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Full backing for multi-bill from coalition MPs, Tsipras looks to lenders for next step
PoliticsGreek Politics(SYRIZA), who abstained from voting for one of the omnibus bill’s articles relating to the firing... and Independent Greeks lawmakers appear to have bought into Tsipras’s narrative that following... will be included in the European Central Bank’s QE programme, Athens will carry out a test bond issue
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Debt deal eludes Greece and lenders, June 15 set as final deadline
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMonday’s Eurogroup ended without an agreement on debt relief for Greece, with a possible decision... involving all the finance ministers in Brussels, Germany’s Wolfgang Schaeuble, Dijsselbloem, the IMF’s Poul Thomsen and France’s Bruno Le Maire then broke off for their own discussion, which
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SYRIZA holds fire as Eurogroup expectations continue to be lowered
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA meeting of SYRIZA’s political secretariat on Tuesday resulted in the party reaffirming the government’s insistence that it will not implement the fiscal measures lined up for 2019 and 2020... that there has been any significant change in Athens’s position ahead of the June 15 Eurogroup
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Trash dispute troubles SYRIZA ahead of political lull
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThursday’s meeting that the workers’ current contracts could be extended until the end of the year... that New Democracy has not tried to surpass the government’s pledges, as was often the case... in the government’s attempt to present itself as cleaner than previous administrations. Tranche and arrears
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How Cyprus re-entered the market
Agorato the international bond markets in late 2010, when Standard & Poor’s (S&P) rating agency downgraded the sovereign... countries had also just received upgrades from a major rating agency. Moody’s Investor Service upgraded Greece on June 23 to Caa2 (positive outlook) from Caa3. Standard & Poor’s had upgraded Cyprus to B
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Athens holds off on bond as Tsipras talks up labour market
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThursday’s meeting of the International Monetary Fund’s executive board to discuss the Greek programme. The thinking behind this was that if the IMF’s debt sustainability analysis is published, the conditions for market access would worsen as the Fund’s document would highlight the unsustainability
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SYRIZA seeks to re-connect with left through contested university changes
PoliticsGreek Politicsis also seeking to make tertiary education as accessible as possible. One of the draft law’s... the opposition party. He expressed surprise during Tuesday’s debate at the conservative party’s... sector. Speaking on Wednesday, New Democracy’s shadow education minister Niki Kerameos said Greek
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Healthcare next stop for Tsipras amid Georgiou case fallout
PoliticsGreek Politicsand approach from the opposition. During Thursday’s debate, Tsipras accused New Democracy of having... Georgiou’s prosecution to become a political vendetta but must also tread carefully when it comes... statisticians had during Georgiou’s court case may provide Greece’s lenders with the extra ammunition
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Relief for coalition as wildfire threat subsides
PoliticsGreek Politicsof decision-making, funding and staffing were all raised by the coalition’s critics. Prime Minister... occurrence in Greece but in some cases the blazes have been so severe that the administration’s future... government’s case, the most serious questions are about the future of Citizens’ Protection Minister
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Coalition faces demanding September on reform, fiscal and economic fronts
PoliticsGreek Politics. Returning from a short summer break, Greece’s ministers have a range of duties to undertake... travails of former ELSTAT president Andreas Georgiou and the government’s stance on this matter... scheme by the end of September. Regarding the OECD’s toolkit, Greece had adopted 270 of the organisation
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