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Budget primary surplus at 3 bln in Feb as tax performance moderates
EconomyMacroeconomy. The total budget balance up to February showed a surplus of 902 million euros, from a 709 million euros
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Kammenos's odd partnership with Tsipras still holding together
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefence Minister Panos Kammenos was re-elected as leader of SYRIZA’s coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) over the weekend, while also managing to highlight the odd nature of the cooperation between the two parties. There had been reports that Ka...
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Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
EconomyProgrammeGreece and its lenders head into Monday’s Eurogroup with differences on several key issues that will have to be resolved if the second review is to conclude in the days ahead. The Greek ministers and the institutions’ mission chiefs held a lengthy telec...
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The refugee crisis and the beast within
AgoraAs symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies requires little explanation. Its meaning is summed up in one line of the unnerving classic. “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill!” says the fly-infested head. “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part
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Coalition agrees policy framework: Purpose unclear, impact doubtful
PoliticsGreek Politicscontents suggests that Samaras showed little interest in moulding this into a binding document
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Coalition suffers space agency misfire
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn the meantime, the process of moulding the merging of Greece’s centre-left into a single and unified
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Greece courts danger
Agorain charge claim they are moulding, it is a petri dish for anger, disunity and destruction - not a laughing
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Coalition not ditching referendum idea from policy options but details muddled
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs much as it tries, the Greek government cannot escape the issue of if it will consider holding... holding a referendum on whatever is agreed by June “would not be a bad idea” as it would ensure... creditors would be willing to accept. In 2011, when George Papandreou suggested holding a vote
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Domestic pressure over refugee crisis building for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign Policymay become a holding pen for refugees and migrants. However, the increasing isolation of Greece over... is holding with Western Balkan countries in Vienna on Wednesday was a serious blow and has raised..., for holding up the deployment of the NATO reaction force. It may be just a question of time before
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PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAmid growing speculation that Alexis Tsipras is thinking of rejecting the option of holding snap... reports suggesting that Tsipras is leaning towards holding out until October for general elections... but some commentators have suggested that this would also facilitate the holding of national
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