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What are Greek coalition's plans for privatisation programme?
Economyand the process had been annulled. He also strongly opposed the investment in the Skouries gold mine in Halkidiki, northern Greece, operated by the Canadian Eldorado Gold Corporation, which was one of the largest
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Tsipras identifies first bills, domestic approval assured
PoliticsGreek Politics. This had also been one of SYRIZA’s pre-election pledges. Tsipras also made reference to the gold mine... there so it can review whether the permit was issued correctly. The gold mine has been the subject
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Tsipras keeps bailout issues in safe hands but fails to inspire with new cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politics. Also, Skourletis found himself in conflict with Canadian mining firm Eldorado Gold before the elections after he suspended the studies for the processing plant at the company’s gold mines in Halkidiki
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PM looks for positives as Eurogroup and oil spill cause concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Eldorado Gold threatening to pull out of Greece over a dispute about mining licences. Since its... of the gold mines would be discussed at Friday’s Eurogroup in Talinn. He said that the issue would
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Much ground to cover on prior actions despite privatisation progress
EconomyProgrammeGold in its dispute with the Greek government over the technical report on the Madem Lakkos metallurgy plant that is due to process the gold brought up from the Skouries and Olympias mines
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Golden Dawn murders generate new test for Greek democracy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek democracy has been under pressure since the country’s economy and political system began to unravel in 2010 but the strain will only increase after the murder of two Golden Dawn members outside the party’s offices in northern Athens on Friday nigh...
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Minister's alleged conflict of interest a first domestic political test for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLess than two months into his stint as prime minister, Alexis Tsipras has his first potential political scandal to deal with. Vima newspaper reported over the weekend that Alternate Minister for Administrative Reform Giorgos Katrougalos had signed agree...
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Ambitious privatisation targets will test government's resolve
EconomyEnergy Minister Panos Skourletis insistence on Monday that the government aims to prevent power grid operator ADMIE being sold to private investors was a reminder of the pressing privatisation targets ahead for the coalition. The government has committe...
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Management of NPLs to test gov't in negotiations with lenders
EconomyFollowing an agreement on foreclosures that was part of the first set of milestones, Greece now has to reach an accord with the institutions on a non-performing loan (NPL) strategy. This is among the 13 prior actions the government has to implement by m...
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Mitsotakis, Konstantopoulou intending to test Tsipras's mettle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHaving adopted a moderate stance on the refugee crisis in previous weeks, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has decided to be more aggressive in his criticism of the government over this issue. Speaking during a lengthy interview on Mega TV on Tu...
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