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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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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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Vote on same-sex civil unions reveals common ground and divisions
PoliticsGreek Politicswithin the government. ANEL has cultivated its image on being socially conservative and close... and EU values, New Democracy has long struggled with such social issues. It was interesting to note... Democracy officials. This means that Mitsotakis has substantial ground to cover if he is going
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The agenda of the first programme review shapes up with thorny issues
EconomyProgramme, the government has pledged in the third memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cost savings of around 1... that the remaining 0.4 percent or 700 million has to be covered by new measures. All indications... in 2018. The government has to present an updated MTFS for the period until 2020 detailing
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Gov't mounts defence of pension plan but lenders' approval may take time
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the pension system, the government has decided to actively defend its plan both at home and abroad.... Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Thursday that he has not yet seen the proposals and only knows what he has read in the newspapers. Katrougalos has also been
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