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First TV debate does little to fire up election contest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Yanis Varoufakis had been the chief culprit. This is the latest episode in the apparent... would grant one, which is seen as an indirect criticism of Lafazanis’s position that Greece can seek
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Newsletter 46 - 09/10/2015
that Tsipras will attempt to capitalise on his latest election victory by creating greater discipline within his party. However, there are doubts about whether he can achieve this. Following the departure
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First general strike an awkward but telling moment for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsout onto the streets of Athens to protest the latest round of measures. Although Tsipras... in government during the previous years. In fact, perhaps the key things that can be taken away from
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Gov't offers improved terms to farmers in bid to break deadlock
Economyof who can be classified as a farmers will change so that only those insured with OGA and whose income... indications are that the government’s latest proposals fell short of their expectations.
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EU meets on refugee crisis, bailout review but Greece's immediate fate seems sealed
PoliticsForeign Policybetwen Turkey and the EU about returning rescued Syrian refugees to Turkey from where they can... Coeuré and Marco Buti, director of the EU commission’s economics department, was the latest attempt
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Programme review talks continue, progress on tax, pensions and NPLs at a premium
EconomyProgrammeentail cut of around 20 percent in supplementary pensions. According the latest official data (July... that primary-residence backed mortgages can be exempted from NPL sales for three years. Stathakis
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Unease mounts as Greece prepares to implement EU-Turkey refugee deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyInternational became the latest group to express grave concerns about returning asylum seekers to Turkey... can begin. Apart from the hope that this will stem the flow of arrivals, which will be met with relief... and Piraeus camps. Nevertheless, the idea of returning migrants en masse to Turkey does not sit well
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Athens links extra measures with debt relief in search for review compromise
PoliticsGreek Politicsministers that the measures already agreed will suffice and the detailing of the contingency package can...’s cohesion in the face of having to pass the latest austerity package.
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Press freedom ranking edges up but Tsipras yet to deliver, report finds
SocietyGreece is continuing its “long convalescence” in terms of media freedom but it remains to be seen whether the government can keep its promises to challenge the country’s media barons, the latest... promise be kept?” the report said in its paragraph on Greece [https://rsf.org/en/greece]. Ever since
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EU progress on Turkish visas gives Athens hope of low refugee arrivals
PoliticsForeign Policyin the country, particularly at the island hotspots. The international charity Oxfam became the latest group... Turkey’s interest alive will be a relief for the Greek government, which can now focus on the wide range
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