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Investors voice concerns about delays to Hellenikon as mine talks falter
EconomyFeaturesthe pending actions clearly in a written statement. This is the first time that the consortium has released such a document. The consortium that has won the right to build offices, shopping centres and apartments on the site is paying some 900 million euros for the land and has pledged another 8 billion euros
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Gennimata handed task of transforming PASOK into broader centre-left alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthose that have shown an interest in the revival of the centre-left, Gennimata also has the task... currently has a comfortable lead in the opinion polls, fails to gain an outright majority. One... that the pair could reach "an honest understanding" about important issues. So far, there has been
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Differences over Macedonia name issue put coalition unity under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe coalition has come under pressure from the opposition to clarify its stance on negotiations... it has a majority in Parliament and that snap elections would have to be called. PASOK and To Potami... occasions since 2015 when ANEL has refused to support draft legislation in Parliament and there has never
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Coalition turns focus to bribery claims, eyes damage to opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the setting of prices in other parts of the European Union. It has been known since last year that Greek authorities have been investigating the activities of the company, which has also been probed for bribery in other countries. South Korea, for instance, has already fined the company for kickbacks
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Football chairman's actions threaten to blow coalition off course again
PoliticsGreek Politicsimplications, which emanated from a rather unlikely source: Greek football. The local game has long been... a refereeing decision has put the coalition in a tight spot. Russian-Greek businessman Savvidis reacted... because of its owner’s links to the current government. Savvidis has cultivated a close
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Coalition's feud with shipowner shows no sign of de-escalation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTa Nea and To Vima into “rubbish dumps,” adding to the tension between the two sides, which has been..., lies and orders of a businessman who has been charged with drug dealing,” the statement added. One... it clear that he has not yet been convicted. However, the response is not designed to defuse the situation
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Newsletter 164 -01/06/2018
premier Zoran Zaev indicated on Wednesday that Skopje believes it has an “agreement in principle” with Athens but Tsipras’s office insisted that no deal has been reached yet. The statement came after New... a debt restructuring package the eurozone lenders will put together will be, since the Fund has been one
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Mitsotakis steps up pressure on coalition over wildfire deaths
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA appointees). The government has so far fended off calls for ministers or public officials to step down. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to make changes, though, once the dust has... given by officials. New Democracy has been trying to drive home the message that the government has
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Tsipras reaches settlement with church, aiming to subdue critics
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government has reached an agreement with the Church of Greece to settle a series of differences between... legal claims it has with regard to disputes over property the two sides agree to form a fund to make... on wages. The price that the government has agreed to pay for this is to transfer the roughly 200 million
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MPs prepare to vote on name deal, although delays are possible
PoliticsGreek Politicshas to show voters it did all it could to stop the Prespes Agreement. Others, though, point out... pointed out that Pavlopoulos, whose role is largely ceremonial, has no power to prevent the diplomatic..., the government has launched a low-key communications campaign, such as a Q&A compiled by the Foreign Ministry
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