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Reform proposals to define size of Tsipras's task in keeping party on board
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister overcomes this week’s hurdles in finalising the reform plan, his greatest danger lies... for unpaid taxes, increasing the minimum wage and freezing foreclosures for primary residences
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Institutions wrap up talks with focus on NPLs, primary residences and budget
EconomyProgrammeresidences from foreclosure and the execution of the 2018 and 2019 budgets topping the agenda... framework to protect primary residences from foreclosure, replacing the Katseli law which is due... euros on mortgages secured against primary residences. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos also
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Greeks not self-inflicting HIV but new cases have been rising markedly
Societythat it had made an error in one of its reports, which stated that half of new HIV infections... carries another danger, which is that it draws attention away from the real problem, which is that HIV... crisis and cuts in spending on healthcare. “One example of the consequences is the dramatic rise
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Greece stuck in the long tunnel of political transition
Agorathe fraught summer of 2012, and decided to play on voters’ fears. The overriding message became one... in a remarkably similar situation to the one Thucydides describes in The Peloponnesian War: Society had become... their energies to providing against being injured themselves.” For Greece, the danger is that the longer
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The bad hand being dealt to Greece's next government
Agorato guide Greece to calm waters. They have not succeeded in putting the country beyond danger. The truth... 25 elections produce one). This gives the next prime minister hardly any time in which to negotiate... the limit was raised during exceptional circumstances in 2012, this is one more issue that needs
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Coalition ready to pass first legislation as agenda for lenders' talks grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the SYRIZA-led government that the first piece of legislation it passes should be one aimed at helping... programme, especially as this was one of the areas of policy making where previous governments were.... Although Tsipras and Varoufakis have played down any danger from liquidity challenges, it is clear
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Kostas Karamanlis as comeback kid?
Agorabut for the country in general. On the one hand, his faults have been systematically obscured, while... the nationalist right and the reformist centre, while SYRIZA is in danger of being ripped apart by internal... voters’ minds, Karamanlis appears an attractive option to some, albeit one born out of desperation
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Optimism for Cyprus solution abounds but talks at delicate phase
PoliticsForeign Policysuggest that the talks are in danger of being derailed by Cyprus’ decision to open up a third..., Ankara said, “disregards, on the one hand, the equal and inalienable rights and interests of the Turkish... compromises and is one of the reasons that he has played down the prospects of an agreement
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Greece treads carefully, hoping to avoid blowback from failed coup in Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policy. As a result, Athens faces a dilemma as on the one hand it does not want to antagonise Turkish President Recep... by the Greek Foreign Ministry explained. The fate of the eight Turkish officers was one... there are no indications so far that the agreement is in danger of collapsing.
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Coalition's judicial wranglings provide opposition with line of attack
PoliticsGreek Politicsto question the judiciary’s independence. One of the key areas of dispute is a recent ruling... that the judiciary is beyond any criticism is not one that suits a democracy.” Tzanakopoulos was also... of the government of behaving in a way that is “a danger for democracy and the rule of law.” The feud
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