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Greece and Albania hold private talks to tackle longstanding differences
PoliticsForeign Policy2010, when Albania’s Constitutional Court annulled an earlier maritime border deal signed... has openly linked this issue with Albania’s EU accession hopes. In any case, the intensive dialogue... could be a landmark date for FYROM’s hopes of joining the military alliance. This is why Athens
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Kammenos under scrutiny again Defence minister’s latest scandal gives opposition fodder to attack... with lawmakers from Kammenos’s party in September to reject opposition demands for an inquiry into the ANEL chief’s exchanges with Makis Yiannousakis, a shipowner convicted as part of the Noor-1 heroin
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Centre-left agrees on new name, starts building party structure
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the new party’s name suggests that Gennimata wants to show that it is clearly rooted in PASOK’s history, thereby ensuring the ongoing support of the centre-left’s traditional voters, who were also... to Papandreou’s legacy. Tsipras recently penned an op-ed defending Papapndreou’s time in office and at the end
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Opposition keeps spotlight on arms deal as coalition looks for way out
PoliticsGreek Politicsa number of inconsistencies, including the apparent absence of Saudi Arabia’s official seal from some... Democracy’s claims, appeared on TV on Wednesday night to again deny any wrongdoing. He insisted that he... out of the agreement following the furore, despite rejecting the opposition’s claims. SYRIZA MP Nikos
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Mitsotakis rules out roles for relatives, Tsipras mulls way out of pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicscomes to power. However, his comments regarding the weakness of the government’s “success story... described lower taxes as the “main vehicle” for his party’s growth strategy. He insisted that there is room...’s lenders. He argued that this would help him convince the institutions to lower the 3.5 percent
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BoG sees recovery strengthening, proposes post-MoU safety net
Economy) governor Yannis Stournaras outlined the Greek economy’s positive momentum and the challenges that lie.... This, though, runs counter to the coalition’s efforts to achieve a clean programme exit. The BoG sees... in the sovereign’s fixed income market, where yields across the curve have dropped. Greece issued a five-year
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Despite strike law reservations, coalition expects straightforward vote on multi-bill
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsakalotos and Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou briefed the party’s parliamentary group this week. However, the coalition does not appear concerned by the lawmaker’s scepticism and still seems.... The government’s efforts to defend the strike measure, as well as others in the vast omnibus bill, were
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Athens set for 6.7 bln bailout tranche, talks on post-MoU framework
EconomyProgrammeMonday’s Eurogroup is expected to confirm that the third review has been completed and that Athens... are settled. Reports from last Friday’s Euro Working Group (EWG) suggested that the technocrats advising... require ministerial decisions and are set to be settled before the European Stability Mechanism’s
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Greek parties face fine balance as they discuss name issue
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggested to his party’s political committee on Wednesday that New Democracy would no longer engage with the government on the issue, blaming the coalition’s handling of the matter so far and its lack...’s position, he would ask Zaev to first make some goodwill gestures to prove that he is genuinely
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Macedonia issue, planned rally stoke tension between parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs Sunday’s demonstration in Athens over the Macedonia issue approaches, the political tension... comments made by the party’s vice president, Adonis Georgiadis, in the past, when he accused former... for Greece’s neighbour. New Democracy looks increasingly split over how to approach the issue. Some
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