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MP's departure ahead of multi-bill vote highlights pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Tsipras. Another concern for the prime minister is the Sakellaridis incident will not be a one-man
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Warning signs for coalition after majority trimmed in multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government passed the latest multi-bill needed for another 12 billion euros in bailout loans and bank recapitalisation funds through Parliament on Thursday night but at a considerable cost. Two MPs, one from each of the governing parties, failed to back the legislation and were ousted from
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Embarrassment for New Democracy as leadership vote called off due to IT problem
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the incumbent. One of his rivals for the party leadership, ex-Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos
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Greece gets tranche and looks ahead to next tasks, including pensions and NPLs
EconomyProgrammeof Greece but was inactive for more than one year, establishment of a Credit and Wealth Bureau
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Tsipras turns attention to nervy party ahead of new measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsexpelled one lawmaker and had to replace another after they refused to pass the last set of prior
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New Democracy to take second stab at leadership vote on Dec 20
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot lead to one candidate gaining more than 50 percent of the vote, a run-off vote between the two leading
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Broad agenda for Kerry's visit to Athens
PoliticsForeign Policybegin in the first quarter of 2016. Energy issues and trilateral cooperation One of the main issues
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Privatisation of power transmission firm ADMIE a key challenge among prior actions
EconomyProgrammeThe privatisation of the electricity transmission company (ADMIE) is one of the thirteen prior actions Greece has to implement by December 11 to unlock the next sub-tranche of 1 billion. According to the third memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with eurozone partners in mid-August, the Greek
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Pension reform wrangle prompts Greece to consider going own way on contributions rise
EconomyProgrammethe necessary adjustment. This method was also the one highlighted by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
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Energy drives closer cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece, Cyprus and Egypt have agreed to accelerate talks on the outstanding issues related to the delineation of the three countries' Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). This was one of the new elements in this trilateral cooperation, which was included in the Athens Declaration signed on Wednesday
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