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Lenders set out post-MoU reform tasks ahead for Athens
EconomyProgramme. The first legislation that will enable a simplification has to be committed by the end of this year... forest maps has to be completed by mid-2019 and 45 percent of cadastral mapping by mid-2020... appointments of secretary generals and directors. The process has to be up by mid-2019. The mobility
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Athens turns its attention to settling differences with Albania
PoliticsForeign Policya very active role, especially in the wake of the name deal with FYROM, for which Athens has been... Zone, which will allow Block 1 in the Ionian Sea to be finalised, the state of war that has officially... that the government is negotiating this matter. “We are not discussing this at all. There has never been
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Improving trends in property market highlighted by central bank
EconomyBankingcommercial property even reported a small price rise. Overseas investment in Greek property has picked up... and 2.2 percent, respectively. An uptick in commercial property investment portfolios has also been... market in Greece for short-term rental properties. This new dynamic has led to an increase in real
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Coalition back-and-forth over name deal belies election strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsa hard stop for the coalition. Kammenos has made it clear that he will not vote for the agreement, which...) to ratify the name deal. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has promised to hold a referendum. It is not yet clear... Parliament. Pensions New Democracy would prefer elections to take place sooner, before Tsipras has time
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Greek debt management agency sees Eurogroup debt deal favourably
EconomyProgrammethat Greece’s debt now has a comprehensive package of debt relief measures that were nationally formulated... measures, which the ESM has already implemented, and medium-term debt relief measures recently agreed... to 2032. Greece has now a protracted period without any financing needs thanks to the 24.1 billion euros
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Blueprint for election battle laid out in Parliament debate
PoliticsGreek Politicstargets the government has agreed with the lenders and the ones that the New Democracy led coalition... indicated that he has information that a member of Tsipras’s family has received favourable
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Diplomatic expulsions come amid worsening Greece-Russia relations
PoliticsForeign Policythe government has shown towards Moscow, including its position during the Skripal affair, when it did... the country’s position in the “western security framework.” On the contrary, the coalition has pursued improve relations with Washington and US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt has admitted many times
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Commission sets out parameters for post-programme enhanced surveillance
EconomyProgrammethe completion and delivery of ongoing reforms.” It will focus on the six areas in which Greece has... assistance that Greece has received has been repaid,” it added.
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New Democracy fires back at Tsipras over corruption allegations
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the same as in June although support for both parties has increase by one point since then. New... not necessarily mean that they are in favour of the settlement that has been reached... of the next elections remains the possibility SYRIZA has to win back voters that have been lost since 2015
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Higher education in Greece needs radical overhaul to create labour-relevant workforce, study says
SocietyThe Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) has released a study examining how the crisis has impacted Greece’s education and labour market. The study, titled “Education and the labour... given the structure of the Greek education system which, up until now, has proven to be stubbornly
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