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Some optimism for Cyprus talks but complex issues remain
PoliticsForeign Policy), the problem is that the two sides do not seem to agree on the order in which the issues should be negotiated... by British Minister of State Sir Alan Duncan, the British delegation tabled a very constructive
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Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016
and that MPs would not vote on the draft laws until a staff level agreement has been reached with the quadriga.... The draft legislation for the license tender was put to public consultation on Friday. Building... they have had to contribute to government-led interventions in order to rescue smaller financial
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Reshuffle and handouts put on ice as New Democracy closes ranks ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand regional elections. Mitsotakis has put paid to growing speculation about an impending reshuffle... for personnel changes in the cabinet in order to focus on institutional reforms. The decision was no doubt... in emergency spending is set to be included in a supplementary budget. In order to meet the government’s
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Pension reform a precarious battleground for Tsipras and Mitsotakis
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom labour unions and rival parties. His comment regarding the 2001 pension plan put forward... general elections. Mitsotakis also put forward some proposals regarding the pension reforms during... regard it as being even tougher than the one on the table now and closer to what the quadriga of lenders
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Discontent in SYRIZA simmers as Tsipras seeks to conclude talks with creditors
PoliticsGreek Politicspoll for Sunday’s To Vima put the conservatives on projected support of 31.4 percent versus 27 percent... to the final agreement with the quadriga is minimal, Tsipras’s tools for maintaining cohesion within his party... procedure. However, the government has also admitted that these draft laws could change in order
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Opposition tries to put surveillance scandal back on political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsshadow public order minister, argued that this assistance is necessary because the government blocked any... and transparency committee is the first step in the effort to put New Democracy under more pressure as opinion... and on Tuesday he indicated that the government is unlikely to put forward a third round of its Fuel Pass
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Greece and the IMF: An everlasting love-hate relationship
Agoraare “unacceptably harsh”, as government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili put it. It is true that on some... of the quadriga. In October, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos met with the fund’s managing director... did not show the kind of flexibility he had hoped in order to conclude the review. Samaras and his
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Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals
Agoragovernment were imprisoned for belonging to a network that, as the judge put, “favored relatives... the outlook for public debt,” Ángel Laborda and María Jesús Fernández, both economists at Funcas, argued
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Lenders put together proposal that may leave Tsipras struggling
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe details of the proposal Greece’s lenders are set to put to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the next few days have begun emerging, raising questions about whether the Greek leader will be able... programme in order to allow the European Central Bank to maintain the supply of emergency liquidity
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Demands for public space put New Democracy under pressure as local elections approach
PoliticsGreek Politicsto spot a topic which resonates with the public and has put New Democracy on the back foot. After... consistently campaigned on a law-and-order platform and initiated a specific crackdown on football
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