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Tsipras gets no encouragement from lenders, left to consider next move
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Friday, Prime Minister... and reach the 3.5 percent primary surplus creditors are looking for. Merkel, as well as Dutch Prime... to take place with the institutions and the Eurogroup. The Greek prime minister must now consider what
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Newsletter 110 - 10/03/2017
on the Greek side, from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and the European lenders to ensure.... However, this would lead to a deal that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras would have trouble selling... on the medium-term debt relief that is the Greek prime minister’s other carrot in the negotiations
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Tsipras upbeat on debt relief prospects, lenders more cautious
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has provided an upbeat assessment of the chances that an agreement... if Greece secures a debt reduction. The Greek prime minister based this on the discussions that he... on Monday. The Greek prime minister did admit that the ongoing dispute between Germany and the IMF over
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Athens cautious after Skopje suggests concession on name issue
PoliticsForeign Policygovernment under Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will change its stance with regards to the name issue... former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s policy of renaming airports and national highways after... at the Bucharest Summit in 2008. During the recent NATO summit in Brussels, the prime ministers of Albania
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Tsipras tries to keep government's eyes on the prize
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras called on his government to step up its work as he completed, ahead... primarily to be for the prime minister to present the deal clinched in Luxembourg as a success... a development bank. Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis chaired a meeting of the economic policy
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Tsipras makes PASOK opening amid domestic troubles
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has indicated that he is starting to make political plans... the end of the memorandum,” said the prime minister. This is the most obvious opening that Tsipras has... of the abyss,” said the prime minister. Tsipras’s overtures were immediately rejected by PASOK
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Some relief for coalition but bold claims about programme exit a concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe past few days and with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a confident mood about Greece’s prospects... about 2,500 permanent staff next year. The move came as a relief for the government after Prime... from the programme next year.i Credit line Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras responded at the same
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Tsipras eyes expansionary measures in 2019 as he starts building post-MoU narrative
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras gave a wide-ranging televised interview on Wednesday night... among pensioners. The prime minister referred this during the interview. That move was made without... collected so far but the prime minister indicated he feels more can be done to combat tax evasion. “I
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicson Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his coalition partner, Defence Minister Panos Kammenos... that their partnership entails. On Monday, the prime minister defended the ANEL leader against... and his relationship with the prime minister’s office did not appear to be a particularly good one
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Tsipras returns from US with positive sentiment but absence of tangible results
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe focal point of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's trip to the US on Tuesday came with talks... proposals from US-based businesses. The prime minister’s talks with businessmen in Chicago and Trump’s... legislation creating a stable tax environment for major investors. The Greek prime minister also made
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