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As reform talks continue in Brussels, Tsipras gauges reaction at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsto lenders and the course of negotiations in Brussels. As Tsipras took part in a meeting of SYRIZA’s... a stance as possible in negotiations. Reports of Sunday’s meeting of SYRIZA’s political secretariat... a lengthy meeting of his cabinet on Sunday. The official purpose of the talks was so he could brief
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Greece eyes temporary solution to liquidity problem from Brussels Group talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsbill was due to be the topic of conversation at Thursday’s cabinet meeting but was not discussed... to have met some resistance during Thursday’s 5-hour cabinet meeting. The official government line... of the meeting suggests that the discussion was far wider and less straightforward. An editorial
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Newsletter 25 - 08/05/2015
after the scheduled Eurogroup meeting on Monday. Despite contradictory statements from government... The Greek government goes into Monday’s Eurogroup meeting hoping that eurozone finance ministers will issue... of the statement also suggested that much work remains to be done before Monday’s meeting. European
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Greece and lenders talk at cross purposes, head for crisis summit
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday to come up with a solution. Monday’s meeting was called by European Council president Donald Tusk... aimed at closing the gap with lenders were not taken on board at Thursday’s meeting, in which... ahead of Monday’s crisis summit. However, with a European Council meeting due on Thursday, it could
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Newsletter 31 - 19/06/2015
Athens places hope in 'political decision' at euro leaders' summit An extraordinary Eurogroup meeting... increasingly fragile. The European Central Bank’s governing council held an urgent meeting on Friday... lenders during the course of the week. This means that, going into Monday’s meeting, Tsipras will know
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Greek banks' liquidity position at the centre of attention
EconomyAn extraordinary meeting was held on Friday afternoon to assess the liquidity position of Greek banks after the imposition of capital controls on June 29. The meeting was headed by Deputy Prime...). Following the meeting, the chair of the Hellenic Bank Association and NBG Louka Katseli told
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Stand-off within SYRIZA to continue as Konstantopoulou stands firm
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKonstantopoulou failed to materialise on Thursday. The pair held a lengthy meeting... that the speaker would either offer her resignation during the meeting or that Tsipras would demand... spin on the meeting was not shared by Tsipras’s aides, whose briefing to the media suggested
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SYRIZA's left wing hoping to prevent Tsipras from concluding bailout talks
PoliticsGreek Politics. Tuesday's meeting of the party's 12-member political secretariat (the second in two days) failed... committee, which is due to hold an emergency meeting on Thursday. Tsipras had proposed on Monday... sealed an agreement for the third bailout. The radicals are pushing for the meeting to happen as soon
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Tsipras lays down gauntlet to SYRIZA rebels, proposes September congress or members' vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsreached with lenders and 2) to allow new delegates to be elected to the meeting, which would give him... for a September congress or the Left Platform's call for the meeting to happen now. The prime minister appears to have received a boost ahead of the committee meeting as one of SYRIZA's factions, known
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Opposition drags out pre-election process, hoping Tsipras pays cost
PoliticsGreek Politicsresignation last week. Meimarakis spent the previous three days meeting with party leaders and stressing... the mandate on Monday, Meimarakis attacked Tsipras for not meeting with him. The New Democracy leader.... The ex-minister is likely to ask for a meeting with Tsipras, which will leave the SYRIZA leader
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