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Privatisation of power transmission firm ADMIE a key challenge among prior actions
EconomyProgrammeprocess was completed on May 9, 2014, with five firms submitting expressions of interest. After... and consortiums qualified to participate in the second phase, which involved the submission of binding offers... of exports are controlled by PPC. Local media indicate that the government and the quadriga may converge
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EU and Gazprom: A legal compromise that will shape Europe's natural gas landscape?
LegalUnion), once those commitments become legally binding, upon the Commission’s decision, a fine of up to 10% of Gazprom’s global turnover may be imposed in case of violation of the EU antitrust rules... shall be taken. Gazprom may, therefore, need to partly sacrifice its control over certain East European
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Debt talks to be prime focus after Easter
PoliticsGreek Politicscountries, to make the pledge the IMF is looking for. This may happen at the May 22 Eurogroup.... However, a binding commitment from the Eurogroup on debt relief means that it will not be the kind.... While this may be less than Tsipras and his party would ideally want, it still represents
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Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
Agoraof France during the first round. Le Pen may be destined for defeat now but she has a sizable base... for newcomers, who carry with them uncertainty about the way they may shape the political agenda... and learn a lesson from the Netherlands. Fighting the right-wing populists on their terms may
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Court ruling on pension cuts more political problem than legal obstacle for govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe court issues are non-binding opinions and, as such, do not make a difference to its plans to submit... that the court's ruling is purely advisory and that changes may be made to the legislation if deemed necessary... cuts. This may mean Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his ministers mounting another effort
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Newsletter 282 -29/01/2021
and Turkey have been afforded added drama by Greece’s political system and the media. This may have been why..., and these talks are not binding for either side. He also said that there are no common records of these meetings... President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be trying to get in the good books of the incoming Biden
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Somewhere in the middle: Kosovo's delicate relations with the European Union
Agoramay take measures it deems appropriate, including suspending all or part of this Agreement”, which... noteworthy that in May of 2017 Kosovo Assembly voted a motion of no confidence for the government, which... the nexus between a legally binding agreement between Kosovo and Serbia and the accession of both
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Diplomatic tension over refugee crisis grows as Greece protests to Austria
PoliticsForeign Policyof countries that are not EU member states. This means any decisions taken by the EU are non-binding.... Austria’s proactive stance appears to have taken Athens by surprise and there is concern about what may..., Serbia, Slovenia. The decision not to invite Greece may have been prompted by Tsipras’s decision
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To Potami's rise and Golden Dawn's strife shake things up for May vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJust as it looked as if May’s European Parliament elections would be an antagonistic but relatively... to be reckoned with in the May 25 vote. Kapa poll - EP elex in Attica: SYRIZA 20.1, ND 17.6, G Dawn 7.2... to a poorer showing the May vote than many had expected until recently. That the appearance
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SYRIZA stumbles again on way to May elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty has dropped one candidate, another has been forced to step down, while a third may also have... Sabiha Suleiman, a local Roma activist, as a candidate for the May 25 European Parliament elections... in Thrace. This is not the first time during the build-up to the May campaigns that SYRIZA has found
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