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The republic without a government
Agorapredictability like no other in the European Union? Seeking answers to this formidable challenge has... Coalition between the Conservatives and Social Democrats, SPD). Such a political arrangement has... of such unease, a new model, under the term KoKo, has been introduced, primarily by the SPD. It seeks
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Athens hits back over EU's refugee criticism, but domestic gripes more of a concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this was an effect of the recent increase in the number of arrivals. “The state has no magic wand to respond... that is not the state’s fault.” The government has been installing dozens of converted containers... and become permanent features, means the process has been moving slowly. Authorities have also been
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Busy January ahead for coalition, which rebuffs accusations over Turkish airmen
PoliticsGreek Politics, regaining along the way some of the support it has lost over the last couple of years.... For instance, a difference of opinion has emerged between SYRIZA and its coalition partner, Independent...) regarding the longstanding name dispute between the two countries. ANEL leader Panos Kammenos has
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Coalition braces for Sunday demo, ponders impact on cooperation
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the idea of a compromise, while PASOK has also taken a fairly moderate stance, without clearly stating... to get cold feet in the coming weeks. The demonstration has also put the coalition on tenterhooks. SYRIZA... this week, Panos Kammenos will not put an end to the coalition unless he feels he has no option
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Athens takes cautious approach to Turkish words and actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the hydrocarbon exploration going on off Cyprus, where ENI says it has discovered gas, look to have put... adviser Yigit Bulut claimed on Wednesday that the US, which has warned Turkey over its actions in Syria... the country’s southern border. Athens has decided to respond to the unrest in the Aegean
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Greece reaches for its pills
Agoraof accepting bribes from the Swiss pharmaceutical giant has unleashed all the negative and vomit-inducing elements that Greek politics has to offer. Claims about “the biggest scandal since the formation... it is worth. If SYRIZA were to draw up a list of the political figures with which it has the most
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BoG looks at other programme exits and options available to Athens
EconomyProgrammeOver the last few weeks Greece’s central bank governor, Yannis Stournaras, has been arguing... surveillance (PPS) process has been running smoothly for all four countries, which have completed between 4 and 7 PPS. Cyprus has a number of common characteristics with Greece in the way it concluded its
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Focus of discussion for lenders moves to debt relief, post-MoU framework
EconomyProgrammegovernment and its lenders has moved fully to the final few months of the programme and what will follow... will be assigned to the cash buffer the government is building. Although no official date has been given... is also due to receive another 1 billion euros subject to confirmation it has met its commitments
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Greek banks' NPL selloff gathers speed
EconomyBankingfor strategic defaults, means that today, European Commission figures estimate that Greece has the highest... balance sheet, announced recently that it has signed a binding agreement with B2Holding group..., as of June 30, 2017. The bank announced that the consideration of the transaction has been agreed
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Mitsotakis starts to put New Democracy on election footing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told his party to start preparing for general elections in the near future and has described the upcoming vote as a moment for “catharsis and rebooting... recovery has boosted SYRIZA’s chances. As a result, the centre-right party has to be prepared for both
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