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Athens concerned but silent as Trump administration criticises Europe, lines up Ukraine talks
PoliticsForeign Policy, not by complaining that you might, yes or no, be at the table, but by coming up with concrete proposals, ideas... Affairs Kaja Kallas. The meeting took stock of the latest contacts with US and Ukraine officials... on Ukraine’s future membership of Nato and how Ukraine can be offered security guarantees, either through
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Fear and loathing in Athens: an ex-minister's take on troika reviews
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe troika is due to resume its latest review of the Greek adjustment programme next week but ahead... and Thessaloniki water companies so they can be prepared for privatisation. The Greek government... nature of the troika reviews. The interview [in Greek] can be read here, or viewed below. Manitakis
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Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
to the electoral register, with SYRIZA undoubtedly hoping that it can attract the majority of those who... transferring itself to its relations with Greece, perhaps with a more powerful Erdoğan feeling he can... to be followed before they can be sent back as all eight have asked for political asylum. Turkey’s
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Newsletter 135 - 13/10/2017
legislated, their implementation being brought forward to 2018 can not necessarily be ruled out... revenues stood at 27.99 billion euros in August, it can be concluded that for every 3.5 billion of taxes... at showing that Greece is bouncing back and that under the current government the country’s economy can
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In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
PoliticsGreek Politics-autonomous monastic community on Mount Athos in northern Greece last week but his visit should be seen... is an atheist, meeting monks was indeed unusual. It was the first such visit by a leftist leader since... that it was an unofficial visit and that Tsipras was merely accepting an invitation extended to him
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Party leaders crank up campaign machinery for EP elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to visit the island of Chios on Friday, and then the town... Greece. He will also visit Evia over the weekend, before moving on to Thessaly. However, the two.... For now, though, Kassealkis’s goal is to achieve a result in June that will buy him more time
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Tsipras and the binary opposition
Agorais available to subscribers. You can follow Nick on Twitter: @NickMalkoutzis. Nick Malkoutzis... of a “No” vote, last month’s result can only be seen as a colossal failure for the country’s political... you all you need to know about why their efforts failed. Over the course of the last five years
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Making the extraordinary ordinary
Agoraa hero. Why would I? I did what I had to do. Any person would do the same” “What else can you do? You can’t stand by and watch when things like this can happen,” said fisherman Stratis Valiamos, who... was done so selflessly. “It’s satisfying when you do a good deed for people who have suffered so much
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek Politicsvalidated data on April 23. Instead, the focus of the troika’s latest visit will fall largely... to return to Greece to bring its latest review of the adjustment program to a delayed conclusion... counterparts on what progress can be made regarding the outstanding actions. Wrapping up this review
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PM orders lockdown as opposition focusses on health system's capacity
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the number of coronavirus-related deaths and confirmed cases. In the latest steps to suppress... their homes to go to work, the supermarket or pharmacy, or to visit the doctor or people who need care... they risk a 150-euro on-the-spot fine. The latest measures, which mirror those taken first in Italy
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