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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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New Democracy proceeds with renewal, puts centrists under pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has taken a step towards the renewal that its leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been... boost to party coffers ahead of the next general elections. New Democracy has responded... has advocated since 2016 but to which the government has not responded. In an interview with To Vima
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Parties mark out battle lines for next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition, despite the difficulties it has faced and mistakes it has made, is the one that will oversee... that Tsipras has to play. It is certain to be one of the main pillars of the party’s election campaign... through a minefield” once the programme is over and it has to turn to the markets. He said Tsipras had
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
the democratic legitimacy to sign the deal. The two departures mean that the coalition now has 152 MPs (145... that will lead to speculation about how much longer the coalition can survive. Kammenos has added... businessman Ivan Savvidis, with whom the coalition has had a close relationship until recently. The term
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Kammenos claims approval of name deal a make-or-break moment for coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefence Minister Panos Kammenos has prompted a new round of speculation about the coalition’s... has strongly criticised the compromise with Skopje. Kammenos’s calls for a super-majority were... for the name settlement to be adopted. Theodorakis has already made it clear that his party will back
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