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Tsipras puts first broad brushstrokes to SYRIZA's picture in opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics, the centre-left Movement for Change (KINAL) has also been vehemently opposed to New Democracy’s labour... to Mitsotakis and New Democracy even since the elections, although the government has been in what is typically a “honeymoon period” with voters. The opinion poll suggested that the prime minister has
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Athens submits APS plan aiming to remove up to 30 bln of NPLs from bank balance sheets
EconomyBankingBrussels. The report adds that the government has received assurances from all four systemic banks..., Piraeus Bank has the highest NPE stock on its balance sheets with the total currently standing at 26.1... euros. Eurobank had NPE stocks of 14.9 billion and NPL stocks of 11.1 billion. NBG currently has
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SYRIZA launches membership drive but still struggles with 2015 backwash
PoliticsGreek Politicsovershadowed by the dragging up of the party’s problematic past. The party has launched a website.... The effort to focus on the party’s future has been overshadowed to some extent by the revival... to avoid Varoufakis and his party profiting from the fallout. SYRIZA has settled on a narrative
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Greece worst in EU for gender equality as power resides overwhelmingly with men
SocietyThe latest report by the European Institute on Gender Equality (EIGE) for 2019 has revealed... score has risen by only 4.4 points between 2005 to 2017. The EU average score was 67.4 points... with children, women earn 22 percent less than men and 23 percent less where the couple has
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Greek concerns about name deal grow after North Macedonia's EU bid is blocked
PoliticsForeign Policywith Skopje during the recent European Council. Even though the Greek government has avoided... foreign minister and constitutional expert Evangelos Venizelos and has to do with the provision... but the Greek side has not made any moves so far. The issue is expected to be further delayed due
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S&P raises Greek rating to 'BB-' on reduced fiscal risks, lifting of capital controls
Economypositive outlook for the country. Now S&P and Fitch are on a par, while Moody’s has Greece one grade..., the agency notes that Greece has one of the most advantageous debt profiles of all the sovereigns it rates..., after the final disbursement from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Greece has a sizable cash
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HRADF development plan lays out list of actions pending for privatisations
EconomyFeaturesThe Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has noted in its revised business development... the status of the Egnatia Odos highway privatisation, which has a more extensive list of ongoing actions.... The administrative authority for the tunnels has also as yet not confirmed the construction works required
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The dragon's head roars in Athens
Agoraincrease by a further 40 million euros as project construction progresses. The loan has a maturity... agreement which the EIB has ever made available for a maritime project in Greece. With the EIB now... in a major Chinese infrastructure project in Greece the EU now has skin in the game. Meanwhile, the Chinese
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OECD report traces change in public spending over a decade
EconomyFeaturesThe latest OECD Government at a Glance report for 2019 has illustrated the way in which public spending has changed in Greece across the crisis years. It shows the extensive change in Greece’s public... as of 2018. Judicial services The timeliness of judicial services has long been an issue raised when
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Constitutional changes and Tsipras's leadership under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut these complaints were rejected on Wednesday. The opposition party has proposed an alternative system... are needed for this article to be altered. SYRIZA has made this something of a flagship issue... to introduce regarding the diaspora vote. Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos believes that he has achieved
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