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SYRIZA buffeting continues as parties get set for official start of election race
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it is unlikely President Prokopis Pavlopoulos will call a meeting of party leaders after that in a last-ditch... Panos Kammenos said on Wednesday that he would not take part in such a meeting, while Prime.... If there is no meeting of party leaders, Pavlopoulos will likely name Supreme Court president Vassiliki
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Newsletter 44 - 25/09/2015
at hand when he held his first cabinet meeting on Friday. There is a long list of things... of meeting the bailout demands. Another area in which Tsipras’s governing capability will be tested... on which the prime minister would govern. In his first meeting with Tsipras the day after
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Positive mood but little substance in Tsipras's Turkey visit
PoliticsForeign PolicyPremier Ahmet Davutoglu following their meeting was very positive and friendly there were no signs... a trilateral meeting between Germany, Greece and Turkey to address the issue. Athens is wary... an opportunity for the two countries to build closer ties. In fact, the new high level meeting
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Uncertainty lingers after Tsipras and opposition leaders find no common ground
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA meeting of party leaders on Saturday did nothing to clear up the uncertainty surrounding... from the prime minister. But the course of the lengthy meeting underlined why these kind... there was nothing for the opposition to add. Not only did the meeting end without agreement
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Newsletter 54 - 04/12/2015
reforms. Stand-in leader Giannis Plakiotakis refused, during a rare meeting of political leaders... made pledges at the Western Balkans Route Leaders’ Meeting in late October which he did not follow up... countries who attended the same meeting as Tsipras not held to account? Also, what has happened
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Deflated SYRIZA shuns broader political cooperation for now
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA meeting of SYRIZA’s central committee over the weekend ended with the members rejecting the idea of broadening the governing coalition and deciding to hold the party congress in April. The meeting... that the committee meeting had been planned to run until 9 p.m. on Saturday but concluded at around 5 p.m., before
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Gov't offers improved terms to farmers in bid to break deadlock
EconomyPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras hosted on Monday afternoon the long-awaited meeting with farmers protesting tax and social security contribution increases. Farmers from 52 roadblocks are said to have... a separate meeting with Tsipras, underlining the divisions among the protesters. During the meeting
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As Greek leaders mull position on refugee crisis, EC sets out timetable of targets
PoliticsForeign Policyin a High-Level Cooperation Council meeting with representatives of the Turkish government on Tuesday. The meeting is to be attended by the countries’ two prime ministers, Alexis Tsipras and Ahmet Davutoglu... meeting in Brussels. It is looking for assurances that Turkey will do more to stem the flow across
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Greece and lenders seen making progress on privatisation fund but not on NPLs
EconomyProgrammeof the liberalisation non-performing loans (NPL) yesterday’s meeting between the Economy Minister... chiefs are due to continue their discussion with a meeting on fiscal and pension issues scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, while NPLs will be discussed in a new meeting on Thursday.
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Athens and creditors edge closer on tax and pensions but gap remains on NPLs
EconomyProgrammeFollowing Thursday’s meeting between Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos and mission chiefs... euros. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos made even more positive comments after another meeting... this week, a notable gap on the issue of non-performing loans (NPLs) remained after a meeting
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