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Greek-Turkish rift puts strain on Cyprus reunification talks
PoliticsForeign Policy. But I do think that if all of us play our cards well, we might actually see Cyprus as one arena... on Cyprus. “We do not think it will be the last meeting, we think it is important to have at least one..., one day before his meeting with the Greek foreign minister, met with the ambassadors of the UK
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Greece forced to revisit prickly subject of pension spending to conclude review
EconomyProgrammepension reform is expected to be one of the most prominent and sensitive issues that will be discussed. Pension reform was one of the key issues in the first programme review, which was concluded... or a reduction of almost 1.4 billion for 1.4 million pensioners, breaching one of the most prominent red
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The joke's on Greece
Agorato an economic conference. The German ends up being the only one that defends the Greek position. It may sound... involves some Greeks blaming everything on others but let’s lead that one aside for the time being... to the single truth. One of the consequences of this process is that it has drained the belief Greeks
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New attempt to get Cyprus talks back on track
PoliticsForeign Policythat "no one is talking about or seeking Enosis." It seems that the Greek-Cypriot side is trying... last week. The Cyprus issue is usually one of the top items on the agenda when a Greek foreign minister... communautaire. One crucial issue that may be discussed in Brussels this week is Turkey's recent war
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No return of institutions to Athens yet as differences persist
EconomyProgrammein the local media that the negotiations have reached an impasse. One of the issues that remains outstanding... savings of 1 percent of GDP to apply as of 2019, while the government aims for this to be delayed by one year. It is also not clear at the moment whether the cuts will be implemented in one go or in two
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Wait continues for agreement on measures, tension builds in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsdemands on the labour front if the Greek government agreed to reducing pension spending in one go in 2019... that they would support the measures in Parliament. However, on Friday one of the lawmakers... for them. Zouraris, the deputy education minister, is one of the more eccentric coalition lawmakers so
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Outline deal clinched at Eurogroup, focus now moves to Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsreached in Malta appears to be one that the Greek government can probably live with, even though... to implement 2 percent of GDP in measures in one go in 2019 (a possible election year), unless... for 2019 and 2020, making it easier for the coalition to argue that the package is a balanced one. Prime
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Racist attacks fell in 2016, report by monitoring body indicates
Society, religion or colour, while and in one incident the staff of humanitarian organisations and the building intended to host refugees were targeted. One incident was recorded of a journalist who covers..., more than one victim was targeted, while in 54 cases the attack was committed by two or more people
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Greece watches closely as Turkey prepares for referendum
PoliticsForeign Policyexplained Turkey's recent behaviour towards Berlin and the EU by saying: "One side in the government... is considered so unpredictable that no one at the EU would like to consider what his reactions might... facing a number of crucial elections this year, no one would like to see a new crisis breaking out
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Debt relief moving to centre stage in programme discussion
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe agreed in their entirety now. The provision of debt relief is one of the aspects to the agreement.... This is believed to have been one of the main topics of discussion when Lagarde met with German... the IMF Spring Meetings on April 21-23, while the May 22 Eurogroup is being lined up as the one
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