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Tsipras rages against EU over refugee crisis but own goals unclear
PoliticsForeign Policyinto bargaining with Brussels, as Turkey has recently done. He also contrasted Greece’s approach.... The prime minister has previously mentioned the relaxation of deficit targets as a possible... could be made but details remain sketchy. Tsipras also has an eye on his own party, which could
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Portugal and Greece: The opposite ends of Europe’s southern periphery
Agorawill last until at least 75 percent of the financial assistance Portugal received has been repaid. PPS may... and largely absent social security benefits. While Portugal still has a private automobile industry... that Volkswagen has been associated with recently, the financial repercussions of the emissions scandal
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Paris attacks likely to place extra pressure on Greece over refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyand migrants that continue to arrive on its shores. While Greece has increased over the last few months.... Officials from the EU border agency Frontex are supposed to monitor this process but it only has... as a whole has to do more to address the situation. In this respect, comments made earlier this year
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Deal with lenders buys coalition more time but not internal calm
PoliticsGreek Politicsitself in a difficult position on the foreclosure issue. The scheme it has agreed with the quadriga... slogan “No homes in the hands of bankers.” Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has argued that the new... in the uncomfortable position of seeing the police use tear gas and force to repel the demonstrators. SYRIZA has
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Kerry positive during Athens visit, shows keen interest in Cyprus and energy
PoliticsForeign Policyway out of the one of the worst economic crises in your history, Greece has opened its doors... cards containing biometric identity cards. It is an issue that the US has raised numerous times... and conditions for Greece to remain in the visa waiver program since the country currently has a temporary
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Greek teachers low paid, but work shorter hours in smaller classes
Societyfor Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found that primary teachers entering the profession... found that at the primary level, Greece has the lowest pupil–teacher ratio along with Luxembourg... that Greece reduces teaching hours according to how many years a teacher has served
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Stress-free vote on multi-bill but bigger challenges lie ahead for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsany NPLs to be sold to distressed debt funds before the September 20 elections and has since had.... However, the government has also committed to agree with the lenders by February 15 what will happen... there are not particularly good and fights have broken out between migrants. The facility has to be vacated
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Court ruling creates new complication for gov't, this time with property tax
EconomyMacroeconomyAccording to reports, the plenary of the Council of State has decided that the statutory... in the property prices has a direct impact on a series of taxes that are linked to real estate.... Pension ruling This is the second similar key issue the government has postponed after the CoS ruling
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Greece welcomes Abbas after stalemate during visit by FYROM's Poposki
PoliticsForeign Policycalling for “the Palestinian State” to be recognised. The resolution has been in the pipeline.... The resolution has been written carefully so as to prevent any major disruption to Greek–Israeli... and the relevant resolutions that would be adopted by the United Nations. The Israeli Embassy in Athens has
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Meimarakis and Mitsotakis make it into run-off vote for New Democracy leadership
PoliticsGreek Politicsexpected. New Democracy has highlighted this figure as an indication of the renewed interest... opposition parties. Meimarakis, a party veteran at 62, offers more experience and has deeper ties within... of rivalry between the candidates, especially since Meimarakis has the backing of the wing of the party loyal
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