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Tsipras gets full support in pension and income tax vote, moves on to Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicswithout dismissing large numbers of civil servants. The conservative chief has so far not revealed... said on Sunday that apart from the pension and income tax reforms passed on Sunday, it has... to Reuters on Saturday on the need for Monday’s Eurogroup to break the “vicious cycle” in Greece. Gabriel has
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Putin visit highlights potential, but also limitations, of Greece-Russia ties
PoliticsForeign Policyto the Russian giant. Athens, however, has lowered its expectations for a full scale cooperation... that has been blocked by Bulgaria's unwillingness so far to be part of this project. It remains... DEPA last October in Rome will open the way for specific projects. It has become clear, though
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Paddling with a wooden spoon
Agoramet at the Eurogroup has been pretty simple: look no further than German Finance Minister Wolfgang... of issues, including what plans the eurozone has for Greek debt relief from 2018 onwards, have... of the bailout programmes has the eurozone chosen to take a decisive approach that has the potential
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Greece and Albania seek path to resolving stack of differences
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Greek – Albanian continental shelf and maritime zones. Albania’s Parliament has never ratified... declaring a state of war with Albania passed in 1940 even though Athens believes this has been resolved via a Greek Cabinet decision in August 1987. Kotzias’s visit has been in the making for a while
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First review completed but more prior actions lie ahead for Greece
EconomyProgrammehas reportedly committed to 15 prior actions that have to be implemented by the end of October..., the fund’s internal regulation has to be completed by the same date. 2) A second set of state-controlled companies has to be transferred to the new privatisation and investment fund. 3) Ratification
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Fool Britannia
Agora, the finance minister disappearing and nobody having any plan about what to do: This has all happened over the last few years in Greece. Never, though, all at the same time as has just occurred in the UK... campaign, has been a real revelation for those observing from outside, particularly in Greece, which has
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Coalition seeks to quash concerns about complications with Hellenikon development
PoliticsGreek PoliticsReports that the Culture Ministry has launched a bid to categorise almost the entire area..., although the government insists that the impact of the move has been exaggerated. Kathimerini... of September is one of the tasks the government has to cross off its list to complete the second review
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Athens watches Turkey-Russia rapprochement with interest
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has been closely monitoring Turkey’s attempt to mend fences with Moscow, a process... be an alternative ally to the EU, which has been critical of his handling of the coup aftermath..., Erdogan - obviously annoyed by the ambiguous position of many EU leaders - has threatened to scrap
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Tsipras tries to push snap election talk off political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsand putting that at risk would not make sense. While New Democracy has consistently called for elections over the last few months, there has also been speculation that Tsipras might opt for an unexpected visit... at this stage. His government has survived the toughest bailout review it is likely to face with minimal
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Greek, Turkish foreign ministers hold informal talks as refugee crisis, Cyprus loom
PoliticsForeign Policythe cave where - according to Greek mythology - Zeus has took Europa after kidnapping her. “I thought... he has taken Europa following her big kidnapping, so as to show that we believe that the Turkish... in comparison to other EU countries, with which Ankara has clashed repeatedly in recent weeks. The main
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