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New Democracy latches on to SYRIZA confusion over law and order
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s discomfort at having to take on activists has become increasingly obvious... parties and SYRIZA’s coalition partner Independent Greeks, which has close ties to the church and draws... reaction from SYRIZA MPs and ministers underlines how disoriented the party has become now
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Tsipras seeks "Club Med" unity as refugee crisis, debt talks move up agenda
PoliticsForeign Policy16. September 9 has been mentioned as a possible date for the conference in the Greek capital... in the company of leaders with a less radical left background than himself. He has gradually been welcomed... administration has sought ways to create alliances within the EU. Its messy negotiations
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Government distances itself from ELSTAT case as European Commission wades in
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor ELSTAT’s independence to be maintained. The current coalition has repeatedly been criticised for interfering in the work of independent authorities, although there has not been any complaint... for light to be shed on the claims, has raised concern that Georgiou may be made a scapegoat
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Athens briefed as talks on Cyprus reunification intensify
PoliticsForeign Policy2.5-hour meeting with Kotzias “the convergences already achieved are far beyond what has ever been agreed in direct conversations between the two sides.” However, he has also admitted that “there is still... by the UN. What has been very much our agreement now is that every single sentence, every word
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Uncomfortable questions regarding TV auction mount for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding the recent auction for TV licences, which the coalition has held up as a shining example... to rubber stamp the tender. A second controversial aspect to the TV permits auction has emerged this week... signing a legal document that the money being used to purchase the permits has been earned from legal
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Greece's taxing challenges
Agora, the volume of unpaid taxes has increased. The latest available data for August 2016 recorded... to attracting investments. But it has become the default option of past and current governments... campaigned in favour of abolishing the tax, only to embrace it after taking office. VAT has been increased
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TV licencing becomes key political battleground after court verdict
PoliticsGreek Politics. What emerged was an attempt to turn the tables on New Democracy, which has been the most vociferous... that ESR has sole authority for regulating the broadcasting sector. The government now wants to elect... New Democracy really has qualms about institutional issues or if it just does not want the tender
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Cabinet reshuffle leaves some bitterness within SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras’s new cabinet has mostly been welcomed as an attempt to conclude the second review..., Kostas Gavroglou, made it clear immediately that he has no plans to change the textbooks used... discussed as an academic bears no relation to the job he has to do as a member of the government. He
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Parties reach consensus on broadcasting watchdog after coalition backs off
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe obliged to go along with the launching of a new licencing process. The coalition has argued..., said that this approach had been justified now that a cross-party agreement has been reached.... The balance on the board is evenly split between SYRIZA and New Democracy (each party has put
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Pieces of review puzzle yet to fall into place ahead of Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeand the institutions, an agreement has not been clinched as the various sides have yet to converge on several key... of 0.2 percent of GDP in 2017 and 0.4 percent in GDP in 2018, the former has been eliminated, while the latter has been trimmed to 0.1 percent, according to the Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos
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