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SYRIZA seeks best path to next general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsupheaval over the Macedonia deal, including Greece’s decision to expel two Russian officials... club in Thessaloniki, would take legal action. Some Greek government officials have suggested
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Tsipras bids farewell to MoU, eyes new start for Greece and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicshis next major speech, at the Thessaloniki Expo on September 8. Government officials have already...” envisioned by Tsipras. New Democracy officials have been highlighting how the softer stance taken recently
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Reshuffle on backburner as Tsipras draws ideological battle lines
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe timing of the cabinet reshuffle that has been trailed in the media, and by some government officials, over the last few weeks looks set to change following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s address... Mitsotakis appears happy to let some officials draw ideological battle lines. “Wherever the left government
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Athens prepares 2019 draft budget amid pension cuts dilemma
EconomyProgrammeby European officials that there is unlikely to be a decision on whether the measure can be scrapped until the December 3 Eurogroup. In the meantime, Finance Ministry officials are reportedly still
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Falling bank shares prompt coalition to take closer look
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired a hastily-arranged meeting of top government officials on Wednesday after a sharp decline in bank shares on the Athens Stock Exchange led to Greek lenders... by as much as 17.66 percent. Finance Ministry officials dismissed the nosedive in share prices
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SYRIZA eyes gains from case developing against ex-defence minister
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials. In the latest incident, New Democracy has renewed its pressure on Tsipras to publish..., Kostas Simitis, under whom Papantoniou and Tsochatzopoulos served. Secondly, party officials have
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Kotzias territorial waters comment not expected to spark change of approach in Athens
PoliticsForeign Policyon drillings in the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkish officials issued warnings about this issue during... harassed a Turkish energy exploration ship in the region – an incident denied by Athens officials
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Coalition indicates it will keep focus on corruption allegations
PoliticsGreek Politicsaccountable. In an attempt to build on the momentum created by the Papantoniou affair, SYRIZA officials... earlier this year about Novartis bribing politicians and public officials. SYRIZA’s rapporteur
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Pension deal rekindles speculation about election date
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials have been encouraged by recent developments. The agreement with the lenders over the pension... in September/October is popular among some coalition officials is that it allows more time to pass between
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Parties trade blows over name deal, corruption claims in fraught atmosphere
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the prime minister would take up the issue with European officials. Government sources indicated... as New Democracy is concerned. Conservative officials have pushed such theories since early
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