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Athens and lenders yet to agree on how to drop pension cuts without creating fiscal gap
EconomyMacroeconomyAthens in the coming days to examine this issue, even though Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras suggested
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SYRIZA eyes gains from case developing against ex-defence minister
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the current set of decision makers have a higher standard of ethics than their predecessors. Prime
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Athens aims for November agreement with lenders on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammethe pledges made by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Thessaloniki will leave a fiscal gap of 300-400
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SYRIZA and ND at odds over proposals for changing constitution
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe proposals made by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras regarding the revision of Greece’s constitution have had their desired effect in the sense that the political debate, as well as considerable media attention, has shifted to SYRIZA’s suggestions. Two points in particular have drawn a reaction from
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IMF distances itself from budget talks, leaving Athens and EU to hammer out deal
EconomyProgrammeand social spending measures that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promised at the Thessaloniki Expo
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Athens ready to start legislating fiscal measures despite ongoing talks over 2019 budget
EconomyProgramme, or at least most of them, made by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Thessaloniki Expo in September
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Hospital report gets ball rolling in coalition effort to target former governments
PoliticsGreek Politics. The prime minister hopes that this issue is one on which he will be able to appear more determined
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Lenders focus on closing any fiscal gap for 2019 ahead of November 19 Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeby Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Thessaloniki in September, the primary surplus target
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Mitsotakis responds to Tsipras challenge with proposals for broad changes to constitution
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis made it clear on Tuesday that his party intends to block the government’s efforts to revise Greece’s constitution if Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras limits the process to just the articles that he is interested in changing and not a broader overhaul. Speaking
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Tsipras seeks to build political capital from "positive" measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras tried on Thursday to capitalise on a vote in Parliament that would pave the way for thousands of uniformed personnel and other civil servants to receive some 800 million euros in backpay. Speaking in Parliament, the prime minister highlighted the fact that his government had managed
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