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Parties vie for voters' attention as New Democracy prepares for congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be approved at committee level on Friday, with the support of the opposition parties, before the bill is put... that SYRIZA is more in tune with ordinary citizens’ needs than New Democracy. Congress The conservatives
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Newsletter 187 -14/12/2018
than one front. support via the so-called “positive measures.” Also, with Tsipras due to speak... as it is satisfied with the constitutional amendments made by Skopje. This appears to put an end
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Bomb blast fuels political clash as ND limits Tsipras's options on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the summer. This immediately put the spotlight on the coalition’s reaction. The attack was condemned... at least 151 votes (i.e. six more MPs than SYRIZA’s parliamentary group) or he may have to abandon his
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Tsipras maps out path to next elections via Prespes Agreement and possible confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat if he gets less than 150 votes, he will call snap elections in due time. He made it clear... as late as October. Tsipras’s gambit seems designed to put pressure on Kammenos not to trigger
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Newsletter 190 -18/01/2018
if the party had less than five lawmakers. It is now expected that up to three To Potami deputies – leader... by New Democracy’s Kyriakos Mitsotakis, obstructing the implementation of the deal. Lenders put
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Institutions wrap up talks with focus on NPLs, primary residences and budget
EconomyProgrammeto work on the proposal put together by the Finance Ministry and the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund... asking for the minimum wage to increase by no more than 5 percent. In an interview with Naftemporiki
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Lenders fret over reform delays as Brussels revises 2019 growth forecast upwards to 2.2 pct
EconomyProgrammeThe institutions have put on record their concern about the delays from the Greek side regarding the implementation of the post-MoU reforms just as Athens pledged that it will be ready to legislate... by the European Stability Mechanism, rather than whether all the arrears have been cleared. The news
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ND keeps pressure on PM over minister as Tsakalotos muses on fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA day after Alexis Tsipras attempted to put the furore surrounding Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis and his bank loans to bed, New Democracy revived the issue on Thursday and demanded... on the matter and will try to turn it into an argument about Stournaras rather than Polakis. New Democracy
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Questions persist about timing of general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsspeculation that either the local elections could be held a week earlier than the European vote... of certain candidates could be put off voting because the party will decide the order in which
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Mati fire investigation puts spotlight on authorities and government
PoliticsGreek Politics, though, have put the spotlight on the government’s handling of the situation and the inability... rather than fallen further behind. It is, therefore, doubtful whether the prosecutors’ investigation
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