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  1. Debt relief discussions continue as clock ticks down to June 21 Eurogroup
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    Just one week is left until the June 21 Eurogroup and speculation is mounting about what kind... that an alternative medium-term debt relief plan, one that will be linked to the amount Greece draws from... the eurozone’s lending to Greece, was recorded as one of the potential relief measures

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  2. Political turbulence due to name deal creates election doubts
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    a few hours earlier. All but one of the 154 coalition MPs voted against the censure motion submitted... for the coalition. However, the loss of one of his MPs and a former party spokeswoman will prompt... debate in Parliament that former New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, one of the strongest critics

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  3. Privatisation projects gather pace as Athens targets 2 bln in revenue for 2018

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    into two entities, one commercial and one for infrastructure. In mid-June, DEPA began the process... wraps until the next phase. PPC The privatisation of the Public Power Corporation (PPC) is one

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  4. Tsipras aims to capitalise on debt deal as election talk is revived
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    to be one of several positive measures he announces at Thessaloniki, along with the return of collective... of positivity carries him to a result that is much better than the one suggested by opinion polls so far... place. One of the factors that had been a deterrent for Tsipras with respect to going the polls

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  5. Moscovici hints at possibility of shelving 2019 pension cuts, riles opposition
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    been hoping that one of the benefits of the International Monetary Fund deciding not to activate its... been the one that insisted in 2016 that Greece agree to implementing the pension cuts in 2019... be scrapped.” The issue of whether the pension cuts will be implemented is certain to be one of the top

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  6. New Democracy fires back at Tsipras over corruption allegations
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    is the same as in June although support for both parties has increase by one point since then. New... (KINAL) in third place, on 14 percent. Almost one in two voters (47 percent) said that the Macedonia... for New Democracy is strongest in the 65+ age group, where one in two voters say they will back

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  7. SYRIZA working on package of expansionary measures to provide political boost
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    spending, a social dividend similar to the one paid out from the excess surplus over the last two years... from 2019 and the tax cuts would not be one-off measures. "We have a constant ability to have... from the fiscal overperformance expected this year. Avoiding the pension cuts one way or another

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  8. Sales of HELPE, DESFA and shipyard progress while protests hamper ROSCO, PPC
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    The privatisation of Hellenic Petroleum (HELPE) inched forward as the tender process for a 50.1 percent stake in the oil refinery entered a new phase. HELPE’s privatisation is one of the most... to privatise DEPA, involving splitting it into two entities, one commercial and one for infrastructure

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  9. Government bolsters aid package as questions mount over deadly fires
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    ” includes one-off payments of 5,000 euros to families and 8,000 euros to businesses; exemption from... euros they received as a one-off emergency payment in 11 years ago. However, it is unlikely... by one of the media outlet’s journalists about Tsipras supposedly being poised to sack fire brigade

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  10. Cabinet reshuffle expected to presage coalition's revival effort
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    changes will be made. The one thing that all observers agree on is that there will not be any..., Achtsioglou is also valuable to Tsipras as a younger member of his cabinet and one of the few women serving in government. It is likely that one of the prime minister’s goals in the coming days

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