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Paris attacks change backdrop for Tsipras visit to Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras' first official visit to Turkey (November 18-19) has suddenly turned... not agree with Juncker's proposal although no one really has yet questioned the recent decisions..., as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has suggested. Government officials have recommended
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EU-Turkey refugee agreement: A life saver or a dud?
Agoraon Sunday is similar: On the surface it appears a deal that suits both sides but it has... if Ankara keeps up its end of the bargain and stems the flow of people, which has put such a strain... would be Greece, which has seen around 730,000 arrivals so far this year, according to the UNHCR
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Candidates vie for votes as New Democracy leadership race enters final stretch
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s protracted leadership race has entered its final stretch ahead of Sunday’s run-off... last month can cast a ballot for either candidate on Sunday, which means that Mitsotakis has his work cut out to raise enough support. Mitsotakis 28.5 percent of the votes (115,162) in December but has
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Benefits and banana skins for Greece in EU-Turkey refugee deal
PoliticsForeign Policyto Turkey. The EU has offered to resettle refugees directly from Turkey in a further effort to deter people... manageable. The Greek government has been advocating for several months that refugees should be relocated... the refugees and migrants. At the moment, it is a slow and laborious process for which Athens has limited
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Mitsotakis, Konstantopoulou intending to test Tsipras's mettle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has decided to be more aggressive in his criticism of the government over this issue... in Greece a “disgrace,” which is by far the most powerful language he has used to criticise... relations battle over this particular issue and that the government has managed to get across its
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Gov't under scrutiny over relationship with judicial system
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe government’s relationship with the Greek judiciary has come under increasing criticism... it issued recently criticising the country’s top judge. Thanou has been under the spotlight since launching... and abusing her position as head of the country’s top court. The government has avoided becoming
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Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
Agoraon European Union membership. In both cases, reason has collided with emotion. Just as in Greece... what they say with facts. In this era of so-called “post-truth politics”, it has become standard... into voting “Yes” because it wanted to protect its interests. The same argument has been made in the UK
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Russia and China prove hot topics in Tsipras-Obama talks at NATO Summit
PoliticsForeign Policyintervention by saying “this is something you ought to tell your friend Putin,” the government has tried... with an aim to end the crisis in Syria. Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has supported this position for a long time and even Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has expressed similar views while meeting
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After calm summer, hectic September lies ahead for Greek government
EconomyProgrammereforms and bank governance. On the privatisation front, the government has to agree.... This board then has to select the Board of Directors, while the new fund should be fully operational... minister. In addition, the government has to transfer to the new fund a second group of state-owned
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Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016
on the economic recovery next year, but there has been much speculation about what pledges the premier might... a total of almost 250 million euros, which was way in excess of what was widely expected. The process has... on the matter. Brussels has asked the Greek government to ensure that claims the 2009 deficit figure
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