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Greece aiming to agree updated migration deal with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyat Greece's initiative. The EU-Turkey statement was reached in March 2016 and foresaw that all... met recently, put the issue on the agenda which will be further discussed during the High-Level... refugees to EU member states. This will be a tall order since EU member states are already having
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Athens and Ankara face bumps in the road as they prepare for political dialogue
PoliticsForeign Policyraise the issue in order to determine the agenda of the Greek-Turkish political dialogue, when... Dendias who met with his Turkish counterpart Yasar Guler on the sidelines of the NATO meeting... in a very compromised position. I think we all strive for peace, but at some point, there’s also
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Famellos aims for fresh start but existential questions dog SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsrebirth” that would involve all parties of the left. The party’s former financial manager, Thymios... political committee is due to meet this Monday in order to elect a new secretary. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with former minister Kostas Skrekas, widely regarded as the frontrunner
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Newsletter 55 - 12/12/2015
hospitals. All hospital directors and deputy directors are currently undergoing an assessment process... the role of the IMF as part of the quadriga. In October, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos met... waning appetite for reforms, the troika did not show the kind of flexibility he had hoped in order
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Mounting pension protests exert more pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicstheir income tax, while decreasing subsidies for diesel. Out of all the professional groups..., with bigger reductions to large pensions, in order to be in any position to convince its MPs to support... on this front over the last few days. On Saturday, Greek government officials, including Tsipras, met
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Athens hopes concessions can secure review breakthrough
PoliticsGreek Politicsand concessions on the tax-free threshold and pensions in order to conclude the review, Finance... relief. All the indications so far are that there is little chance of anything substantial emerging... that if fiscal targets are not met in 2019 and 2020, there will be a reduction in the tax-free threshold
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Busy January ahead for coalition, which rebuffs accusations over Turkish airmen
PoliticsGreek Politicsa compliance report. If the deadlines are met and the review is completed, this is expected to trigger two... in order to appease President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The spokesman said that the Supreme Court has... that Athens had taken all the necessary steps to ensure there is a final decision from Greece’s independent
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Eurogroup marks end of cycle and squaring of circle for Greece
Agora20 percent of GDP, in order to give comfort to the IMF and without incurring any additional costs... and fiscal targets are met over the next few years. Liability management We analysed in a recent blog that the IMF is a prime candidate of having all, or parts, of its loans to Greece pre-paid through
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Parliamentary report highlights demographics challenge and urges immediate action
Societyfor all births, not only the first one) was 28.8 years. In 2015, this had risen to 31.1 years. The report... rising number of people would need to be met by a constantly shrinking number of workers... fertility rates but also to keep the aging population in good health in order for them to remain
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Staikouras strikes note of caution on fiscal space and tax cuts
EconomyProgrammesurplus target will be met. Despite the latest estimates by the European Commission and Bank of Greece... things, aims to introduce some order to various tax changes and adjustments that have taken place...-performing loans will be pursued. The HFSF plan is at a more advanced stage and he notes that all
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