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Friction over property tax exposes cracks in Greek coalition's strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsand media reports indicated there was much wider discontent among coalition MPs, who felt the government..., the image portrayed is of a government struggling to keep its MPs on message. There have been reports... candidate who would be able to command the respect of a wide range of MPs. Reports have mentioned
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PASOK's growing internal strife hampering Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsto reports, Chrysochoidis also directly questioned Venizelos’s leadership of the party, criticising him for concentrating power in his hands. Some reports claimed the minister accused the PASOK chief... reform during and after his meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Monday. Reports said
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Conditions for Greek ECCL reportedly outlined in German document
EconomyProgrammebailout programme by two months, according to press reports. This follows the official request... 10. According to reports in Greece, the document tabled in the Bundestag for approval also outlines... billion could cover more than 90 percent of the upper-end of the anticipated funding gap. Reports
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Tsipras faces dissent from SYRIZA MPs but serious rift unlikely at this stage
PoliticsGreek Politicsto voted for a four-month extension to Greece’s loan agreement. According to reports, five of SYRIZA’s...’s creditors. According to reports, he suggested that too much ground had been conceded to lenders... that it disagrees with. Reports suggest that some of SYRIZA’s aides have advised Tsipras not to submit
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Lack of time, lenders' demands back Greek gov't into corner
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials from a range of ministries taking part in the negotiations and reports suggesting that Athens is now willing to back down from some of its “red lines.” In the wake of reports that the Greek... but also because talks need to begin soon on a third package. Some reports put the latest date
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SYRIZA buffeting continues as parties get set for official start of election race
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLafazanis is expected to hand back the exploratory mandate on Thursday but reports indicate... 20 seems the most likely date as things stand. According to reports, Greece’s representative... campaign. There were also reports that ex-government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis and Finance
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Coalition in rush to wrap up pending bailout issues
EconomyProgrammeto. The latest media reports indicate that the Finance Ministry may present its final proposal before... fetch annual revenues of more than 200 million. Citing government sources, press reports note... that will create cost savings of 1 percent of GDP in 2016. According to reports, this could mean cuts
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Where things stand on the Greek pension reform proposals
EconomyProgramme. The institutions have not officially concluded their assessment of the Greek proposal but press reports... reports indicated that the institutions - and particularly the IMF - consider the Greek draft plan on pension reform as being insufficient. In wake of these reports, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos
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After criticism over public sector jobs, gov't names new revenues chief
PoliticsGreek Politics, in particular reports that the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) had put pressure on Piraeus Bank’s... and is believed to have been favoured by Tsakalotos. However, reports suggested that the finance minister...-based law firm since 2011, was not a party figure. In fact, according to reports, Pitsilis had served
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Coalition lines up draft legislation with aim of shifting debate and mood
PoliticsGreek Politicstowards lifting the mood. Reports over the weekend suggested that allowing Greeks to elect... to reject reports that it might have to agree to a further reduction in private sector wages as part..., dismissing the reports as “fabricated news.” The latest memorandum of understanding certainly makes
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