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Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government appears to have set 165 as its target for the number of MPs’ votes it hopes to garner in the first presidential ballot on Wednesday. The number has appeared in several reports citing... of a SYRIZA government. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras set the tone on Thursday, when he raised
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Beyond economic policy, new Greek coalition starts setting out agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsUnderstandably, after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras set out his government’s policy programme on Sunday, all the attention has fallen on whether Greece will be able to reach an agreement with its..., not just economic policy. Here is a brief guide to some of the ideas that have been set out
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After Eurogroup, hard work, more pressure and sliver of hope for Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDijsselbloem, though, set out several key factors that will define the relationship between Greece... Dijsselbloem also explained that the two sides would first have to agree on a complete set of reforms
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Greece and lenders start technical talks as tension between Athens and Berlin rises
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the officials will start work in the Greek capital on Thursday. The key aim of the talks is to agree on a set... during its time in opposition and in the election campaign, it would be very difficult for SYRIZA to set
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Parliament starts process of probing Greek debt and MoUs - further division likely
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe inaugural sessions of Parliament’s “Truth Committee for Public Debt” over the weekend. The panel was set... in as negative a light as possible. What is certain is that both of the committees that have been set
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Tsipras and lenders leave themselves with fading chances of salvaging deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsrejected the other’s proposals for a set of reforms to unlock 7.2 billion euros in bailout funding... sent counter-proposals to the scheme set out by lenders. The Commission chief followed this up
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What capital controls will mean for Greek banks, customers and the economy
Economyeuros per card, which is much lower than the 300-euro daily cap set in Cyprus two years ago. Press... to the limit set by the card issuer. However, the Finance Minister may restrict the withdrawal limit
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As second bailout comes to an end, Tsipras eyes third amid domestic turmoil
PoliticsGreek Politicsis expected to present a set of measures that Greece would be willing to adopt as conditionality... would be included in Greece's proposals, an updated set of which Varoufakis is due to show his
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Newsletter 33 - 03/07/2015
the target was set (by the previous government) at a high level of 6.43 billion, which also incorporates... income declarations have already been submitted, while the deadline, initially set for 30 June... is unlikely to en masse favour being part of a national emergency government. The other possibility
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Tsipras denies Grexit plan, has work to do to keep Greece in euro
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor an agreement, which is set to include more fiscal measures than previous offers, but it is still not certain... and booed by others, the prime minister insisted that a deal could be reached by the Sunday deadline set
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