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Press freedom ranking edges up but Tsipras yet to deliver, report finds
Societywhether the government can keep its promises to challenge the country’s media barons, the latest... places on last year’s ranking, Greece is now in 89th position out of 180 countries included... seven places to 113th in the ranking, clocked up a worse performance in the EU. However, Greece’s
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With review completion in sight, which way next for Greece?
Agoraof the country’s third bailout in the next few days. It will most probably be the result... to get it out of the mire created by last year’s prolonged uncertainty. Greece has not received any... no intention to rock the boat. The fact that none of ANEL’s nine MPs chose to speak during the recent
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Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt
Economyfor the conclusion of Greece’s first programme involves the establishment of a new privatisation fund... the country’s investment policy and reducing its debt. Its share capital will amount to 40 million... value of the state’s direct or indirect stakes in listed companies stands at around 3.8 billion
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Russia and China prove hot topics in Tsipras-Obama talks at NATO Summit
PoliticsForeign Policyleader’s “position was quickly slapped down by US President Barack Obama.” In Warsaw, Tsipras also... was confirmed by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who claimed that Obama responded to Tsipras’s... Saturday’s meeting between Tsipras and Obama. Talks focused mostly on Greece's ongoing financial crisis
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Coalition seeks to quash concerns about complications with Hellenikon development
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe bid to redevelop the largely abandoned space, appear to have highlighted SYRIZA’s unpredictably... Greece’s privatisation agency, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), and Lamda... years. However, the project had mostly stalled since. Under pressure from Greece’s lenders to move
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Determined talk from Tsipras as negotiations with lenders move closer
PoliticsGreek Politicsto have raised the stakes ahead of negotiations with the country’s lenders resuming. In clear-cut... expects the steps to reduce Greece’s debt to be agreed by the end of the year. His comments mark... role of the International Monetary Fund in Greece’s programme. When questioned about this subject
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TV permit auction drags on as coalition tries to draw line under ELSTAT controversy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe auction for four broadcasting licenses on Greece’s national digital TV network dragged... distancing itself from the case against Georgiou for allegedly doctoring Greece’s 2009 deficit... they cast serious doubt over Georgiou’s role and adopted, to varying extents, the claims that he
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After joy of TV permit auction, Tsipras faces programme restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the representatives of the four firms that were successful in last week’s TV licence auction..., that the completion of the process will form a key part of Tsipras’s speech at the Thessaloniki..., if the government exceeds its surplus target. Greece’s agreement with its lenders means
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Signs of optimism in Greek banks' Q2 results but NPL challenge lies ahead
Agorastraight month, Eurobank’s figure turned negative for the first time, while NBG posted marginal NPL... to notable reduction in NBG’s Greek NPE stock by around 900 million, while the respective figure for Piraeus... to the Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee in mid-July, BoG governor Yannis Stournaras noted
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Stepping up search for alliances, Tsipras welcomes Euro-Med leaders
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe leaders of France, Italy, Malta, Cyprus and Portugal. Spain’s Mariano Rajoy will not take part... that arrivals may rise even more than they have since July. Tsipras’s mood ahead of the Athens meeting was evident in an interview published in France’s Le Monde newspaper on Thursday. When questioned about
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