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Poposki visit significant but Greek-FYROM relations yet to find sure footing
PoliticsForeign PolicyA visit by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki to Athens on Thursday is the first of its kind for many years and raises hopes that Greece and its neighbour are on the path towards settling their name dispute...
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Press freedom ranking edges up but Tsipras yet to deliver, report finds
Societypromise be kept?” the report said in its paragraph on Greece [https://rsf.org/en/greece]. Ever since
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Greek tourism: Hopeful yet uncertain for 2016
EconomyFeaturesAfter a bumper tourism year in Greece last year, where an estimated 25 million visitors beat the grim economic climate of the country to visit in droves, the 2016 season has started out painting a more mixed picture. Tourism represents one of Greece’s m...
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Athens remains optimistic but no breakthrough in talks yet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government continues to radiate optimism about the timely conclusion of the programme review despite the fact that the pace of talks with the institutions in Athens appears to be extremely slow. After meeting French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve ...
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Athens sees faster pace of progress in review talks but no final deal yet
EconomyProgrammeFollowing the small progress made during Monday’s talks, Greek government sources appeared more optimistic after Tuesday’s meetings noting that a “quite large agreement” has been reached on many issues. However, the same sources stressed that quite a lo...
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No return of institutions to Athens yet as differences persist
EconomyProgrammeThe Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) held on Thursday night did not give the green light for the return of the institutions’ mission chiefs to Athens. There are different interpretations in the local media about the outcome of the EWG it appears that a few...
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Progress seen in Brussels talks but no deal in sight yet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere was progress but no breakthrough during the talks between Greek ministers and representatives of the institutions in Brussels on Tuesday evening. Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem, one of those taking part, tweeted that “good progress” was made ...
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Fourth review talks move along but some obstacles yet to be cleared
EconomyProgrammeGreece and the institutions took another step towards reaching a staff-level agreement on Wednesday as some issues were apparently settled, although much more needs to be done before talks in Athens wrap up on Saturday. According to Energy Minister Gior...
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SYRIZA tries to build on "positive" measures but polls yet to register bounce
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras suggested on Wednesday that the government may adopt more expansionary measures later this year as Parliament adopted the latest package of so-called positive interventions. The legislation regarding the lengthy repayment s...
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Opposition anger at constrained surveillance inquiry not yet reflected in public mood
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe opposition parties are growing increasingly frustrated with what they see as the government’s attempts to obstruct any meaningful investigation into the surveillance scandal, which for the time being seems to be low down on the list of Greek voters’...
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