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Latest EU plan to tackle refugee crises poses new, bigger challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece has agreed to provide the facilities needed to host 50,000 refugees while they wait... focus has been on the humanitarian side and the basic processing of those who arrive on Greek shores... crisis has mostly featured low down the political agenda. Most voters are aware that the migrants
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Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
Agorapractices? Because it is a line that has been used so often that it has been worn bare. Many of his... the choking grip of entangled interests? The reality is that there has been little to inspire optimism. Sure... problem has been that Tsipras has failed to establish any ethical boundaries within his own government
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Newsletter 50 - 06/11/2015
of voluntary tender offers to bank bondholders converting their bonds to equity. The first LME offer has.... However, as a two-thirds majority has been achieved, Piraeus has the right to convert the 100 million... for any state support. NBG has announced a capital increase of 1.6 billion and Piraeus is targeting
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Greece's 2016 diplomatic agenda begins with talks on Cyprus and name issue
PoliticsForeign Policy. Athens insists that it guarantees are an antiquated concept and has called for them to be dropped... is really known publicly with regards to the chapter on security and guarantees as this issue has not yet..., the demilitarisation of the island seems not to be a taboo issue any more but Turkey has not yet had its final say
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Newsletter 65 - 04/03/2016
that were included in the 2016 budget but The IMF says “good progress” has been made among the institutions... with Turkey had been held. The second problem is political in nature. The build-up of migrants has caused New... the crisis through its mistakes and lax migration policy. It has been a busy few days for Mitsotakis
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The cat is out of the bag: Europe's politics is a mess
Agora, in the future. In France, President Francois Hollande has staggered from one blow to the next... that since he was drenched in downpour on his inauguration day in 2012, Hollande has never recovered. He has squelched his way through the last four years, never really able to gain a convincing foothold
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Political leaders weigh up next moves in August lull
PoliticsGreek Politicsare attracting attention. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has invested in a strategy of trying to force... Alekos Flambouraris, who is a mentor-like figure for Tsipras but who has moved to the background since last September’s general election, has acted as a go-between since he has a good relationship
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Cyprus talks resume, putting spotlight on Greece and Turkey amid tension
PoliticsForeign Policy, a specific date for the Cyprus Conference has been agreed, something that has been a pre-requisite... by the three guarantor powers with the Cyprus Republic. International pressure There has been... that these factors played a significant role. Greece’s role Athens has clarified that it does not intend
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Rising tension in Western Balkans add to diplomatic concerns
PoliticsForeign Policyare created.” The Greek Foreign Ministry concluded the statement by underlying that “Greece, which has..., in a country that has been without a government since December, may have tried to create a fait accompli... that “the political temperature in the wider area has risen dramatically.” He was commenting on FYROM's President
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Athens wants to keep Ankara lines open despite EU reservations, S-400 deal
PoliticsForeign Policy-aircraft missiles has sparked concerns within NATO and the European Union, putting the Greek....” Greece has been hosting an S-300 system but did not purchase it directly. It was transferred to Crete... Chancellor Angela Merkel has proposed, would be "a tactical and strategic mistake." He has also said
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