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Tsipras runs gauntlet as he seeks approval for proposals from cabinet, lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicscontain growth policies means he has not closed the door completely on a potential agreement. The government has already been arguing that the deal it is searching for gives Greece greater security... joined them on Thursday, which is the first time he has positioned himself publicly on the issue
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SYRIZA strife not a rebellion in the making yet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere has been a lot of movement within SYRIZA over the last few days amid concern that lenders... addressed party bodies over the past few days. SYRIZA’s leadership is conscious that it has to keep MPs... SYRIZA is a party that has lived with internal differences since its creation and could continue to do
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Tsipras is at his strongest, but for how long?
Agorafor the measures but in maintaining support while implementing them. Every Greek government has started... persuasiveness and what role his personal popularity has played in convincing Greek voters to stick... receptive to Tsipras’s message. Tsipras also has the advantage of teaming up again with Independent Greeks
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Newsletter 94 - 04/11/2016
can confirm that it has been settled and the discussion on debt relief can begin. Speaking in Brussels... candidates to be ousted was Energy Minister Panos Skourletis, who has openly opposed the government’s... out, Tsipras will also want to use the reshuffle to show that his party has broad political appeal
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Tsipras tries to weather Kammenos storm, looks for poll boost
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be hoping that he has put an end to any doubts regarding... shipowner Vangelis Marinakis, who owns Olympiakos football club and has been expanding his presence... strongly defended Kammenos in Parliament on Monday, strengthening the impression that SYRIZA has
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After Zaev gestures, Athens tries to formulate pact with Skopje
PoliticsForeign Policyqualifier. It is the first time that a FYROM official has publicly expressed so clearly that Skopje is willing to accept this compromise, which Athens has been pursuing for many years. Zaev may have... Forum in Davos. Kotzias has expressed his willingness to fly to the airport in Skopje when
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Newsletter 154 -9/03/2018
The Greek government has roughly two months in which to make significant progress on the completion of 88.... The Greek government has denied that Athens and the institutions are considering extending the third... Ministry has firmly refuted speculation of a deadline extension which arose over the pace of progress
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politics. The justice portfolio is a significant one for the coalition as it has come under considerable criticism... that it has tried to interfere in the judicial process. At 42, Kalogirou is one of the younger faces in the new cabinet as has worked in the past as a legal adviser to Digital Policy Minister Nikos
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New Democracy starts rolling out its first three bills
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 2020 budget has been drafted and the measures have been agreed with the institutions. This will include...The government has begun tabling the first draft laws it promised to pass through Parliament before... will not be open to anyone who has served as a general secretary during the last five years, prompting
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Uproar over minister's home protection comments underscore sensitive nature of challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicsforeclosures have flared up at times during the crisis, the concluding act in this debate has been slow in coming. In a series of interviews, Georgiadis has been urging troubled borrowers to enrol in the home... in approach has as its aim to flush out strategic defaulters, while targeting protection for those
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