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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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Tsakalotos role under scrutiny as talks become more tense
PoliticsGreek Politicsaffairs committee on Tuesday. Tsakalotos’s assertion that “we are not claiming austerity has ended” caught.... It is not the first time that Tzanakopoulos has tried to douse rumours that Tsakalotos is unhappy... of the March 20 Eurogroup. This has been evident from the far more reserved interpretation given
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Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
EconomyProgramme. It has requested an increase in the limit for mass layoffs, abolition of the need for pre-approval... for the restoration of collective bargaining. The Fund has also demanded a reduction in the tax... this issue has also not been resolved yet, it appears that the two sides are not far from clinching
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Newsletter 123 - 16/06/2017
to weigh this against the fact that the IMF does not consider the eurozone has made enough progress... with lower ECB funding by 819 million. Eurosystem funding has been reduced by 9.69 billion since... with the corresponding period a year ago showed that the jobless rate has decreased by 1.6
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