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Varoufakis adds to pressure on Tsipras ahead of lenders' return
PoliticsGreek Politicsto set up a parallel payment system, with the blessing of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis told... needed to set up the parallel payment scheme. This prompted a reaction from all three... of a 3.5-billion-euro bond held by the European Central Bank). There is not a danger
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Effort to unite PASOK and Potami seems to have hit a wall
PoliticsGreek Politicsto set out at the Thessaloniki International Fair will be more convincing than the one Tsipras is due... with the potential to be a key governing partner or kingmaker appears to be in danger of collapsing... that neither set of ideas will be worthwhile. As for PASOK and Potami, the socialists are seen rising since
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Tsipras tries to resolve trash row as opposition goes on offensive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government looks set to overcome one of the domestic problems that has been troubling it over... the meeting, the prime minister set out the government’s ideas for ending the dispute. This was based... life was in danger. This was not enough to satisfy the opposition parties, particularly New Democracy’s
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ESM approves next bailout tranche, providing Athens with some relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the outstanding prior actions preventing the release of the money. Athens is set to receive 7.7 billion.... New Democracy has asked for parliamentary inquiries to be set up to investigate Defence Minister... on 17.8 percent, a difference of 11.9 points. The one crumb of comfort for Alexis Tsipras
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KINAL vies for space, plays hard-to-get ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicscould be in danger of disappearing after the next elections. It is clear that one of SYRIZA’s aims... is to vote for the conservatives. The KINAL leader also set out the conditions under which her party...), it is questionable whether Gennimata would have the ability to follow the plan she set out. She
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Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
PoliticsGreek Politicspensions is set at 4,608 euros per month, which is 12 times the minimum pension of 384 euros that is paid... retirement pay that was higher than the limit set by the government) to mislead voters. The tabling... MPs were accepted at the last minute. One foresees the demolition of illegal buildings in some
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What Dijsselbloem didn't say
Agorapresident. Whatever the case, Jeroen Dijsselbloem exposed one of the ugliest and most damaging sides... solidarity in the context of the euro crisis, they present it as a one-way transaction: The program countries were in danger of going under but were rescued with loans provided by their partners
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Evia flooding reopens government's summer wounds
PoliticsGreek Politics. Experts had warned about the danger of floods on Evia this winter following the devastating fires... for those affected. An initial amount of 20 million euros was set aside for this purpose. For SYRIZA...-friendly media in the meantime. The flooding in Evia was the main item on the front page of only one
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Govt offers more energy subsidies in Jan to cushion impact of high prices
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government attempted on Friday to address one of its major policy concerns at the start of 2022... concerns that the national budget is in any danger of being derailed. Government officials have... months. Before Skrekas’s announcement, reports suggested that the minister would set out a more long
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A leader from nowhere, but to where?
AgoraTsipras, the man who almost single-handedly took SYRIZA from a fringe party to one of power based...), was inevitable. However, it also left the party in danger of imploding as, without Tsipras... she had served in Tsipras's cabinet and was one of the most prominent members of the party. She also
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