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No certainties for Athens before Eurogroup as lenders try for debt deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece goes into Monday’s Eurogroup without any certainty that its lenders will arrive at a common position on how to put its public debt on a sustainable path. A eurozone official said last week... as the IMF does not see the Greek economy growing by more than 1.5 percent a year in the medium-term
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Coalition defends deal with lenders, opposition exerts pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen able to secure a better agreement because he would have offered to conduct more reforms than... The opposition is also seeking to put pressure on the government over a report that Defence Minister
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Tsipras tries to keep government's eyes on the prize
PoliticsGreek Politicsachieved most of its targets (government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulous put the number at 90 percent... that was seized in Greece in 2014 with more than 2 tonnes of heroin on board. Nine people were sentenced
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Greek university system out of sync with economic reality, study finds
Societyvery little about state employment support programmes. In parallel, less than 35 percent of employers... such as shipping, tourism and agriculture should also be put in place.
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PASOK launches attempt to form alliance that would rival SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicswith New Democracy are less fractious than they were in the past. Not everyone within PASOK.... Should he not stand, it is possible that the more reformist wing of PASOK will put forward a candidate
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ESM approves next bailout tranche, providing Athens with some relief
PoliticsGreek Politicstheir or their family’s financial situation will improve either after more than eight years or not at all. Only... most serious problems facing Greece, the respondents’ answers put unemployment on top with 68.4
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe problems they face. The bill that Kouroublis put together was blocked in 2016 by the General... that the cost of safety equipment and clothing be covered by the local authorities, rather than workers
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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts and reforms, hopes for lower fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that it would never again put up posters in universities during student elections. “My aim is for us... his own particular way of expressing himself. Sometimes he may say a little more than he should
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Athens braces for review headwinds due to IMF demands, Berlin changes
PoliticsGreek Politicstrend since the completion of the second review of the Greek programme in June, could be put at risk... to be implemented in 2019, rather than 2020. This is also the year that pensions have to be cut by 1
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsonly recognises a Muslim, rather than Turkish, minority in northeastern Greece and has refused... to highlight the ideological differences in the coalition and put the pressure for passing such legislation
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