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EU summit talks give Greece narrow window of opportunity for reforms
PoliticsGreek Politics. The statement adds little to what had been agreed previously but underlines that the process has... billion euros takes place soon remains an option, as it has been since February 20. According to reports in Greece, Tsipras told the EU officials that his government has enough cash to meet obligations
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The faces change, the issues remain the same
AgoraSuch has been the impasse between Greece and its lenders over the last three month (add a few more... corralled by a series of moves on Monday. Tsakalotos has accompanied Varoufakis to a number of his international meetings since January and has already taken part in the tortuous technical talks
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Greece hopes to catch break from ECB as IMF puts its foot down
PoliticsGreek Politicsa deal on the remaining measures in order to unlock the 7.2 billion euros in bailout funding that has... be rolled into talks about a third bailout package for Greece. Athens has another 1.5 billion euros... Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. IMF demands However, the discussion has been complicated
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Greece and lenders talk at cross purposes, head for crisis summit
PoliticsGreek Politicsa debt swap between the European Stability Mechanism and the European Central Bank has not been... a deciding factor in negotiations. The ECB has reportedly planned an emergency session of its governing... only progress if there are “adults in the room” was probably the most acerbic criticism that has been
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Tsipras suffers serious knocks in prior actions vote but emerges on his feet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKonstantopoulou, who gave a fiery speech against austerity policies. Varoufakis has already been replaced... a plan to return to the drachma but Tsipras has now put pressure on the Left Platform to come out... not believe the threat of a Grexit will be put to bed until the third bailout has been agreed. Thursday
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Tsipras confounds expectations, creates new doubts by reviving coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsabandoned and Tsipras reached out to Kammenos. The renewal of their alliance has certain advantages... potentially complex talks with parties he has not worked with before, also cutting down on the time... Evangelos Meimarakis. His decision to run a relaxed campaign that stressed the need for unity has
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Coalition in rush to wrap up pending bailout issues
EconomyProgramme, nuisance taxes and minimum prices for generic drugs. Another key issue that has to be resolved... to Kathimerini, an unnamed European official said on Wednesday that as long as Greece has implemented two... recapitalization before the end of the year. The government has pledged to make pension interventions
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Justice can't be blind to facts in 2009 deficit case
Agorathat Greece had to make. Georgiou has been accused by former colleagues of doctoring Greece’s figures... that has been peddled by all three at one time or another to suit their political ends. Having adopted... justice system has failed to see all this after so many years is a great cause for concern
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Govt hopes for Feb review deal but opposition readies in case of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government, which has suffered a steady erosion since being re-elected in September 2015 as a result of the measures it has adopted and its double-speak. A poll by Kapa Research published in To Vima...There are increasing indications from government sources that Athens has accepted it is unlikely
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Waste management remains Greece's biggest environmental challenge, says EU
SocietyNGOs has enabled building expertise and putting in place effective measures in specific areas... review from the European Commission has found. “Greece faces significant difficulties in implementing... action programmes for all nitrate-vulnerable zones. While the emission of several air pollutants has
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