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Tsipras makes PASOK opening amid domestic troubles
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has indicated that he is starting to make political plans... the end of the memorandum,” said the prime minister. This is the most obvious opening that Tsipras has... also puts PASOK on the spot. SYRIZA has seen some of its supporters drift to PASOK. In some cases
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Tsipras fails to halt strike as domestic political battle heats up
PoliticsGreek Politicsrubbish collection to private firms rather than municipalities. Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris has... and the letter bomb sent to former Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. It is a dispute that has taken on strong ideological characteristics, with Mitsotakis claiming in comments to Politico this week that SYRIZA has
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Newsletter 125 -30/06/2017
in. Of course, the danger for the prime minister is that in making such an ambitious claim, he has... disappointment. The government has already been burned by it talks of getting a deal on debt relief... found that only 23.5 percent The scandal over Kammenos' contact with a convict has become an issue
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Movement on name issue but Athens keeps expectations low
PoliticsForeign Policymore. Political instability and concerns that the West has about interference from Russia and Turkey and the increase of their influence in the region has fuelled interest about the direction..., has prompted some movement around the unresolved name issue. The visit of UN special mediator
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Government rounds off legislative activity, Mitsotakis offers alternative on education
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment, the health system and education. All three are opposed by New Democracy, which has probably... a substantial say in the running of their universities. The proposed law has also been strongly... that his party has almost completed drafting an alternative bill, which would see universities
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Newsletter 130 - 04/08/2017
Georgiou, this week has stoked concern that the relationship between Athens and its lenders could sour... that Brussels has “full confidence” in the reliability of ELSTAT’s data. A day later, the suggestion... lenders is that Georgiou has become a scapegoat, or useful distraction, for the government. Both
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The whole truth and nothing but the truth
Agorarather than fantasy has understood that the case against the former head of the Hellenic Statistical.... The latter charge has repeatedly been proven to be preposterous and based on numbers that do not add up... government has admitted that when it was opposition and made claims about artificially inflated
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Report highlights latest living conditions and demographics in Greece
Society) paints a picture of life in the country and the impact that the prolonged economic crisis has had. Life expectancy has continued to grow for both men and women in Greece, currently standing at 18.7... the quality of those years of life expectancy has deteriorated over the years. Healthy years of life after 65
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Third review agenda becoming more complex for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsalready has to implement 1 percent of GDP in pension cuts in 2019. Having to raise the equivalent.... The Finance Ministry has been trying to make up for the shortfall through confiscations so... and whether Greece would be able to achieve 1.8 percent of GDP growth this year, as has been predicted
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PM looks for positives as Eurogroup and oil spill cause concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeans that the European Commission has now dropped its investigation into 692 million euros of alleged... Tsipras an opportunity to put behind him the difficulties that the government has had in defending... announcement on Monday, the government has sought to smooth things over with the company
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