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Greece as an energy hub: Reality or wishful thinking?
EconomyFeaturesis a 50-50 joint project between IGI Poseidon and Bulgarian Energy (known as ICGB). Some of the 160
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Greek gov't and Parliament on hold, waiting for cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen put on hold as ministers wait for a cabinet reshuffle to take place before resuming normal.... The government’s move led opposition parties to accuse it of fearing political debate and trying to put off... the parliamentary immunity of Interior Minister Yiannis Michelakis over allegations that he was bribed to ask
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
director Christine Lagarde would have a month before needing to report this to the board and put... tax. Beyond that, the reforms put forward by Athens are seen as “aspirational” (in fiscal terms... Sakellaridis also played down the comments from Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Labour Minister
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Creditors devise proposal in Berlin, Tsipras prepares ground in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday night to discuss the details of the offer that will be put to Athens in a bid to conclude... parts of SYRIZA’s pre-election programme would have to be put on hold. Tsipras met with key members... on to their seats if they quit their parties. On Saturday, Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis admitted
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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
an appeal to Pavlopoulos to put pressure on the opposition to be more cooperative. The prime minister may... government, meanwhile, has put forward the idea of creating a “mini-Schengen” including Austria, Germany...-building within Europe is also a problem for Greece. EU interior ministers were due to agree on Friday
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign Policywill be provided by the EU, will be needed in order to put the scheme into operation. The EU has also appointed... to the people who are already in Greece. On Saturday, the Greek authorities put the number..., which is currently under the auspices of the Interior Ministry, and putting him under someone else’s
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Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras sought to put distance between his administration and Kalogritsas by telling SYRIZA’s central... of revelations has put the government in a very difficult position as SYRIZA will find it difficult to argue... concern about the developments, culminating in Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis suggesting
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeatureshiring spree as charged by the opposition? Or, to put it in less adversarial terms, what is driving.... The actual number of hires by the end of the year was 7,063, which would put it marginally below the cap.... Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would
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Change to date of local elections adds to expectations of May national vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be put to a vote by Greek MPs several months earlier as Kammenos has indicated he would withdraw his... with its efforts to put pressure on the coalition to allow Greeks abroad to vote in the next general... agreed on Wednesday to hold local and European Parliament elections together. Interior Minister Panos
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SYRIZA unveils array of pledges to win over voters ahead of July 7 vote
PoliticsGreek Politicscontent of the manifesto, the emphasis was put on 12 policies that are designed to appeal to mostly... of the economic proposals made on Monday by SYRIZA are similar to the ones that New Democracy has put... Minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou and Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis, the governing party set out
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