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The agenda of the first programme review shapes up with thorny issues
EconomyProgrammethat the remaining 0.4 percent or 700 million has to be covered by new measures. All indications... the measures required for the targeted fiscal consolidation. In addition, the government has committed..., the government has pledged in the third memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cost savings of around 1
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Tsipras sails through multi-bill vote, looks to disbursement and debt relief
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government breezed through the multi-bill vote on Sunday and has put the ball in the lenders... for Tsipras, who has now survived two very challenging votes in Parliament (including the recent ballot... on Saturday to deal with Kammenos’s concerns, before the Finance Ministry announced on Sunday that the measure
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Ahead of vote, Tsakalotos appeals to SYRIZA MPs with positive message
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has made a last-minute bid to secure the votes of all 146 SYRIZA MPs in the upcoming... the government and the institutions, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has attempted to ensure... for personal incomes, which is scheduled to apply from 2020 unless Greece misses its fiscal targets and it has
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Coalition hails multi-bill as start of clean break, opposition sees more of the same
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) are promoting the multi-bill as the last package of legislation Greece’s Parliament has... the stage once the fourth review has been completed and an agreement has been reached... reductions and increases to welfare spending. The coalition has also not given up
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Tsipras set to unveil tax cuts as MPs prepare for confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the government to focus on all the so-called positive measures it has taken since Greece exited its... over benefits for disabled Greeks. New Democracy has for several months now identified the temperamental Polakis as a weak link in the government but Tsipras has stuck by him, even spending time
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Surprise handout announcement provokes storm of criticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics90 million euros, this is the only measure that had been clearly signalled as a response to the added... of the challenge faced by households. He reminded Mitsotakis that the government has already had... has failed to mature politically in opposition. Polls The government’s change of heart on year-end
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Time running out for coalition to find formula on home foreclosures
PoliticsGreek Politicsaway at him for the next few days. It is one of several loose ends Greece has to tie up but may... with a taxable value of less than 200,000 euros. The temporary measure was introduced to protect households from any spillover effect when the financial crisis broke out in the US. But the ban has been renewed
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Greek coalition locked in dispute over public sector reform
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece's coalition appears to have averted one political confrontation this week but has found... a way to navigate this obstacle. It has reportedly removed all the controversial aspects... the coalition with some relief, there is still a simmering internal dispute to deal with. PASOK has
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Greece passes bailout-related amendments, hopes for loan disbursal in days
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe future consequences of approving this measure. A compromise on this matter was found by allowing... from the data that will be used to calculate whether the fiscal brake has to be activated... approval from their national parliaments will have to get the green light. Once this has been done
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Disabled rights still lacking in Greece
EconomyFeaturesThe Greek crisis has seen services and funds cut across the board from pensioners to preschools. But if there is one group that has been disproportionately affected, it is the disabled. The debt... in Greece is poor, and has historically been so. Foot paths are narrow, broken and often feature trees
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