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Passing of broadcasting bill introduces new challenges for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Radio and Television (ESR) – has the right to set the number of national and regional licences... that do not broadcast news, which has prompted complaints from the journalists’ union ESIEA, which... activities. Local municipalities will also be able to apply for permits. SYRIZA has staked a great deal
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Meimarakis seen as clear frontrunner with New Democracy leadership vote approaching
PoliticsGreek Politicsturnout this time. Mitsotakis has indicated that he expects at least 300,000 conservatives to vote. Meimarakis’s lead in the polls has also led to the New Democracy leader rebuffing calls for a debate between the four candidates. It appears that his team believe he has more to lose from a debate, even
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Greek banks' capital actions underway, state aid seen as low as 4.7 bln
Economy) in the first week of November, the ECB body has approved a total amount of 654 million euros.... Alpha said earlier today it has already received demand in excess of the 1.55 billion target... conclude that the bank has successfully covered its total capital needs of 2.74 billion without any
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Warning signs for coalition after majority trimmed in multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe other two lawmakers choose the same route (Nikolopoulos has shown no such intention, while.... This means that the government has 153 out of 300 MPs in Parliament and an even more fragile... to ensure there will be no more defections from SYRIZA, which means that he has to fulfil a role
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Greece gets tranche and looks ahead to next tasks, including pensions and NPLs
EconomyProgrammeby the Greek government and stressed that the focus has now turned to the next stages of the ESM... of 1 billion. Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said that the pension reform has been moved... loans (NPLs). Although the second list of milestones has not been finalised and officially disclosed
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Tsipras turns attention to nervy party ahead of new measures
PoliticsGreek Politicshas to adopt in the coming weeks. Government spokesperson Olga Gerovasili was among those rejecting... of the parliamentary group on Tuesday is the first time that Tsipras has called his MPs together since he.... However, the coalition has to clear a number of obstacles before it can reach this promised land
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Broad agenda for Kerry's visit to Athens
PoliticsForeign Policyally, Greece has not jumped to its defence, especially since the issue of air space violations lies at its heart. Athens has long complained about Turkey’s frequent incursions into Greek air space. Greece has many times raised this issue either at an EU level as well as during talks in NATO, so
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SYRIZA fails to make any friends with new public sector wage grid
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has found itself under attack from all sides over the changes to the public sector... of the multi-bill of prior actions that Greece has to pass in order to receive the next 1 billion euros... some employees in the public sector will see their income trimmed. This has triggered a reaction from
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Unemployment among Greek doctors hits record levels
SocietyUnemployment among Greek doctors has reached record levels, with 27.5 percent of members of the Athens Medical Association (ISA) unemployed or underemployed, a conference has heard. Data presented... in Greece is well above the European average. While Greece has 6.1 doctors per 1,000 inhabitants, the EU
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Opposition party leader Leventis a coalition partner-in-waiting?
PoliticsGreek Politics-Independent Greeks coalition was sworn in three months ago, there has been speculation that the Union.... Leventis, once among the early members of PASOK, has spent three decades, mostly via late-night TV.... Leventis has been mostly equivocal in his stance, at times praising Tsipras and at other times being
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