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Greek-Turkish rift puts strain on Cyprus reunification talks
PoliticsForeign Policyon Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide has already begun to engage in talks with Athens and Ankara in an effort to lay... focus during the next Conference on Cyprus. With regards to internal security, Athens has proposed... of movement of goods, people, services and capital over borders) that Turkey has recently tabled as a demand
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Newsletter 106 - 10/02/2017
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has returned to his pet subject of Grexit, arguing that Greece would need to leave the eurozone if it wants a debt haircut, which is a form of relief that has not been requested by Athens, the IMF or anyone else. Amid this confusion, Athens has tried to give away
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Newsletter 107 - 17/02/2017
concessions Another week has rolled by without an agreement between Greece and the institutions, although... austerity measures. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras also stressed that the era of more austerity has... Moscovici that the era of more austerity has finished for Greece. published on Wednesday in which
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Cyprus talks take a buffeting as leaders fall out
PoliticsForeign Policydisrespectful enough to prompt his departure from the venue. The Cyprus Parliament vote has caused... of the northern part of the island in July 1974. The Greek Cypriot side has acknowledged that Parliament's... Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday. “Patience has its limits,” said the Cypriot leader. Cavusoglu
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Review talks focus on out-of-court workout, jobs scheme and energy market
EconomyProgrammeon pending issues has not been reached. According to sources, the government remains firm in its... open is the threshold of overdue obligations that will be included in the mechanism. The government has... and that it may may be excluded from the fiscal outcome. According to reports, Greece has held talks
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Key obstacles remain in bailout negotiations for pressured govt
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has proclaimed progress in the latest talks with the institutions, which were due... of GDP), for the Greek side to be able to adopt some of the fiscal counter-measures it has identified..., it should also be considered that the Greek government has every interest to talk up the progress
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Labour reforms, fiscal measures loom largest as Athens resumes talks with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto medium-term debt relief from the eurozone, may be concluded in April. This has been interpreted..., Tsipras has not yet reached the point where he can sign up to an agreement that would be accepted by his... the right to implement “defensive” lockouts. Furthermore, the Fund has been advocating an increase
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From MoU exit to Grexit: Where next for Greece?
Agoraor two early this summer when Greece has to roll over the bond that it issued in 2014, when Antonis Samaras was prime minister. However, the timetable Tsipras identified last autumn has gone up... then, there has been much back-and-forth between the government and the institutions, with minimal
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Athens, lenders trying to put last pieces in place for technical agreement
EconomyProgrammeto reaching an agreement at technical level, there has been much speculation about how several issues... of GDP in 2019 and another 0.3 percent of GDP in 2020, as the government suggests. Athens has also... to 19-20 percent to ease the tax burden for low-income earners. Pensions The IMF has also demanded
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To Potami and PASOK battle it out for dominance of centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politics. The lawmaker’s move means that PASOK now has 19 MPs, two more than Golden Dawn in fourth place. More significantly, it is a further boost to the leadership of Fofi Gennimata. Although she has strong... that Gennimata has to worry about a challenge from within PASOK, even though some top officials, such as her
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