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Thessaloniki rally highlights political complexities of addressing name issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe name dispute and that the issue still has the potential to impact on Greek politics. Police estimate... that he is treading on thin ice. His party’s official position over the last decade has been to support... Democracy MPs, particularly in northern Greece where the party has a strong presence, that feel
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IMF sticks to reform, debt relief demands as programme role remains in doubt
EconomyProgrammedirector Christine Lagarde at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday has... these shared goals.” The Fund has so far agreed its participation in the third programme “in principle” but has not committed any funding to Greece’s third bailout, meaning that an instalment of 1.6
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Political confrontation as Novartis case transferred to Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe firm’s Greek branch has sparked an all-out war between the government and New Democracy..., modern type of patriotism, not one that has to do with “the Panama Papers, offshore, bribery....” Kathimerini reported that Frouzis has not yet been questioned as part of the investigation
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Hydrocarbons add to tension between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus
PoliticsForeign Policyconducting military exercises close to Cyprus's Block 2 and 3 and has blocked the area using a NAVTEX... Economic Zone (EEZ). Since Nicosia started its hydrocarbon research programme, Ankara has always doubted... that Ankara has acted in such a way over this issue but it appears to have adopted a different tone than
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Moody's upgrades rating to 'B3,' amid confidence about political outlook, economic prospects
Economy, of the privately held debt has materially declined, removing any uncertainty about the judgement... programme has exceeded expectations and has been stronger than under its two earlier programmes... of automatic tax increases and spending cuts has been legislated that would be activated if needed
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Newsletter 153 -2/03/2018
) leader Fotis Kouvelis appointed alternate defence minister. The 69-year-old has been largely... has continued to support Tsipras in public and his appointment is seen by many commentators... reshuffle once the fourth review has been finished and the bailout exit is secured. This would
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Prior actions and crucial meetings dominate agenda for rest of month
EconomyProgrammedeal with the institutions on June 21, as has been stated by European and Greek officials, or if more time will be needed and the deadline will be moved to the July 12 Eurogroup, Athens has its work cut... to provide an update on the progress the government has made at the Euro Working Group on Thursday
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Kotzias takes next step in effort to reach name deal, settle Balkan issues
PoliticsForeign Policyrebels and the country’s security forces. Kotzias has publicly stated that the Greek side... n a letter sent to both of them last Friday by Nimetz. The veteran mediator has written down.... Nimetz has proposed a name consisting of two words, without any translation, that will remain in Slavic
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New increase in flow of refugees to Greece causes unease
SocietyGreece is facing a potentially explosive situation as the largely unaddressed refugee crisis has..., located in Fylakio, is now operating far beyond its capacity of 240 people. This has led... to tension with local communities whose patience has run out both with the authorities and with those who
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Athens struggles with civil service evaluation, reduction of arrears
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government has its hands full at the moment with the effort to complete as many prior... and the reduction of state arrears. Civil servants’ union ADEDY has thrown a spanner in the works... not evaluated. This year, it has created an online system for the performance review, aiming to by-pass
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