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Newsletter 39 - 21/08/2015
to form their own anti-bailout group, called Popular Unity. The fact it has 25 MPs makes it the third.... Lafazanis said that he would ask for the mandate after New Democracy has completed its deliberations... parties will hope that this will chip away at the lead SYRIZA has over them, which cannot be quantified
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Coalition opens up new political front with tender for TV licenses
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government to launch, and oversee, a tender for four national TV licenses. The legislation has been... be issued and ensuring the transparency of the tender. The government has accused the opposition... owners of TV licenses. The opposition has accused the government of adopting an unconstitutional
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Newsletter 157 -30/03/2018
to build momentum The government has been beset by complications regarding the completion of the fourth... light has been given for the next tranche of 6.7 billion euros. Initially, 5.7 billion euros... reported this week that an unnamed European official has suggested a final agreement on the review, debt
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Greece hopes beaches won't be empty again this summer, but vaccination numbers say otherwise
AgoraGreece’s Covid-19 vaccination strategy has been closely aligned with the coordinated EU approach. This has guided the mix of vaccines acquired, the rate of delivery and the policy guidance on administration, while the roll-out process has been perhaps surprisingly smooth and free from controversy
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Newsletter 392 - 08/09/2023
and damage, has thrown political developments off course. The impact of Storm Daniel forced... speech, which was expected to focus mostly on reforms, has been set aside for the time being. SYRIZA... Pelion, before moving to the plain of Thessaly in central Greece has left substantial destruction
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Samaras, Venizelos opt for earlier presidential vote in high-risk strategy to save coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsmore ground than it has during the last few weeks on fiscal and structural measures. Moving...The government has decided to move forward by around two months the presidential vote in Parliament... of surviving the presidential vote but the result still remains in the balance. However, it also has
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Troika document reveals thorny issues, coalition's commitments to conclude review
EconomyProgrammeof GDP in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Greece has proposed a number of measures such as increasing the VAT.... On the privatization front, Greece has committed to finalise the concession agreement for two ports (most likely... Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) for sale. That stake has a current market value of 450 million
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Greece and lenders fail to bridge their differences in Brussels
PoliticsGreek Politics, no other opposition party has indicated that it is willing to fully support this package of measures... general council and Thursday’s gathering of eurozone finance ministers in Luxembourg. Greece has..., there has been no increase on the discount. Should ECB officials choose to impose a higher haircut
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Debt talks to be prime focus after Easter
PoliticsGreek Politicsto approve the fiscal measures and reforms it has agreed with the institutions in Parliament before... to the politically painful measures that his government has to approve, such as 2 percent of GDP in fiscal..., after a staff-level agreement has been reached between Greece and the lenders and Greek MPs have
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With review set to resume, Tsipras looks for post-deal strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsof measures. Former Education Minister Nikos Fylis has been one of the most outspoken officials... few days, Tsipras has taken a central role in the inauguration of the 40-year concession deal... by the failure to conclude the review promptly. Tsipras has also already made it clear that he wants to revive
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