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Athens briefed as talks on Cyprus reunification intensify
PoliticsForeign Policy2.5-hour meeting with Kotzias “the convergences already achieved are far beyond what has ever been agreed in direct conversations between the two sides.” However, he has also admitted that “there is still... by the UN. What has been very much our agreement now is that every single sentence, every word
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TV licencing becomes key political battleground after court verdict
PoliticsGreek Politics. What emerged was an attempt to turn the tables on New Democracy, which has been the most vociferous... that ESR has sole authority for regulating the broadcasting sector. The government now wants to elect... New Democracy really has qualms about institutional issues or if it just does not want the tender
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Cabinet reshuffle leaves some bitterness within SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras’s new cabinet has mostly been welcomed as an attempt to conclude the second review..., Kostas Gavroglou, made it clear immediately that he has no plans to change the textbooks used... discussed as an academic bears no relation to the job he has to do as a member of the government. He
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Parties reach consensus on broadcasting watchdog after coalition backs off
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe obliged to go along with the launching of a new licencing process. The coalition has argued..., said that this approach had been justified now that a cross-party agreement has been reached.... The balance on the board is evenly split between SYRIZA and New Democracy (each party has put
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New Democracy applies pressure as coalition prepares for tough December
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeeing the government still struggling to conclude the second review, which has prompted speculation about whether this could lead to political developments, New Democracy has chosen to make... other administration to be formed by the current Parliament. There has not been much speculation
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The key elements of the draft agreement between Greece and lenders
EconomyProgrammefor 2017 and 2018 that is not quantified. Based on those targets, the government has to table the Medium... that the MTFS 2018-2021 has to be legislated by May 2017. In the context of tax policy reforms..., the government has also to pass legislation for the promotion and facilitation of electronic
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Another spin of the wheel for Greece
Agorapile from around 180 percent of GDP until the current programme has been completed in 2018. Small... to the outcome of negotiations between Athens and the institutions. Unemployment has also edged down, dropping... puts this down to better tax collection but it has been helped by the fact that – because
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Cat and mouse: Greece and Schaeuble
Agorathat the Fund would be present and Berlin has always been a believer of the technical capacity and economic... during the time the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks administration has been in power) has been consistently... of the structural impasse among the institutions,” the non-paper said. “The view that Europe has
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Space and time the missing elements in Greek bailout talks
Agoraas the new US administration has not appointed its representative to the Fund board yet, but also because... of road. The programme has less than 18 months to run, Greece cannot fund itself beyond the summer... of austerity from the European lenders, the Fund has called for more fiscal measures in Greece to meet
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Russia sanctions, regional diplomacy dominate Tsipras visit to Ukraine
PoliticsForeign Policyas the ongoing sanctions and the embargo of the European Union against Russia has damaged the country’s trade and economic relations with Moscow. Greece’s economy has suffered from the embargo on food... of the Ukrainian crisis has halted a number of energy projects that have an effect on Greece’s interests
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