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Athens and creditors edge closer on tax and pensions but gap remains on NPLs
EconomyProgrammewith quadriga that ended at 1 a.m. on Friday morning. He noted that “we are very close to an agreement
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Calls for snap polls, parliamentary probes set tone for polarised politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsto finalise the latest fiscal adjustment measures with the quadriga of creditors and then submit them
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Policy pledges bolster top two parties as ND erases losses from surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politicssupport for third party PASOK has remained more or less static. The findings suggest... support of Greek Solution. The parties of the centre and left could only form a government... on its own with the current ratings. However, if voters were to switch their support away from
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Statement on the support to Greece by Euro area Members States
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Tsipras gets full support in pension and income tax vote, moves on to Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Parliament passed the pension and income tax reform bill entailing 2 percent of GDP in fiscal measures needed to lead to the completion of the first bailout, with all 153 of the government’s MPs backing the legislation. No major surprises were exp...
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Opposition leaders rule out support for SYRIZA as battle for centre ground looms
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe resumption of negotiations with Greece’s lenders and the series of challenges that lie ahead for the government have rekindled speculation about SYRIZA needing a new or extra coalition partner in the months to come. The Union of Centrists, led by th...
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Lenders provide words of support and warning regarding debt talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsRepresentatives of the Greek government and its lenders continued on Wednesday to publicly exchange views about the country’s programme and the prospects of concluding the review in the coming days but failed to provide any clarity about whether there w...
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Coalition stresses positives, expects full support for multi-bill
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe coalition appears confident that it will not suffer any rebellions in Parliament when the vote on the multi-bill is due, probably on Monday. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos briefed SYRIZA MPs about the draft legislation shortly before it was subm...
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Tsipras tries to secure church's support in Macedonia name talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe discussion about the Macedonian name issue, which began in earnest in New York this week, is gradually becoming a key factor in the domestic political scene. Negotiators from Athens and Skopje met for UN-mediated talks this week after several weeks ...
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Preventative medicine, support for vulnerable form backbone of ND healthcare package
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the change of guard in Greece comes a new set of legislation for public healthcare, an area that suffered greatly pre-crisis from inefficient management and during the crisis due to successive cuts. Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias announced the go...
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