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Cabinet reshuffle expected to presage coalition's revival effort
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot want to create rifts within the party at a time when he is trying to unify SYRIZA so it can prepare.... “However, after everything that’s happened… I don’t know how much longer it can last for.” A key factor... is confident that it can achieve the 700-million-euro excess surplus it expects and that it is exploring
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Another austerity fighter to bite the dust
Agorato find an argument that can convince the law to come to their assistance. A pensioner who has... of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Do they stand a chance? We can take a roundabout way... with this arrangement is that while one can sue their government in national courts, European institutions in European
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Equivocal Macedonia name referendum leaves Athens hanging on as views differ
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Prespes Agreement can be safeguarded,” the statement concluded. Uncertainty At the moment... in Parliament or in national elections, the ratification process can move on. Otherwise, the Prespes... with his coalition partner and can plan for elections based on a timetable that suits him rather than
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Mitsotakis responds to Tsipras challenge with proposals for broad changes to constitution
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that the roles can be made more distinct through regular legislation. It should be noted... to be in a position in which it can secure 180 votes now, so if New Democracy holds even a slim majority in the next Parliament, the conservatives will be in a position where they can block the changes put
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Tsipras reaches settlement with church, aiming to subdue critics
PoliticsGreek Politics. The removal of around 10,000 priests from the civil service means that the government can replace... schools. More likely, the constitutional change will be cosmetic, but one that Tsipras can promote... of the constitution can be altered without ruining relations with the church and while solving several longstanding
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Newsletter 182 -9/11/2018
the past few weeks have focussed on how this hole can be plugged so that Athens’s request to keep expenditure on retirees unchanged can be approved. According to the draft budget submitted... of agreement on the way forward so the final version of the budget can be submitted to Greek Parliament
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Our daily bread
Agoracomes at us faster than we can absorb it and there is a surplus of mistrust and rancour, moments... life with nothing. “Which person can remain unmoved when they see a small child eating soil?” he told... that away from the incompetence and greed of the political system, genuine kindness and courage can
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EastMed pipeline close to high-level agreement, but still a long way from becoming reality
EconomyFeatures-project still has a number of hurdles to clear before it can become a reality, among them challenges... offshore Cyprus prompted Turkish foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, to warn that “nothing can be done... since the invasion by Turkish forces in 1974. The practical impact that territorial disputes can have
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No breakthrough in discussions over protection for main homes
EconomyProgrammesuggest that Athens is still hopeful that an agreement can be reached ahead of the April 5 meeting... that can materialise due to a lack of consensus on basic elements of the new framework, which... of the properties that can be protected to be 230,000 euros, rather than the 250,000 euros propose
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Mitsotakis sets goals for first days in office after July 7 elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe appointments he can make and the more daring the policy decisions he can take. In an interview... restrictions so that the police can enter campuses without permission. He added that access to some
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