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Greece: How events could unfold over the next few weeks
PoliticsGreek Politicsin this process. The strong element of opportunism that drives the nationalist party means it has... another 3 billion euros taken out in March. It is estimated that the bank jog has continued at a slower... MPs it has at the moment but being able to continue governing with a comfortable majority
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Tsipras steps in amid concern deal with lenders slipping away
PoliticsGreek Politics. The frequency of contact between the two leaders has intensified in the past few weeks – an indication... by the institutions than Finance Ministry general secretary for fiscal policy Nikos Theocharakis, who has played... 11. The state’s increasingly desperate liquidity position means that Greece has little wiggle room
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China-Greece: One belt, one road?
Agoraoffshore blocks in the Ionian Sea and off southern Crete, has been extended until July 2015. Moreover... to Greece. In recent weeks China has underlined its investment commitment towards Greece by taking... has a “brother” port in Piraeus, an island of economic success illustrating how a semi-privatised
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Close call on IMF payment puts Tsipras under more pressure at home, abroad
PoliticsGreek Politicscould not find the money needed has highlighted the severe liquidity problems Athens is facing but also... is also likely to bring more pressure for Greece from its lenders. Tsipras has asked for the Greek... regarding value-added tax, tax administration and insolvency framework as the areas in which there has
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Athens wary of Skopje unrest but still aims to bolster ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has been monitoring with great concern the ongoing political crisis in the neighboring..., has not been as surprised by the current political crisis in FYROM as some of its European... leadership in Skopje. Kotzias said that the policy followed by many EU countries has played a part
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Greece sees deal by June 5 but size of gaps tells different story
PoliticsGreek Politicson which there has yet to be an agreement suggests it will be very difficult to reach a deal within... that an agreement between Athens and the institutions is “very close.” In fact, the Greek side has been..., who told MNI that Greece has to find another 1.8 billion euros from changes to VAT this year
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Greece and Albania at loggerheads over hydrocarbons research in Ionian
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAthens has found itself caught up in somewhat of a diplomatic crisis with Albania over the last few... of the Exclusive Economic Zone in its sea borders with Greece. Greece, however, has already begun... with Greece lately has prompted concern in the Greek Foreign Ministry. Many Greek diplomats believe
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Creditors devise proposal in Berlin, Tsipras prepares ground in Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece will adopt, the Fund also has a particular interest in the issues of debt sustainability... concessions the Greek side has won and how much it has had to give in on key issues such as pension and labour reform. The process of preparing the party for some kind of compromise has already begun
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Tsipras and lenders leave themselves with fading chances of salvaging deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsrequest for a conference call on Saturday, putting off any further conversation until Greece has... repeated his call for bold political initiatives from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Tsipras also has... Kazimir indicated there could be no more concessions to Greece. #Greece has to focus on completion
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Court orders 2012 pension cuts to be reversed, costing up to 1.5 bln
EconomyThe Council of State (CoS), Greece's highest administrative court, has published a decision..., which has been expected for the last few weeks - as we highlighted in May, deems unconstitutional the reductions imposed in 2012. However, the court has not asked the government to implement its
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