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Fool Britannia
AgoraA pointless referendum, a prime minister resigning, the opposition collapsing in a heap... of Brexit were simply stunning: Prime Minister David Cameron threw in the towel after losing... of schadenfreude, was summed up by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s reaction at the European Council this week
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Tsipras gets ball rolling on lengthy, ambitious bid to change constitution
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor his government. The ideas set out by the prime minister were more or less along the lines that had... consecutive terms or eight years in a row. - Only a serving MP can be prime minister. - The need for any... and is not likely to be completed until the current bailout has been completed in 2018. In fact, the prime
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After joy of TV permit auction, Tsipras faces programme restrictions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA crucial week for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras begins with the government hosting a meeting... disposal. The prime minister, however, will want to maximise the political benefit from the TV tender... ahead of the party congress in October, when the prime minister will seek to reaffirm his control over
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Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016
A question of survival Tsipras seeks to distance himself from potential TV licensing debacle Prime... involved complicated paperwork and a lengthy court case, the current prime minister faces.... Commentators claimed that the prime minister was out of line to speak about an imminent court decision
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Newsletter 90 - 30/09/2016
is being discussed. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his ministers continue to cultivate... dogma. Whether his prime motivation was to save his own skin or prevent the government from... an unseemly row between his government and the church. The events were a far cry from Prime Minister
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Erdogan's questioning of border treaty catches Athens cold
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan openly challenging the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, and with it Greece.... — Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών (@GreeceMFA) September 29, 2016 On Friday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... the two countries if it chooses to hit back at the Turkish prime minister. The Greek concerns
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Row with church too much for Tsipras's fragile coalition
AgoraWhether his prime motivation was to save his own skin or prevent the government from becoming... religious instruction. The ANEL leader’s intervention led to a meeting between Prime Minister Alexis... was threatening to become an unseemly row. The events were a far cry from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s
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Tsipras's meeting with judiciary seen crossing the line
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s decision to meet with the heads of Greece’s judiciary on Thursday... to those “at the top of the pyramid.” The prime minister’s office subsequently clarified... the impression of a prime minister trying to close some of the open fronts his government is facing
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Tsipras ponders risking reshuffle to finish review on time, get debt talks going
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere is growing speculation that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is on the verge of announcing... that the prime minister is reportedly considering. Other government officials said to be on the way out... the prime minister was due to fly to Beijing. Until late last week, it was thought that Tsipras would
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
It did not take long for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s cautious reshuffle to be overshadowed... at home to change the agenda, such as the licencing of the TV sector. The importance that the prime... of a prime minister putting together a team that will be able to get along with the institutions
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