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Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government appears to have set 165 as its target for the number of MPs’ votes it hopes to garner in the first presidential ballot on Wednesday. The number has appeared in several reports citing... of a SYRIZA government. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras set the tone on Thursday, when he raised
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Beyond economic policy, new Greek coalition starts setting out agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsUnderstandably, after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras set out his government’s policy programme on Sunday, all the attention has fallen on whether Greece will be able to reach an agreement with its..., not just economic policy. Here is a brief guide to some of the ideas that have been set out
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Tsipras identifies first bills, domestic approval assured
PoliticsGreek Politics(as set by the tax office rather than the property market) of 300,000 euros. Tsipras did not give... of protests by residents, environmentalist and leftists over the past few years. The first set
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After Eurogroup, hard work, more pressure and sliver of hope for Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDijsselbloem, though, set out several key factors that will define the relationship between Greece... Dijsselbloem also explained that the two sides would first have to agree on a complete set of reforms
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Greece and lenders start technical talks as tension between Athens and Berlin rises
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the officials will start work in the Greek capital on Thursday. The key aim of the talks is to agree on a set... during its time in opposition and in the election campaign, it would be very difficult for SYRIZA to set
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Parliament starts process of probing Greek debt and MoUs - further division likely
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe inaugural sessions of Parliament’s “Truth Committee for Public Debt” over the weekend. The panel was set... in as negative a light as possible. What is certain is that both of the committees that have been set
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Tsipras and lenders leave themselves with fading chances of salvaging deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsrejected the other’s proposals for a set of reforms to unlock 7.2 billion euros in bailout funding... sent counter-proposals to the scheme set out by lenders. The Commission chief followed this up
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A Greek proposal that deserves to be heard
Agorathe country threshold set by the ECB and would qualify for the full QE allotment. As part... with targets set for the next four years. It removes the oppressive process of negotiating each
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Referendum call stretches state liquidity, pensioners first to bear the brunt
EconomyProgrammecontrols’ legislative decree, the daily withdrawal limit from the ATMs was set at 60 euros per card..., the limit was set at just 120 euros for the 3-day period below the proportional amount of 180 euros
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As second bailout comes to an end, Tsipras eyes third amid domestic turmoil
PoliticsGreek Politicsis expected to present a set of measures that Greece would be willing to adopt as conditionality... would be included in Greece's proposals, an updated set of which Varoufakis is due to show his
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