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Athens insists maritime spatial planning plans do not obstruct talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyof its obligations towards a European directive (2014/89/ΕΕ) which has been sanctioned over... ready to cooperate with Greece in the Aegean Sea”. For the last couple of years, Turkey has presented... are not neighbouring states. Egypt and Greece signed their own maritime boundary treaty in 2020. Greece has also
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Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya
PoliticsForeign Policysources reveal that the situation has not changed since the Egyptian court’s ruling on May 28, which... on Wednesday, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis has said that the countries agreed to work towards... has emphasised the ancient monastery’s unique value as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, highlighting
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This is the deal Greece will go in search of at Wednesday's sceptical Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politics,” was his response to the journalists query. However, as we explained on Thursday Greece has... Minister Yanis Varoufakis has referred to is a completely different thing. Varoufakis is seeking... unilateral action (this may also include Greece freezing any attempts to roll back bailout measures
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Tsipras weighs up options amid concern about mired talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Germany, is usually when Athens has started to lose hope of getting a deal that it deems suitable to its... of the programme in two years could change the amount of fiscal distance Greece needs to cover. The government has... now extra (and painful) measures to keep the IMF satisfied that the 3.5 percent target for 2018
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Athens eyes fiscal compromise to complete programme review
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government has hinted over the last few weeks that it would be ready to make this concession to reach... in the Greek government. The IMF has made it clear that it believes further reduction in pension spending... legislation of some 4.5 billion euros in new measures to be implemented after 2018, Tsakalotos ruled out
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After marathon in Brussels, short sprints for Tsipras in Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter his marathon in Brussels, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras now has a series of short... the same way. Tsipras also has to deal with the wavering of his coalition partner, Independent Greeks... on Saturday, issued a statement on Tuesday saying he would not vote for the measures and even called
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Creditors' deal comes up short on debt relief for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicscounteract the impact of the fiscal measures it has adopted. “Quite a bit of that [money] is going... it successfully in the summer of 2018, the eurozone has committed to examine further measures. While... of the measures we have taken,” said Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos after the meeting in Brussels
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Eurogroup sheds little light on how Greek review will progress
EconomyProgrammeprogramme because it has been involved since the start and has the necessary technical expertise... not indicate what form these measures would have to take (e.g. upfront or contingent legislation... measures his organisation is implementing would not be enough for the IMF to consider Greece’s debt
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Greece, lenders fail to make headway on fiscal and labour issues
EconomyProgrammethe state budget. The IMF has repeatedly stressed that more than half of Greek wage earners are exempt..., the Fund has noted that despite the targeted savings of 1.5 percent of GDP by 2018, the pension reform... on the technical details of the fiscal issues such as the necessity for adopting measures worth 2
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Tsipras clears with relative ease first domestic hurdle to getting deal approved
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso serves two other key purposes. Firstly, it helps Tsipras argue that the deal has broad support... the debt issue has been settled. Having cleared the first domestic hurdle, Tsipras will now turn his...), but it also gives MPs who are concerned about voting for the measures some cover. Sunday’s result
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