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Parliament's bailout probe has potential to be politically toxic
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Georgiou played a part in artificially inflating Greece’s 2009 deficit figure, paving the way
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Tsipras hopes for 'spring' with Russia but brighter days not certain
PoliticsForeign Policyand Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in December 2014. However, there are a number of obstacles in the way
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
Panos Skourletis regarding the IMF. He insisted that there was no way Greece would enter the IMF’s
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Government's strategy unclear as pressure from lenders mounts
PoliticsGreek Politicsa referendum as the most preferable way of solving an impasse with lenders. According to the survey
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Coalition courts controversy with emergency law to tap general gov't cash reserves
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Greece's lenders had insisted on the measure as a better way of centrally managing resources.
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Greek relations with US on edge due to law allowing terrorist's release
PoliticsForeign PolicyRelations between Greece and the USA became much tenser this week as a result of Greek Parliament approving on Monday a Justice Ministry bill that paves the way for November 17 terrorist Savvas Xiros to be released from prison before the end of his sentence and placed under house arrest. Xiros
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Budget primary surplus up to 1.73 bln in Q1 as gov't holds back expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomya surplus of 649 million in March and 907 million in the 3-month period, way above target of just 50
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Tsipras steps in amid concern deal with lenders slipping away
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTechnical talks between Greece and its lenders are due to resume via a Brussels Group teleconference on Monday as the government seemingly searches for a way to reach an agreement with its lenders following a stormy Eurogroup on Friday. The resumption of the talks was confirmed following another
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Tsipras upbeat about funding deal but also mulls referendum in case of impasse
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the way of Greek banks increasing their T-Bill holdings above 9 billion euros, to 15 billion euros
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Greece hopes to catch break from ECB as IMF puts its foot down
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the Greek government as the only way for it to cover its funding needs (including a payment
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