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New increase in flow of refugees to Greece causes unease
Societybegun to take on new and troubling aspects in 2018. The UNHCR’s website recorded a total of 9,375 sea... arrivals. The situation was compounded by the fact that in April, Greece’s Council of State ruled... trapped on Greece’s squalid island camps. No sooner had the directive been issued than the Greek
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Tsipras claims he is in no hurry to call elections after bailout exit
PoliticsGreek Politicshe spoke in Parliament on Wednesday during a debate about the government’s growth plan, which turned... about Tsipras’s comment in Thessaloniki, though, is that he used more forceful language than... of its own policies even though fiscal restrictions will be in place. The prime minister’s words
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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
will be identified as Macedonians – Citizens of North Macedonia. The country’s language will continue... A diplomatic standoff that’s extended into nearly three decades seemed closer than ever to a solution..., when he made it Greece’s national position to accept a composite name with a geographical qualifier
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About last night
AgoraThe most tumultuous period in Greece’s modern history concluded in the middle of the night... that have decided Greece’s fate over the last nine years. It took eurozone’s finance ministers nearly... that would, in theory, make Greece’s debt sustainable and reward the country for its efforts over three
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EC sees relief measures securing debt sustainability despite poorer growth, market access prospects
EconomyProgrammeby Greece’s European creditors. The International Monetary Fund will issue its own DSA in the context... findings published by mid-July. The Commission’s DSA incorporates the latest developments around... billion euros unused. In January’s version of the DSA, it was assumed that Greece would use 58.6
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SYRIZA seeks best path to next general elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough clashes over the business activities of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s siblings show... of Greece’s eight years under three programmes. This event is expected to act as a launchpad for Tsipras’s efforts to move the attention towards the benefits of exiting the third bailout. The SYRIZA
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Sales of HELPE, DESFA and shipyard progress while protests hamper ROSCO, PPC
EconomyProgrammepercent stake in the oil refinery entered a new phase. HELPE’s privatisation is one of the most sizeable out of the country’s privatisation portfolio. Early in July, it was revealed by the Hellenic... of the company’s overseas operations. DESFA Meanwhile, the European Commission’s Directorate General
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Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018
. Speaking to New Democracy’s political committee on Wednesday, opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis...-on. New Democracy’s main line of attack against the government has been to challenge its claims... by the institute’s Alexander Kritikos, Lars Handrich, and Anselm Mattes. It highlights that the Greek business
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Last bailout tranche just days away as pension discussion looms
EconomyProgrammein the coming weeks, particularly on the issue of next year’s pension cuts. The German Parliament’s budget... the complications created by the government’s decision to extend the VAT discount on the remaining... billion euros, to be released. The ESM’s board of governors approved on Wednesday the supplemental
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Take your seats
Agoraprogrammes and that his government’s kamikaze tactics cost the country tens of billions. Against... after putting the worst of the crisis behind it. According to the prime minister, SYRIZA’s role... the Greece’s overall tax policy continues to lack direction. Ill at ease Also, when questioned about
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