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Coalition returns to work with one eye on centre-left leadership contest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired on Monday morning the first cabinet meeting since the summer break, with the government focussing on legislative activity ahead of the premier’s appearance... presence, it could put a spanner in the works for SYRIZA and New Democracy, both of which hope
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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts and reforms, hopes for lower fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that it would never again put up posters in universities during student elections. “My aim is for us... on Sunday. “But it is a party that is seeking to break through the traditional dividing lines, open
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Tsipras tries to weather Kammenos storm, looks for poll boost
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be hoping that he has put an end to any doubts regarding the stability of his coalition with Independent Greeks (ANEL) and its leader, Defence Minister Panos... survey, the first by the company since the summer break, showed New Democracy still well ahead
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Gennimata aims to secure centre-left leadership in run-off vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot just because of his age (39) but also because he gives them a chance to break... reports on Monday that the Gennimata camp had put out a suggestion that Androulakis should forfeit
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Coalition in last-minute legislative rush, extends helping hand to MPs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHaving passed the 2018 budget earlier this week, the government is continuing a busy week of parliamentary activity with a couple of draft laws and several key amendments before the Christmas break.... The government has adopted this tactic in the past, preferring not to put SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL
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Concern over prior actions grows, debt talks approach crucial juncture
EconomyProgrammeto Athens towards the end of next week and this has put the focus back on how the government is getting... a cleaner break from the programme than Germany would seem to have in mind. The need for debt relief
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Amid market turbulence, Greece searches for scheme to help banks reduce bad loans
EconomyBankingto an ongoing debate between the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund over the need to put... not break the rules of state aid. Additionally, an alternative option of creating Asset Protection
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Coalition's role in freight terminal contract, public broadcaster under attack
PoliticsGreek Politicsby 20 years. The government was put on the defensive in recent weeks after the deal was re-valued... it with a smaller broadcaster. SYRIZA argued that it would break with tradition and turn ERT
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Newsletter 189 -11/01/2018
break-up of their administration, which has been in power since January 2015, as a result of different... designed to put pressure on Kammenos not to trigger a political crisis. There have been suggestions
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Mati fire investigation puts spotlight on authorities and government
PoliticsGreek Politics, though, have put the spotlight on the government’s handling of the situation and the inability... the summer break showed that in some cases the leftists had actually closed the gap on New Democracy
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