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Greece braces for complex EU-Turkey summit on refugee plan
PoliticsForeign Policyneighboring country. The Greek government has been preparing for challenges that may crop up during.... The need, however, for an agreement has become more urgent especially due to the mounting crisis... and that is why it has reacted awkwardly so far. It is still not clear what has happened to refugees
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Assorted obstacles block path to change of parties in coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicstheir union. Tsipras has a range of options with which to appease his governing partner. It has been... to Kammenos, who has already switched his attention to Tuesday’s parliamentary debate on the state... of Centrists) has seen its poll ratings rise on the back of its criticism of the current administration
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New party aims to mount challenge to the right of Mitsotakis's ND
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis, there was a reminder on Friday that the recently-elected conservative chief also has... given that it will take time for the new party’s structure to take shape. At the moment, all it has to show are two personalities: Karatzaferis and Baltakos. Although media-savvy, Karatzaferis has been
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Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicsand tear after passing the austerity package has pushed Greek social democrats, who seemed... on the centre-left have been convincing so far, while nobody has been able to generate a sense of unity... PASOK and To Potami. Now, one of his former allies and most active ministers, has decided to launch
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Tsipras gets full support in pension and income tax vote, moves on to Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicswithout dismissing large numbers of civil servants. The conservative chief has so far not revealed... said on Sunday that apart from the pension and income tax reforms passed on Sunday, it has... to Reuters on Saturday on the need for Monday’s Eurogroup to break the “vicious cycle” in Greece. Gabriel has
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Putin visit highlights potential, but also limitations, of Greece-Russia ties
PoliticsForeign Policyto the Russian giant. Athens, however, has lowered its expectations for a full scale cooperation... that has been blocked by Bulgaria's unwillingness so far to be part of this project. It remains... DEPA last October in Rome will open the way for specific projects. It has become clear, though
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Paddling with a wooden spoon
Agoramet at the Eurogroup has been pretty simple: look no further than German Finance Minister Wolfgang... of issues, including what plans the eurozone has for Greek debt relief from 2018 onwards, have... of the bailout programmes has the eurozone chosen to take a decisive approach that has the potential
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Potential changes to constitution and electoral law move onto main agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicshas discussed publicly is for the Greek president to be elected by voters rather than Parliament..., although July 23, which is the date that marks the end of the military dictatorship in 1974, has been... Minister Alexis Tsipras has shown he values. The government representative also did not rule out
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Greece and Albania seek path to resolving stack of differences
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Greek – Albanian continental shelf and maritime zones. Albania’s Parliament has never ratified... declaring a state of war with Albania passed in 1940 even though Athens believes this has been resolved via a Greek Cabinet decision in August 1987. Kotzias’s visit has been in the making for a while
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First review completed but more prior actions lie ahead for Greece
EconomyProgrammehas reportedly committed to 15 prior actions that have to be implemented by the end of October..., the fund’s internal regulation has to be completed by the same date. 2) A second set of state-controlled companies has to be transferred to the new privatisation and investment fund. 3) Ratification
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