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Broad agenda for Kerry's visit to Athens
PoliticsForeign Policyally, Greece has not jumped to its defence, especially since the issue of air space violations lies at its heart. Athens has long complained about Turkey’s frequent incursions into Greek air space. Greece has many times raised this issue either at an EU level as well as during talks in NATO, so
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SYRIZA fails to make any friends with new public sector wage grid
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has found itself under attack from all sides over the changes to the public sector... of the multi-bill of prior actions that Greece has to pass in order to receive the next 1 billion euros... some employees in the public sector will see their income trimmed. This has triggered a reaction from
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Unemployment among Greek doctors hits record levels
SocietyUnemployment among Greek doctors has reached record levels, with 27.5 percent of members of the Athens Medical Association (ISA) unemployed or underemployed, a conference has heard. Data presented... in Greece is well above the European average. While Greece has 6.1 doctors per 1,000 inhabitants, the EU
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Opposition party leader Leventis a coalition partner-in-waiting?
PoliticsGreek Politics-Independent Greeks coalition was sworn in three months ago, there has been speculation that the Union.... Leventis, once among the early members of PASOK, has spent three decades, mostly via late-night TV.... Leventis has been mostly equivocal in his stance, at times praising Tsipras and at other times being
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Mitsotakis win gives New Democracy chance for renewal but creates fresh risks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy, which has suffered three consecutive election defeats (four if the July referendum... that the ex-prime minister’s influence has waned and that there has been a realignment of power within... cornered. For instance, Mitsotakis has said that he will not support the government’s pension
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Mitsotakis targets Tsipras, floating voters and populists in first speech to his MPs
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the government’s proposed pension reforms, which Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has been discussing with his eurozone counterparts over the past few days. He said that he has assembled a team... in September. Mitsotakis has also picked Cretan MP Lefteris Avgenakis, a New Democracy MP since 2007
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With bailout review in balance, PASOK's role back in spotlight
PoliticsGreek Politicsand tense. The likely absence of a swift conclusion to the review (Gerovasili insists that it has... “neoliberal” policies. This has opened up the possibility of PASOK and SYRIZA moving closer together... alliance. Gennimata’s scepticism towards Mitstotakis has created some friction within her party. She
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Mitsotakis aims to prove credentials by tackling party's finances
PoliticsGreek Politicsare just over 8 million euros, while it earns around 4 million per year. This has caused New Democracy... small, as well as large contributors. He said a new platform has been created so party members can.... Getting New Democracy into financial shape would allow Mitsotakis to argue that he has broken
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Idomeni exodus complicates management of refugee crisis for gov't
PoliticsForeign Policyarrested in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), has added to the challenges faced by the government in dealing with the crisis. The failure of Greek authorities to stop the exodus has... decision to bar entry to refugees has added to the ill-feeling that is a permanent feature
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Greek banks: Taking stock of a rough 2015 and looking at what lies ahead
Agoraincome in 2016. Operating costs On the cost front, the number of branches has been reduced by almost... retirement schemes. Banks target further cost reduction in the next few years, which has been... in 2015. Both in absolute and relative terms, Piraeus has the highest NPLs, while NBG figures stand
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