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Centre-left leader adds to calls for snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe decision by Fofi Gennimata, the leader of centre-left grouping Movement for Change (KINAL), to call for snap elections has taken some observers in Greece by surprise but is in keeping with the steady ratcheting up of tension on the Greek political scene. Gennimata justified her demand for snap
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Skopje's surprise proposal creates doubts about successful conclusion to name talks
PoliticsForeign Policytalks, leading to a telephone call Vice President Mike Pence and Tsipras. According to diplomatic
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Parties mark out battle lines for next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand this is one of the reasons that there is still intense speculation about whether Tsipras will call
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call for snap elections to be held before the third bailout ends in August. The terse exchanges
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Despite fresh uncertainty, Tsipras insists focus is on four-year term
PoliticsGreek Politicsinsisted last week during a visit in Thessaloniki that he would be “foolish” to want to call snap elections
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Parties draw dividing lines ahead of new protests over name issue
PoliticsGreek Politicslay claim to a “Macedonian” language and that a minimum compromise should be to call it “Slavo
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IMF concludes Article IV consultation, prepares to publish DSA in July
EconomyProgrammethe same approach as in other eurozone countries that exited their bailouts. “We will have what we call
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High level of opposition to Macedonia name deal seems to boost New Democracy’s ratings
PoliticsGreek Politicsto bide his time and call elections next year, when the economy is likely to be in better shape
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Mitsotakis warns party to be ready for elections as political contest intensifies
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is attempting to ensure that his party will be prepared for the next elections amid concerns that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may call a snap vote with the aim of catching the conservatives off guard. Speaking to New Democracy’s political committee
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Greece-Russia spat intensifies but Athens hopes worst is over
PoliticsForeign PolicyPutin invited Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to visit Moscow during a phone call in March and the planned
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