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Greece's relations with neighbours in Western Balkans becoming more complex
PoliticsForeign Policywith Albania Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's planned visit to Greece on May 12 has caused a stir.... However, the Greek government sees this visit as a “challenge” and an “intervention” in the process... intention to visit Athens through his close aide, Endri Fuga, who was in Greece a few days ago
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Athens steps up efforts to build links with Libya as EU steps in to assist
PoliticsForeign Policy. Also, a planned visit by Gerapetritis to Tripoli for talks with Libya’s internationally recognized... of migrants to southern Crete even after the visit of the Greek foreign minister is considered in Athens... to be pledged, but the visit could pave the way for closer cooperation. “Whether
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Greece and Ukraine sign LNG deal as US looks on
PoliticsForeign PolicyZelenskyy’s official visit, will see Greek gas supplier DEPA Emporia and Ukraine’s Naftogaz... Zelenskyy's working visit to Athens, with energy high on the agenda of discussions, and his next stops being Paris and Madrid. The visit of the Ukrainian President and DEPA's agreement with Ukraine's
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Wage ruling gives gov't immediate fiscal headache, political one may come later
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor appeals by other groups of public sector workers. With regards to the funds the government... pressure from the troika. New Democracy has strong support among these groups and was concerned about..., three civil servants’ groups that have attempted to overturn wage cuts so far have failed
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Coalition adopts court ruling that restores judges' pay, others poised to follow
PoliticsGreek Politicshave appealed rather than to entire groups. The coalition hopes this will give it some time to find... inconvenience for the government, they do also help smooth things over with two key groups. In the case... services were enough to deter the threatened rebellion. Although restoring the wages of these groups may
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Greece shelves water privatisation plans, leaving gap in revenue targets
Economyin February 2013, while HRADF approved at the end of May two of the four investment groups... in OLP, five investment groups have qualified for the second phase of the tender process. OLP’s.... In addition, eight investment groups submitted on June 5 expressions of interest for the sale of a 67
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Multi-bill passes but coalition's relationship with armed forces and police sours further
PoliticsForeign Policyon a collision course with these two groups due to its failure to implement a court decision calling... with the armed forces and emergency services severely strained. These groups traditionally contain right-wing... differences with these two groups, took up their cause on Wednesday. Party leader Alexis Tsipras described
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Drop in Greek CPI decelerates again to 2.1 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomy). It is noteworthy that none of the twelve main groups and services showed any MoM drop in prices in March. The breakdown of the CPI YoY movement among the main groups showed the highest drop was posted...). In contrast, two groups displayed an upward trend in prices, namely alcoholic beverages and tobacco
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Amid mounting pressure, gov't hopes parallel programme will provide fillip
PoliticsGreek Politicsat easing the impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable groups in Greek society. Among... include the creation of local centres to help vulnerable social groups enrol in state programmes... amidst protests by farmers and other professional groups could help improve the political climate
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Meeting with farmers marks start of renewed effort to reach bailout review deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsto meet with 17 farmers, representing groups from various parts of Greece. However, not all the farming... that he will have to make some concessions so that the farmers’ groups that have agreed... at least some minor concessions. This would also go some way towards making the groups still holding
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