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Tsipras gets approval for gender bill despite coalition partner's absence
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe particular circumstances surrounding the legislation. ANEL has also broken ranks in the past on social.... Their political alliance is far from perfect but has proved time and again that it is able... to come to an end. Centre-left A new date has been set for the vote to elect a leader for the centre-left
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Athens waits to sound out IMF, PM moves on from vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Alexis Tsipras’s visit to Washington next week, the government has some time to take stock... has raised hopes in Greece that discussions over next year’s fiscal gap, as part of the third review... for Athens to get a full picture of where the IMF stands. There has been much concern within
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Eurosystem funding falls by 3.58 bln in September
EconomyMacroeconomyCentral Bank (ECB) funding fell by 1.21 billion to 13.23 billion euros. ELA funding has fallen every... review. The reduction in ELA funding in September had largely been anticipated, as the ECB has been... of the first programme review, central bank funding has fallen by 53.99 billion, with around two-thirds
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Greece bottom of table for gender equality progress in EU
Society) has revealed that Greece has made the worst overall progress in the EU on gender equality between 2005... of women. Almost no improvement has been made in this domain over the last decade with an improvement of just one percentage point in 10 years. Greece has one of the highest gender gaps concerning housework
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Newsletter 136 - 20/10/2017
, which has not yet been concluded, would not affect the effort to meet fiscal targets.... Trump said that Greece has a “great role” in stability in the area, while Pence called it a “pillar... on these issues, as well as the Balkans, suggested that the deterioration in US-Turkish relations has
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Household disposable income fell by another 2.3 pct in 2016, consumption down by 1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomysurplus of 100 million. Throughout the crisis, Greece’s balance with the rest of the world has.... The cumulative drop since 2010 in disposable income has reached 40 percent, while consumption has been reduced by 28 percent. The drop in disposable income and the reduction in gross saving has pushed
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Effort to end notaries' strike amid concern for auctions, NPLs
EconomyProgrammeproperty auctions, which has led to the latter group refusing to take part in any more..., including electronic ones that are due to start at the end of November, has triggered concern within... to the government that the issue has to be dealt with quickly. As a result, Justice Minister Stavros
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Parliament to take up Kammenos allegations next week
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a middleman in the deal, who the Saudis denied knowledge of, Kammenos has also been accused in the Greek.... The government so far has dismissed the claims of wrongdoing against Kammenos and put the allegations down to destabilising efforts by the opposition and parts of the media with which the defence minister has had
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Tussle over arms deal sets tone for polarised politics
PoliticsGreek Politics, it appears that this issue has not been put to bed. On Tuesday morning, New Democracy asked for all those... that could be damaging to the government that has yet to come to light and that further revelations... of others in SYRIZA who are uncomfortable with the Saudi pact, the tone has been set for the political
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Athens, creditors on way to settling energy, labour issues in third review
EconomyProgrammeCorporation’s (PPC) lignite-powered plants has been settled and that the details, along with an agreement..., which has been scheduled for Friday. After Tuesday’s talks, Stathakis insisted that the divestment... on a strike from one third to 50 percent. This means that the other issues the Labour Ministry has
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