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Lew highlights geopolitical dimension of debt relief discussion on visit to Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsvisit. Lew, who met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos... be one of the methods used, which appeared to contrast starkly with the position taken by Moscovici earlier in the week after he met Tsakalotos. "I'm not going to take a hard view on where Greece
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Greece sets up working group to monitor implications of Brexit
PoliticsForeign Policymet once and its members have exchanged views on the repercussions of the UK referendum. It has made... Working Group main task will be to assess the potential impact of Brexit on Greece. One of its... Council of External Affairs Kotzias met with his new British counterpart, Boris Johnson. Greece believes
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Decisive week for Greek programme begins with proposal from Athens
EconomyProgrammeMonetary Fund’s participation in the Greek programme, he met with Christine Lagarde in Davos on Friday... be supported by the use of IMF resources”. Lagarde also met with European Commissioner for Economic... agree to extend the fiscal mechanism by one year. He also gave assurances that the mechanism would
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Newsletter 136 - 20/10/2017
government’s case. Also, the US officials he met, including Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, stressed... with one of the goals he hoped to achieve while in the US as the government tries to focus on the build-up... Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou met with US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and the pair agreed to set
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Mitsotakis looks to unite New Democracy for fresh push
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the centre-right leader has met over the last few weeks with two of his predecessors, Kostas Karamanlis... leadership. The conservative chief also met with the man from whom he took over, Vangelis... is a correct one. Samaras, meanwhile, published an op-ed in Kathimerini newspaper in which he argued
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EU disunity on refugees and its poisonous effects
AgoraSeveral far-right European leaders, including Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders, met over the weekend... and the feeling in some member states that they are subject to different treatment. One of the mantras... powerlessness on the EU’s side to ensure that member states’ obligations are met. In the meantime
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Political talks on name issue deepen divisions but PM eyes consensus
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe divisions between SYRIZA and New Democracy. Tsipras met the leaders of New Democracy, PASOK... with at least some of the other leaders he met on Saturday. “I think that with most we had an honest... with Kammenos on Friday. One solution that has been put forward is for ANEL to abstain from any vote
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Diplomatic exchanges over name issue intensify
PoliticsForeign Policythis year, then a conclusion has to be found in the coming months. This is one of the key drivers... also met on Tuesday with UN special envoy Matthew Nimetz. The two men decided to meet in Vienna... both sides on moving forward. The two ministers have met in the aftermath of the decision made
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Macedonia name talks face stalemate as core issues go unresolved
PoliticsForeign Policy, Nikola Dimitrov, the two respective working groups made up of diplomats and academics also met..., rather than one that will apply in all cases international and domestically (erga omnes) as Athens wants... requires concessions from both sides." Tsanakopoulos suggested that Greece has met FYROM halfway
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Multi-bill passed, sub-tranche released but debt relief expectations dwindling
EconomyProgrammefor the last few weeks after being satisfied that Athens has met the targets that had been set... as a technical adviser. One of the debt relief measures proposed at the Eurogroup last June... that Athens would be content with 10 years. It seems, though, that not even this target will be met
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