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Embarrassment for New Democracy as leadership vote called off due to IT problem
PoliticsGreek Politics. Although the choice for which IT company would be used was taken by the party’s electoral committee... the dust settles from Sunday’s fiasco and the party is able to hold the leadership ballot. Sunday’s events are sure to be a blow to the party’s credibility, especially given that the party had almost two
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Coalition considers options for addressing pension system sustainability
EconomyProgrammeLabour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos outlined to SYRIZA’s political secretariat on Tuesday of the government’s social policy council’s proposal on pension reforms. The council is due to convene... main pension funds, while the Agricultural Insurance Organisation (OGA) and the Seamen’s Retirement
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With onerous measures looming, Tsipras seeks talks with opposition leaders
PoliticsGreek Politicsissues. It is no coincidence that this call has come as the coalition’s majority, reduced to three... implemented now are a result of his choices in recent months, the sustainability of the country’s pension system is something that pre-dates SYRIZA’s arrival on the scene by many years. If New Democracy
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Broad agenda for Kerry's visit to Athens
PoliticsForeign Policyvisit to Athens. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s rather awkward move to complain about Turkish... at its heart. Athens has long complained about Turkey’s frequent incursions into Greek air space... it will not be a surprise if Turkish violations come up during Kerry’s talks in Athens. On the other hand
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Greece seeks EU help on refugees after Schengen threat but big challenges remain
PoliticsForeign Policywith Frontex that the agency could help register refugees and migrants on Greece’s border with the Former... Team (RABIT) to help patrol Greece’s borders in the Aegean, where the cast majority of arrivals occur... on during the current refugee crisis. Athens’s reluctance to ask for help stemmed partly from the fact
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Kerry positive during Athens visit, shows keen interest in Cyprus and energy
PoliticsForeign Policysupportive of Greece’s efforts to deal with the refugee crisis given the economic constraints... with the members of the migrant women’s organization Melissa, in central Athens. He also pledged... projects as they “will not only strengthen Greece’s economy, but they will help advance regional
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SYRIZA tries to compose itself ahead of next vote on prior actions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to address SYRIZA’s central committee on Saturday, ahead... on Saturday and Sunday to examine the latest developments and make preparations for the party’s next... government’s performance on the bank recapitalisation and the refugee crisis during Prime Minister’s
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Leaving Greece's annus horribilis behind
Agora’s relationship with its European partners. As the year draws to a close, the business of looking... quality of Greece’s major banks’ portfolios remains shaky at best. Credit risks on lenders’ balance... on refugees and migrants. While the country’s national identity has been profoundly challenged through
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Opposition party leader Leventis a coalition partner-in-waiting?
PoliticsGreek Politics, the Union of Centrists, a potential ally if the coalition’s slim majority is tested by the challenging reforms that lie ahead. State Minister Alekos Flambouraris, one of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s... largely to Leventis’s cult status, received substantial backing from young Greeks in the September 20
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Candidates vie for votes as New Democracy leadership race enters final stretch
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s protracted leadership race has entered its final stretch ahead of Sunday’s run-off..., he made some general comments about New Democracy’s future, which were open to different... Tzitzikostas’s supporters as possible. Meimarakis has an advantage over Mitsotakis in northern Greece
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