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  1. PASOK leader seeks alliances to improve party's footing
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    administration. Venizelos, who has opposed Gennimata over a number of issues, indicated... of working together to form a new government. The ex-PASOK leader has been consistently critical of the SYRIZA-led coalition and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and has been critical of Gennimata’s more

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  2. Greece and lenders seen making progress on privatisation fund but not on NPLs

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    issues of fiscal and tax measures as well as pension reform, progress has been reportedly made... convergence, yet there is significant gap between the two sides. He also said that an agreement has been reached on the taxation of NPL management companies and loan write-offs. The government has proposed

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  3. Wages, full-time employment feel deep impact of crisis, report shows
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    Society

    A large section of Greek society has experienced rapid impoverishment due to the crisis, labour... the research wing of the country’s biggest trade union federation has found. Half of the workforce..., Greece has seen the biggest percentage decline in social protection spending among the 15 western

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  4. Tsipras and the IMF: Another miscalculation?
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    Agora

    by, the eurozone, makes a decision when Greece is about to run out of money and default. Greece has a sizable... that the refugees crisis has not acted as an incentive on the side of the eurozone to have... of fiscal measures, the Greek government has given already enough ground from its original position

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  5. Greece and creditors eye compromise to move review along

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on April 22. Once the Eurogroup has signed off on the measures (which also have to be approved by some... of this amount being broken into sub-tranches has been discussed lately. Tsakalotos suggested... being put off for now and only being discussed after Athens has passed the agreed measures. Given

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  6. Greek bailout talks yet to conclude as start of IMF meetings approaches
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    (NPLs) On NPLs, Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis has tabled an updated proposal that includes... in the initial government plan). The government has also reportedly proposed lower thresholds for the other type of NPLs that could be exempted from NPL sales. The new threshold for SME NPLs has been slashed

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  7. What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
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    Agora

    wildly. Throughout this erratic and confusing period, though, the one relatively constant theme has been... to these questions because it is not apparent that the government has a coherent position on the matter... the IMF, he risks losing the strongest international advocate he has for debt relief

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  8. Press freedom ranking edges up but Tsipras yet to deliver, report finds

    Society

    annual report from the international media watchdog Reporters without Borders (RSF) has found. Up two.... The global indicator has gone from 3719 points last year to 3857 points this year, a 3.71 percent... Press Freedom Index shows that there has been a deep and disturbing decline in respect for media freedom

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  9. Eurogroup decision on contingent measures, debt leave Tsipras with tough task at home
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for Greece to complete its bailout review but with more doubts about whether the government has the political... the fact that the stand-by package will be at the outer end of what has been reported over the last few... that these interventions will not be implemented. Also, given that the government has spent four months

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  10. Hopes of swift deal on contingent measures doused by technical, political complications
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    are not being met. One suggestion has been that the Fiscal Policy Council, created last year, could be responsible for monitoring ministry’s spending and imposing cuts if the budgets are not on track. It has... mechanism has some key benefits for the coalition because it means that the talks leading to a Staff

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