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Kotzias takes next step in effort to reach name deal, settle Balkan issues
PoliticsForeign Policyrebels and the country’s security forces. Kotzias has publicly stated that the Greek side... n a letter sent to both of them last Friday by Nimetz. The veteran mediator has written down.... Nimetz has proposed a name consisting of two words, without any translation, that will remain in Slavic
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New increase in flow of refugees to Greece causes unease
SocietyGreece is facing a potentially explosive situation as the largely unaddressed refugee crisis has..., located in Fylakio, is now operating far beyond its capacity of 240 people. This has led... to tension with local communities whose patience has run out both with the authorities and with those who
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Athens struggles with civil service evaluation, reduction of arrears
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government has its hands full at the moment with the effort to complete as many prior... and the reduction of state arrears. Civil servants’ union ADEDY has thrown a spanner in the works... not evaluated. This year, it has created an online system for the performance review, aiming to by-pass
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New Democracy proceeds with renewal, puts centrists under pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has taken a step towards the renewal that its leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been... boost to party coffers ahead of the next general elections. New Democracy has responded... has advocated since 2016 but to which the government has not responded. In an interview with To Vima
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Parties mark out battle lines for next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition, despite the difficulties it has faced and mistakes it has made, is the one that will oversee... that Tsipras has to play. It is certain to be one of the main pillars of the party’s election campaign... through a minefield” once the programme is over and it has to turn to the markets. He said Tsipras had
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Growth, not just of the economic variety
Agorathat Greece has seen since Q1 in 2008. This year’s Q1 also marked the fifth consecutive quarter... and what people feel. Naturally, following an economic depression that has lasted around a decade, a consistent and robust recovery over several years is needed before it feels that a corner has been turned
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Despite debt deal likely falling short, IMF to retain a role in Greece
EconomyProgrammeInternational Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has vowed that her organisation... Greece can expect from the debt restructuring package. “It has already been agreed by the Eurogroup... sustainability in the longer term which has two important parts: first its adherence to the agreed
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Kammenos claims approval of name deal a make-or-break moment for coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefence Minister Panos Kammenos has prompted a new round of speculation about the coalition’s... has strongly criticised the compromise with Skopje. Kammenos’s calls for a super-majority were... for the name settlement to be adopted. Theodorakis has already made it clear that his party will back
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More changes needed to unlock private sector's potential, report says
EconomyFeaturesGreece has to take specific steps to unleash the potential of its business economy because... the bailouts. The authors believe, in this respect, that the crisis has not been used as an opportunity..., the nominal value added of the business economy in Greece has fallen by almost 38 percent in 2017
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Fire fallout casts doubt on Tsipras’s post-MoU strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsadministration’s time in office. The disaster has undoubtedly tarnished the government’s image... badly the coalition has been damaged. New Democracy has been at the forefront of the effort to lay... have also asked for a wider judicial investigation than the one that has been launched, which
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