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So far and yet so near for Greece and eurozone after second abortive Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicssurpluses and financing in order to guarantee debt sustainability in line with the targets agreed...-term deal is needed in order to negotiate calmly on broader issues, which include debt relief... sides room to negotiate over the coming months. However, time is of the essence in order to seal
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Newsletter 256 -03/07/2020
policy, law and order and local government. New Democracy is doing a less convincing job, as far as Greek... demonstrations, which the ruling New Democracy deems necessary to restore order to city streets, prompted.... As manufacturers reopened, they expressed hope of a return to pre-pandemic new order volumes, the reopening
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Greek businesses under pressure due to late payments, survey shows
EconomyFeaturesterms in order to secure credit and maintain cashflows. On average, 71 percent of European.... In Greece, 64 percent of companies said that they had accepted longer payment terms in order... initiatives from corporations in order to tackle the problem of late payment, rising by 15 percent
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Tsipras seeks assurances that coalition will remain united for time being
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAgreement is tabled in Parliament. Law and order While the cabinet meeting was taking place, New... weakness on the law and order front. He visited on Tuesday a police station in Omonia, central... of the police after the latest incident. Earlier, Gerovassili, who only took charge of the public order
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Mitsotakis sets goals for first days in office after July 7 elections
PoliticsGreek Politicspoints in the centre-right party’s manifesto as possible in order to attack the opposition and prevent... former PASOK ministers, Anna Diamantopoulou (Education) and Michalis Chrysochoidis (Public Order) have... speculation in Athens that he might take on the role of finance minister, even briefly, in order
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Mitsotakis earns space to govern with big win, Tsipras limits damage
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Mitsotakis avoids having to tread carefully in the short term in order to keep delicate balances within... that New Democracy would need the support of all 22 MPs from KINAL in order to have the 180 votes... in order to change the electoral law immediately. Although ND will be able to change the law
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Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier
Agoralenders on Friday in order to conclude the programme review would involve Athens adopting roughly 2... from a cut to spending on existing pensions. This is a tall order for the Greek coalition. Even if one... of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said that a legally-binding commitment to implement further debt
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Newsletter 6 - 5/12/2014
. It is not yet clear The government needs to decide which lane to take in order to exit the programme... in order to elect a president and avoid early elections. The term refers to the decision in 1965... Papandreou in 2009. After winning the European Parliament elections (36.6 percent for PASOK vs 32.3
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Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis is set to launch a new centre-left movement on Wednesday, highlighting the fragmentation in this part of the Greek political spectrum. With PASOK... to liberalise the taxi sector while he was interior, and then transport, minister between 2009 and 2011. He
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politicsin September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos
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