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What is SYRIZA planning to do with Greek banks?
EconomySYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has repeatedly outlined the party’s immediate economic policies which... programme with a total cost estimated at 11.4 billion euros. SYRIZA’s economic policies were initially presented at the Thessaloniki International Fair last September and were updated at the party’s
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SYRIZA heading for Independent Greeks coalition, with uncertain consequences
PoliticsGreek Politicsand PASOK. Apart from SYRIZA’s victory, the elections brought damaging defeats for New Democracy... of the party, whereas PASOK’s Evangelos Venizelos said that his party would soon hold a congress, where there would be a leadership contest as well. George Papandreou’s Movement of Democratic Socialists failed
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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... lenders, starting with Wednesday’s Eurogroup. However, as the eurozone waits to find out what Finance... underlined the coalition’s opposition to Hellas Gold’s mining activity in the Skouries forest in Halkidiki
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The government decisions that could shape the future of Greek banks
EconomyA number of the new government’s announcements over the last few days have brought the prospects of Greece’s four systemic banks, which are among the largest listed companies in the Athens Stock..., that such a legislative change requires approval by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition
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Tsipras begins effort to avoid SYRIZA division over deal with creditors
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter Friday’s Eurogroup agreement and the reform proposals agreed by lenders on Tuesday signalled a retreat from many of SYRIZA’s pre-election pledges. Tsipras chaired a meeting of SYRIZA’s...’s proposals on the privatisation issue are a little ambiguous. Greece commits to completing
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As coalition prepares first draft laws, Tsipras may avoid Parliament vote on extension
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Greece’s loan agreement to Parliament for a vote. Speaking on Friday morning, ahead of a vote... week, when the government’s bill on a payment plan for overdue taxes is due to be finalised. In his... admitted that Greece’s pension system is in need of substantial reform but said that he would
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Greece and lenders start technical talks as tension between Athens and Berlin rises
PoliticsGreek PoliticsRepresentatives of the Greek government and the country’s lenders were due to begin technical.... The Greek team in Brussels is to be headed by the Finance Ministry’s general secretary for fiscal policy... Schaeuble at the end of Tuesday’s ECOFIN, when he labelled Varoufakis “naive.” State Minister Nikos Pappas
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Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
PoliticsGreek Politicsfinance ministers to give their approval on the April 24 Eurogroup. As Greece’s options narrow so... the four-month extension of Greece’s bailout programme, largely sidelining Finance Minister Yanis... in the government’s coordination and decision making process. It was notable, for instance, that Alternate Minister
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Golden Dawn trial begins against complex political backdrop
PoliticsGreek Politicsnear Piraeus, the Neo-Nazi party’s leader, MPs and numerous members are going on trial. A total... Dawn’s leadership following Fyssas’s murder in September 2013 played a significant part in halting, and then reversing, the party’s steady rise in opinion polls. Golden Dawn was moving comfortably
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Lack of liquidity, political cost push Greek gov't to seek swift deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicstax (ENFIA) last year as his government’s biggest PR mistake and the one policy decision that damaged his party’s ratings most. SYRIZA has not only pledged to protect pensions but also to raise them... is possible. This seems to have been the key Greek request at Thursday’s meeting. In fact, there seems
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