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North Macedonia's road to Brussels: Breaking the vicious cycle
Agoraof Justice. Last year, however, the road to Brussels was closed once again. Now Bulgaria has set its mind.... In order to be credible, the accession process needs to have a realistic perspective, and its... on important political issues, nor is there significant lobbying in the EU for jointly set priorities
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SYRIZA sees opportunity in tepid response to govt initiatives, PM's cosseting of right wing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis set out a package of 3.5 billion euros in fiscal measures – some already in effect, but many..., aimed at winning over voters. According to reports, SYRIZA’s economic proposals are set to include... calculated that in order to keep together a broad range of political beliefs under New Democracy’s umbrella
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Mitsotakis revives spectre of political instability as polls show ND lead diminished
PoliticsGreek Politicsin New Democracy’s four-year term, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set in motion the campaign... Varoufakis and joined by PASOK, “mathematically the potential exists”. The parties have set their own benchmarks for success on May 21. ND is aiming for upwards of 34 pct, in order to signal that a majority
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Mitsotakis looks to last-minute announcements to top up lean TIF offerings
PoliticsGreek Politicsto his set-piece address due to be delivered on Saturday, leaks to the media have sketched out a set... forward cuts to social security contributions. Mitsotakis is already set to announce a cut of half... in order to deliver on its promises. This message was reiterated by the PM’s spokesman, Pavlos
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Government preparing U-turn on controversial tax measure in bid to win back self-employed
PoliticsGreek Politicsset at the level of the minimum wage. The logic was laid out in an interview on Action TV by Omiros... on objective criteria was never set in stone”. The direction of travel was signalled by PM Kyriakos... stories calculated to span the duration of his second term, in order to counteract the negative
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Opposition parties jostle over criminal charges for politicians in connection to Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politics. Parliament is set to debate in the coming days over whether to indict former ministers to the courts in the latest development in the politically heated affair. On Monday, PASOK set out its proposal... a request to bypass Parliament in order to appear directly before a panel of judges over misdemeanour
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Foreign minister toughens stance as first autumn polls pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the official government position. Gerapetritis stressed that his own policy line was set... base. The first set of polling figures after the summer recess suggest that backing..., well below the target of 30 pct set by the party after the European Parliament elections of 2024
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When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
Agora-oriented (including to Germany) and a good order book, sound credit history despite all the challenges... is the provision of working capital in order to keep their business afloat and the refinancing of existing credit... for core tier one capital ratios set by the European Banking Authority (EBA). In return for this capital
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Greece in 2014: The risks and opportunities of moving forward
Agoraand the European Union totalling 7.5 billion euros in order to avoid defaulting. Back in 2009... the European institutions and bilateral partners of Greece provide such debt relief in order... different time frame and set of investment components. In more ways than one Greece is at a cross roads
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Newsletter 30 - 12/06/2015
in order for the ECB to continue providing liquidity to Greek banks under current terms and conditions... of an effort to meet its lenders over the reforms and cuts they are demanding in order to move forward... and by deeming this unacceptable, SYRIZA set the pain threshold much lower. The problem, though
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