply as of 2019, while the government aims for this to be delayed by one year. It is also not clear at the moment whether the cuts will be implemented in one go or in two
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Wait continues for agreement on measures, tension builds in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsdemands on the labour front if the Greek government agreed to reducing pension spending in one go in 2019... that they would support the measures in Parliament. However, on Friday one of the lawmakers... for them. Zouraris, the deputy education minister, is one of the more eccentric coalition lawmakers so
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Outline deal clinched at Eurogroup, focus now moves to Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsreached in Malta appears to be one that the Greek government can probably live with, even though... to implement 2 percent of GDP in measures in one go in 2019 (a possible election year), unless... for 2019 and 2020, making it easier for the coalition to argue that the package is a balanced one. Prime
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Racist attacks fell in 2016, report by monitoring body indicates
Society, religion or colour, while and in one incident the staff of humanitarian organisations and the building intended to host refugees were targeted. One incident was recorded of a journalist who covers..., more than one victim was targeted, while in 54 cases the attack was committed by two or more people
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Greece watches closely as Turkey prepares for referendum
PoliticsForeign Policyexplained Turkey's recent behaviour towards Berlin and the EU by saying: "One side in the government... is considered so unpredictable that no one at the EU would like to consider what his reactions might... facing a number of crucial elections this year, no one would like to see a new crisis breaking out
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Debt relief moving to centre stage in programme discussion
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe agreed in their entirety now. The provision of debt relief is one of the aspects to the agreement.... This is believed to have been one of the main topics of discussion when Lagarde met with German... the IMF Spring Meetings on April 21-23, while the May 22 Eurogroup is being lined up as the one
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New Democracy's internal disputes continue to pester Mitsotakis
PoliticsGreek Politics. One of the government’s reasons for wanting to probe the health sector is to put pressure... turmoil forced the current conservative leader to embark on a series of one-of-one meetings with other
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Under fire in Parliament, coalition looks to imminent conclusion of review talks
PoliticsGreek Politics, MPs are focussing on domestic issues. The government came under attack on Friday after one of its.... Savvidis was one of the bidders for a TV licence in last year’s failed auction and was linked with a bid to take over the debt-ridden Lambrakis Group, one of Greece’s largest publishing houses. Reports
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The reflection in Golden Dawn's mirror
Agorajust a few minutes but presented us with a useful snapshot of Greek political life. Firstly, one... and migrants living in Greece. The previous two observations combine into one when examining the way in which... that are particular to the Golden Dawn trial, there is one aspect that it has in common with most court
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