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Tsipras seeks "Club Med" unity as refugee crisis, debt talks move up agenda
PoliticsForeign Policyin the company of leaders with a less radical left background than himself. He has gradually been welcomed... with the institutions between January and July made this an impossible task, with Athens creating tension rather than... the refugee crisis will take. Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas put those worries into words this week
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Justice can't be blind to facts in 2009 deficit case
Agora, but not for the reason that he suggests. Rather than an unresolved mystery that conceals the startling truth behind how Greece ended up needing the largest bailout ever put together for a country... their eyes and acquaint themselves with the facts rather than rely on the speculation of politicians
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Tsipras limits pledges and expectations in Thessaloniki
PoliticsGreek Politicsof pledges made was considerably lower than in years gone by. Tsipras, for instance, was not tempted... slightly less painful reading than other recent surveys for Tsipras. It still showed SYRIZA trailing.... The projected results put the conservatives on 31.1 percent and SYRIZA on 25.6 percent. The survey
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Greece worst-performer in EU 28 for social justice
Societythan double the 2009 figure of 9.7 percent. In the report’s special sub-index on children and youth, Greece climbed one place to 23rd, with a score of 4.37, below the EU average of 5.61. This put... of these 15-to-24-year-olds has more than doubled since 2008 to 49.8 percent,” the report found
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Tsipras weighs up options amid concern about mired talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 600 million euros among pensioners was seen as an indication that the government might... that would put Greece on a path to gaining access to the European Central Bank’s QE programme. Seeing...-led administration for the measures it adopts rather than the head of a rickety alliance
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Govt hopes for Feb review deal but opposition readies in case of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsmake a so-called “heroic exit” if the institutions are not willing to accept anything less than the government legislating now further austerity measures, rather than accept the terms or become bogged... at the end of last year put New Democracy on 22.8 percent, followed by SYRIZA on 16.5 percent
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Mitsotakis marks first year at ND helm by emphasising tax cut goals
PoliticsGreek Politics, Mitsotakis highlighted again his intention to reduce taxes. He argued that if he is able to put forward... if he could show greater ownership of such a scheme than previous administrations. When he set out his... the New Democracy leader would make a better prime minister than Alexis Tsipras, who garnered the backing
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Waste management remains Greece's biggest environmental challenge, says EU
SocietyAlong with Cyprus, Greece recycled just short than a fifth of municipal rate in 2014, jointly the third lowest rate in the EU and less than half the EU average, a new environmental implementation... work, there are big gaps in how these rules and policies are put into practice across member states
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Athens waits for Moscovici visit, eyes debt relief and lower volume of measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto account. The Commission’s data put Greece’s primary surplus for last year at 2 percent of GDP... than 7,000 euros from its current level of just above 8,600) and possibly avoid the upfront.... It is hoping that the 3.5 percent primary surplus will not have to be maintained for more than three years
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Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier
AgoraAlexis Tsipras are becoming clearer. The proposal put to Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos by Greece’s... to maintain a 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus for more than three years, which is substantially less than the 10 years Berlin had proposed recently. Should the institutions show flexibility on this issue
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