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Mitsotakis targets working class votes, centre-left struggles with leadership race
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the centre-right party has over the leftists. The opposition leader repeated his appeal to all... place next month, is in doubt because of technical difficulties. A specific date has yet to be set... rival candidates favour allowing distance voting in the ballot. However, all the hopefuls face one
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Newsletter 164 -01/06/2018
” with Athens but Tsipras’s office insisted that no deal has been reached yet. The statement came after New Democracy complained that it had not yet been briefed about the negotiations. Despite playing down... qualifier that would apply in all cases (erga omnes), requiring a constitutional revision in FYROM
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Newsletter 176 -28/09/2018
Draft budget expected with interest All eyes on fate of pension cuts as pressure mounts on ANEL... concluded yet, there is a high probability that Athens will have to include the cuts in the draft... they are ready to sever ties just yet. The most interesting aspect of Friday’s meeting was the reference
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Eurogroup suggests there is scope for pension cuts to be called off
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government was given the clearest indication yet on Monday that its European lenders may... of the pension system carried out by the government. “This was intended to be a fiscal measure and we all... social safety net, which it believes is too reliant on retirement pay. “We all know that the fiscal
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Newsletter 180 -26/10/2018
154 votes, which is comfortably above the threshold. It is unlikely that all these extra MPs would... Govt focused on avoiding pension cuts while EU states no deal reached yet In the context... director Klaus Regling have underlined that Greece and the institutions have yet to reach a formal
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Greece's never-ending election campaign
Agora. The parties’ adversarial style, the partisan media and an enduring passion for all things political... as bribes in connection to a 2003 defence deal. Although he has not yet been convicted... corruption in the healthcare sector. The panel of MPs, which has yet to deliver its final report, looked
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Tsipras talks up 'positive' measures but polls show little impact so far
PoliticsGreek Politicstaunted his political rivals on Thursday even though opinion polls have yet to show any change in voters... personnel and other civil servants (all of which have been rubber stamped), along with the other fiscal... of respondents say they will not be affected at all by the promise, while 35 percent say that it will have
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Newsletter 196 -01/03/2019
of Eurogroup The Greek government has yet to settle on the details of the new framework for primary... of the three (out of a total of 16 reforms) with which the European Commission is not yet satisfied... by the Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis to all the ministries involved in the process. The document
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Athens poised for new round of talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policythe continental shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zone, but all bilateral problems. For that reason... of the EU Council on March 25) and the US. The latter seems yet unconvinced by Ankara’s intentions... against Greece like violations of airspace.” Athens has also noted that US President Joe Biden has not yet
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Mitsotakis attempts to clarify plans for post-Easter reopening
PoliticsGreek Politicswith pushing back the start of the night-time curfew to 11pm. Pupils at all levels of schooling... patients remained intubated in ICUs, marking only a small decrease from the all-time high. Health... not yet achieved the rates we would want, particularly among the most vulnerable”. Reactions
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