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Mitsotakis bids for nation's soul, Tsipras ramps up handouts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has been pushed strongly by Mitsotakis recently, both in terms of a new injection of personnel... Antonis Samaras and comments to journalists by his predecessor Kostas Karamanlis, who has maintained... accusations regarding the old, corrupt elite, it is still vital for Mitsotakis to ensure that he has
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Parliament gears up for budget vote as auction concerns persist
PoliticsGreek Politicshas legislation related to the prior actions to pass through Parliament in the coming days.... While the opposition has focussed on the new measures that will be introduced next year, the coalition has attempted to draw attention to the prize of the programme exit next summer. Finance Minister
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Countdown begins for multi-bill, coalition eyes minimum wage increase
EconomyProgrammeactions the government has to complete as part of the third review has begun. In order for the January 22... ministers a week later. According to Kathimerini, the prime minister’s office has instructed all... in the coming days so it does not delay the conclusion of the third review, the coalition has already started
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SYRIZA looks towards bailout finishing line and beyond
PoliticsGreek Politicsto claim that it has achieved a “clean exit” and if it will have enough wiggle room to adopt policies... The IMF has even suggested that the reduction to the tax-free threshold should be moved forward... newspaper, which has been fiercely critical of the coalition, claiming that the IMF has renewed its
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Thessaloniki rally highlights political complexities of addressing name issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe name dispute and that the issue still has the potential to impact on Greek politics. Police estimate... that he is treading on thin ice. His party’s official position over the last decade has been to support... Democracy MPs, particularly in northern Greece where the party has a strong presence, that feel
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Name issue and auction targets make waves in domestic politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsis possible in the coming months. The resumption of talks between the two countries on this subject has...” in its name and the position that the conservative party will take on the issue. Mitsotakis has so far... the next elections and has heaped pressure on Mitsotakis not to alienate the conservative party’s
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IMF sticks to reform, debt relief demands as programme role remains in doubt
EconomyProgrammedirector Christine Lagarde at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday has... these shared goals.” The Fund has so far agreed its participation in the third programme “in principle” but has not committed any funding to Greece’s third bailout, meaning that an instalment of 1.6
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Political confrontation as Novartis case transferred to Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe firm’s Greek branch has sparked an all-out war between the government and New Democracy..., modern type of patriotism, not one that has to do with “the Panama Papers, offshore, bribery....” Kathimerini reported that Frouzis has not yet been questioned as part of the investigation
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Hydrocarbons add to tension between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus
PoliticsForeign Policyconducting military exercises close to Cyprus's Block 2 and 3 and has blocked the area using a NAVTEX... Economic Zone (EEZ). Since Nicosia started its hydrocarbon research programme, Ankara has always doubted... that Ankara has acted in such a way over this issue but it appears to have adopted a different tone than
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Prior actions and crucial meetings dominate agenda for rest of month
EconomyProgrammedeal with the institutions on June 21, as has been stated by European and Greek officials, or if more time will be needed and the deadline will be moved to the July 12 Eurogroup, Athens has its work cut... to provide an update on the progress the government has made at the Euro Working Group on Thursday
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