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Coalition indicates it will keep focus on corruption allegations
PoliticsGreek Politicshas distanced itself from Papantoniou, who was ousted from the party several years ago, while... that Papantoniou’s detention received has also rekindled the public discussion about the corruption... that this is fertile ground for SYRIZA as it has not been in power long enough to be accused of any major
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Tsipras pushes for revision of constitution, hoping to score political points
PoliticsGreek Politicschanges that SYRIZA has focussed on in previous years are the separation of church and state... addressed both issues but adopted a less absolute position than his party has done in the past... to the constitution establishing the religious neutrality of the state. Tsipras said that he has a good
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Human Rights Commissioner calls for improvements to battered healthcare system
SocietyA report by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has shown the severe impact... of 6.8 percent while OECD data indicates that spending on healthcare has been cut by nearly a third.... Mental health has worsened with widespread depression as a result of the economic crisis, which has
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Council of Europe report warns over austerity-inflamed inequality in education
SocietyA report on Greece by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has outlined how... has depended heavily on paying for expensive private cramming schools. While this system existed before the crisis, the economic crisis has exaggerated it and created a clear divide between
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Eurosystem funding rises to 13.2 bln in October, banknotes up for third month
EconomyMacroeconomy, the Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement has revealed. As of the latest month, the total... euros. Since the start of the year, Eurosystem funding has declined by around 20.47 billion. October... to bring the total to 9.64 billion. ECB funding has risen for two consecutive months so far. This month
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Coalition closing in on goal of cancelling pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent of GDP reduction to pension spending next year. The final hurdle that the coalition has...-legislated measure to be scrapped. Achieving this concession has been a major political goal for Prime... from the MoU and, in fact, that the SYRIZA leader signed up to a fourth programme. This has been one
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Athens prepares final 2019 budget after green light to ditch pension cuts
EconomyProgrammepartners. “The IMF no longer has a financial arrangement with Greece so we are not engaged in the details.... “They are really issues for the Greek government and for the Europeans now in the framework that has been... clear where the extra money has been allocated but it was suggested over the past few days
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Pension deal rekindles speculation about election date
PoliticsGreek Politicswill no longer be included in next year’s budget, has rekindled speculation about when Alexis Tsipras..., for the last few weeks it has seemed more likely that he would opt to call elections a few months earlier... the end of May. The indications are that no firm decision has been taken so far and that the issue
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European Commission approves 2019 budget, urges focus to meet end of year reform goals
EconomyProgrammethe continuation, completion, and delivery. The first surveillance report concludes that Greece has presented... has been finalised and meets the agreed primary surplus target with the overall budget balance next.... Spending under-execution has contributed to budgetary over performance in recent years, even though
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Developments, poll data spark new round of speculation over elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere has been renewed speculation in the Greek media over the past few days about the timing... that SYRIZA has not been able to gain any traction since Greece exited the third programme in the summer.... The speculation also comes in the wake of several opinion polls which indicate that SYRIZA has not been able
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