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Kammenos walks out on coalition, triggers confidence vote that will affect timing of elections
PoliticsGreek Politics, would take. This was cleared up on Sunday, when he said that he is stepping down the government... leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis to commit to tearing up the Prespes Agreement and not agreeing to Greece’s... in the run-up to the next elections. Timing of elections What is at stake in the coming days is how much room
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SYRIZA and ANEL: Far from picture-perfect
Agorapartner to govern. He rejected the option of teaming up with centrist To Potami because it was regarded... taking Tsipras believed. The deal was done very quickly. It had probably been wrapped up weeks... the exact opposite i.e. to “tear up” Greece’s memorandum (MoU) with its international lenders, Tsipras
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Looming vote on Prespes Agreement triggers political upheaval
PoliticsGreek Politicsagainst the name deal have ratcheted up political tension in Greece. New Democracy attacked SYRIZA... had no choice after a group of protestors tried to force their way up the steps in front... Dawn, which is an interpretation backed up by some eye witnesses and photographic evidence. Two
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Deal or no deal? Greece wrestles with the Macedonia issue
Agorasides were able to reach an understanding, overcoming obstacles that had tripped up their predecessors... one vote (151/300). The Prespes Agreement is expected to be passed with the support of up to 153... will turn the other way and give up on efforts to join the EU and NATO, looking elsewhere for support
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PMI rises to 54.7 in March as first quarter comes to strong end
EconomyMacroeconomyup the recruitment processes as well, leading to the rate of job creation picking up to the highest... prices. Input buying also picked up pace as firms replaced depleted raw material stocks. Overall... as a result. "Meanwhile, inflationary pressures picked up. Encouragingly, firms were able to raise
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Summit to usher in a new stage of EU-China relations
Agoraannoyed by the fact that China has been dragging its feet in opening up its economy, but also by what... resolution of the European Parliament on EU-China relations, which brought up a number of “unpalatable.... But worse than the timing of the summit is a long list of structural challenges Europe is up against
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Tsipras makes new push to dominate Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order to pick up votes ahead of the next elections. While the conservatives have primarily done... policy making) and the Prespes Agreement (which opened up some clear fault lines in Greek society... authorities have not found direct evidence linking any of the 10 to bribery, it appears that up to two
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Mitsotakis attempts to outmanoeuvre Tsipras over lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politicsexamined. Also, the government is said to be speeding up the process for submitting to Parliament the legislation that foresees the settling of unpaid taxes and contributions in up to 120 monthly... from his unruly minister but also to open up the discussion to touch on other issues, including
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Tsipras to get election campaign underway as parties target middle class voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Parliament to be dissolved and elections to be called for July 7. He will follow this up by unveiling... cancelled. In total, these interventions would have benefited SME owners and the self-employed by up... pick up votes that went to ultra-nationalist newcomer Greek Solution (Elliniki Lysi) in the European
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Conflict over Competition Commission also a clash of narratives for ND, SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat prevents anyone who has served in the cabinet or as a government adviser from taking up a position... Commission and accused New Democracy of targeting her. SYRIZA has said it will take the case up.... New Democracy wants to show voters that it is cleaning up the public administration and Greece’s
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