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PM defends stance on Turkey and troubled electricity cable project
PoliticsForeign Policythat the imminent meeting with the Turkish president, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New... interests and the PM is backtracking from Greece’s “red lines”. Ahead of his meeting with Erdogan... involved, the GSI risks meeting the same fate as the cancelled East Med gas pipeline, especially
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Mitsotakis makes new bid to break deadlock with farmers as govt ponders relief measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s meeting this Monday with protesting farmers is being framed... meeting is therefore less about unveiling new relief than about consolidating the government’s... also promised a separate meeting with livestock farmers, acknowledging the sector’s acute challenges
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Government's ongoing stand-off with livestock breeders heralds resurgence of farming protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the government for the ongoing sheep pox crisis. The meeting was the latest in a series organised... to the media after the meeting, the president of the national confederation of farmers’ associations, ETHEAS... meeting, however, suggests that another confrontation is inevitable. Spartiates acquittal
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Greece braces for Middle East fallout as polls show ND holding firm despite voter unease
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the minimum wage, to be approved at Thursday’s cabinet meeting and implemented on 1 April. Although... for Plan B, remains undecided. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to chair a meeting...’s latest fiscal interventions in the wake of that meeting, which will aim to define
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Tsipras sets target of trouble-free bailout review so debt relief talks can begin
PoliticsGreek Politicscabinet meeting on Friday, surprising many with his seemingly determined approach to the task ahead. In the early part of the meeting, which was televised, the prime minister said that it must be his... attempted to set a positive tone at their first cabinet meetings but later found it difficult to meet
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
of European developments,” he said after the meeting. Mitsotakis has underlined for many months that he would... rating agency to respond to the positive Eurogroup meeting. The outlook was also updated to stable from... danger of it collapsing. From London, where he was hoping the focus would be on his meetings
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Political leaders discuss stance on Turkey, as judicial interference case divides Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politics, but not under a regime of threats and blackmail,” Tsipras said following the meeting, which was described... of the European Council meeting, from which Greece walked away with around 70 billion euros... with Turkey in a series of one-on-one meetings following his return from the EU summit in Brussels. SYRIZA
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Athens looks to Draghi for positive signals on debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a meeting between Tsipras and European Parliament president Martin Schulz that the latter would... would be discussing the matter at its next meeting. Nevertheless, Athens continues to insist... returned to Athens for a bruising first day of meetings with the government on the sweeping new
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Greece and lenders make headway on review but labour reforms remain biggest obstacle
EconomyProgrammemeetings were also held between the technical delegations last week. After the four-hour meeting... reforms, where all issues remain open, an agreement was reached in the meeting with Finance Minister... haircut. The agenda is quite heavy on Monday with meetings on product markets, financial, justice
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Newsletter 100 - 16/12/2016
Crucial Tsipras-Merkel meeting Snap elections among PM's few options Greece and its lenders moved... in the wider disagreement over fiscal targets. If Tsipras walks away from his meeting with Merkel...’ mission chiefs in Athens resumed this week with meetings from Tuesday to Thursday. The topics discussed
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