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Busy January ahead for coalition, which rebuffs accusations over Turkish airmen
PoliticsGreek Politicsa compliance report. If the deadlines are met and the review is completed, this is expected to trigger two
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Athens gears up for name talks as coalition and opposition try to define their positions
PoliticsForeign PolicyMomentum is building towards a new round of negotiations between Athens and Skopje, mediated by United Nations envoy Matthew Nimetz, amid much political discussion about the matter in Greece. Nimetz, who met the two negotiators (Ambassadors Adamantios Vasilakis and Vasco Naumovski) in Brussels
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Cabinet reshuffle and new bond issue coming up next for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras moved on from Tuesday night’s successful multi-bill vote in Parliament by accepting the resignation of a deputy minister on Wednesday as the government turned its attention to its next steps after the conclusion of the third review. Tsipras met with Deputy Education Minister Kostas
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SYRIZA looks towards bailout finishing line and beyond
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing the vote on the multi-bill on Monday, the Greek government is taking stock of where things stand and trying to respond to MPs and party members regarding their concerns about the months to come. SYRIZA’s political secretariat met on Wednesday and the party’s central committee is due
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis head in opposite directions over talks with Skopje
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis took completely different paths over the Macedonia name issue on Wednesday in what appears will be a major political battleground between the government and the opposition over the months to come. Tsipras met with Zoran Zaev
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Newsletter 148 -26/01/2018
protest and warned SYRIZA’s coalition partner to take greater care in its actions. Tsipras met
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Macedonia issue, planned rally stoke tension between parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Alexis Tsipras had met with Ieronymos then in order to ensure he would take a moderate
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Work on post-programme framework continues despite tranche holdup
EconomyProgrammethat Greece met its target for arrears clearance in 2017. The aim is to reduce state arrears, which
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Moody's upgrades rating to 'B3,' amid confidence about political outlook, economic prospects
Economythe view that the budget targets are likely to be met even if economic growth turns out to be more
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Newsletter 152 -23/02/2018
arrears. Regling noted that the latest data confirms that Greece met its target for arrears
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