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Developments in Novartis probe signal new, bitter phase in pre-election battle
PoliticsGreek Politicsit will launch proceedings against current government officials in connection to the way... signals that we have entered a new and even more bitter stage of proceedings ahead of the general
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Polls turn in SYRIZA’s favour but also show that doubts persists
PoliticsGreek Politics, two more surveys put SYRIZA even further ahead. On January 22, a Public Issue poll for Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper put SYRIZA on 31.5 percent, against 28 for New Democracy. Poll by @publicissue... for To Pontiki weekly also put SYRIZA comfortably ahead of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s party
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Tsipras keeps IMF waiting, turns focus to MPs and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he considers some of the proposals put forward by the institutions unacceptable. He is believed... not been confirmed. What he will certainly want to do, though, is put the opposition parties on the spot... leaders confirm the plan put on the table by the institutions is not acceptable to them. This would give
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Greece makes new proposals in search for deal acceptable to lenders and MPs
PoliticsGreek Politicsoffer would still be short of the target of 1 percent put forward by lenders last week. For 2016... was put forward in recent months. ESM scheme With payments to the European Central Bank... to pull creditors away from those proposals and closer to what the Greek side put forward, he
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Lenders dismiss Greek proposals but SYRIZA also ups pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politics, the Greek side has not confirmed there was such a specific commitment, merely that it would put forward... a little closer to its positions and put the issue of debt refinancing on the table. If Tsipras can... a deal back. There is a real fear that he will lose the contest if he asks them to put up or shut up
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Which way now, Mr Tsipras?
Agorato put forward a credible fourth choice if they could. Naturally, they couldn’t. With a sick economy... him in March or April that Schaeuble had put a Grexit offer on the table, as he had done in 2011 only... opportunity to put into effect Schauble’s “courageous” plan. Maybe the government has learned a – very
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Some movement on Greece's name dispute but solution still long way off
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Athens has put on the agenda, which include the refugee crisis. Discussions also touched upon.... According to high level sources in Brussels, this informal group has usually put pressure on Athens to not put obstacles in the path of FYROM’s efforts to join the EU and to allow the unconditional start
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Challenges mount for Tsipras as pension reform leads into make or break period
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Parapolitika weekly put the conservatives comfortably even further ahead of the leftists (23.6.... The greater concern for the government must be that the proposals it has put forward seek to keep reductions... and would seriously damage Tsipras’s credibility. Mitsotakis has promised that New Democracy will put
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A Eurogroup deal that might be hard to stomach
Agorafinancing in two tranches - next month and in September - as the much-contested debt issue was put... issue was put firmly on the table. This could be interpreted as a victory for the Greek side... how much the IMF had to climb down from the position it put forward in Monday’s DSA, in which
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Differences over pension cuts stand in way of technical agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsreform in return for this concession from the Greek government. However, Tsakalotos’s letter put this arrangement in question and the Fund apparently put the issues of mass dismissals and a lockout... being put to government MPs. Although it is possible that just a few days of technical work
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