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Parties mark out battle lines for next elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy official Evangelos Antonaras, who was a member of the conservative government in power in 2008... Democracy officials have not explicitly demanded a credit line, they have repeatedly questioned
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Coalition plays down sub-tranche delay, opposition steps up pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicshave been settled. A Greek government official speaking to the local media on Friday insisted... resolved. European officials insist that there will be an agreement on debt relief and the post-MoU
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Quasi-statesmanship and political gymnastics
Agoraa flawless kolotoumba (somersault) the official national sport. Nick Malkoutzis... with opposition leaders and his foreign minister briefed party officials in detail about
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Delay to final tranche over island VAT as lenders quash talk of pension cut reversal
EconomyProgramme. However, after a senior eurozone official expressed dissatisfaction earlier this week about the way... of eurozone officials indicated that they expect Athens to implement the measure, which was agreed
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Greece-Russia spat intensifies but Athens hopes worst is over
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens sought to ease tensions with Moscow on Thursday following an official confirmation by the Russia’s Ambassador to Greece Andrey Maslov that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has cancelled plans... Council. None of this information has been confirmed by any member of the Greek government. Officials
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Last bailout tranche just days away as pension discussion looms
EconomyProgrammeto be preparing to make an official request to postpone the reduction to pension spending. In an article... it, other European officials have suggested that the commitments Greece has made need to be adhered
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SYRIZA, New Democracy promote competing narratives after MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor expansionary measures. Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos was the latest coalition official... after the programme ended on August 20. In fact, government officials have repeatedly challenged
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PDMA readies bond schedule for 2019, with eye on prepayment of IMF loans
Economyby pre-paying more expensive official creditors, a category that the IMF falls into. Over the next three... buffer, which carries the very low interest rate set by the ESM. According to Greek officials, although
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Tsipras pushes for revision of constitution, hoping to score political points
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKotzias. In its official response, New Democracy suggested the government and the opposition parties... part in the process. Party officials have also indicated that New Democracy also wants other articles
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Territorial waters, hydrocarbon research cause friction between Athens and Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policyof the Sea. All the above issues need to be thoroughly examined before the relevant official... to Tripoli on November 6, it was Akar who presented maps to Libyan officials which he reportedly used
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