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From MoU exit to Grexit: Where next for Greece?
Agoraa meeting with some heavyweights of the international investment community. The Greek prime minister... Samaras was prime minister. However, the timetable Tsipras identified last autumn has gone up... party will be able to agree to the lenders’ terms and clinch an SLA, allowing him to be the prime
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Tsipras clears with relative ease first domestic hurdle to getting deal approved
PoliticsGreek Politicslenders, helping Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras clear one of the domestic hurdles he faced following... the second programme review, there were few dissenters. The only negative for the prime minister was that 13... and suggested that the prime minister should carry out a reshuffle. This lukewarm form of internal
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Tsipras focuses on debt relief goal as review resumes in Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras took to centre stage on Tuesday evening, soon after the second review... of the programme,” said the prime minister, repeating the government’s position that it will not make... as early as June or July. The prime minister also mounted an enthusiastic defence of recent
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Rising tension in Western Balkans add to diplomatic concerns
PoliticsForeign Policy) Parliament in support of former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, provoking a brawl that injured 10 people... to Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger last month, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama said... within the EU for most Western Balkan countries. This explains why during his tenure Prime Minister
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Tsipras rallies ministers and MPs before multi-bill arrives
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be submitted to Parliament next week, amid efforts by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to ensure... on Thursday and SYRIZA’s parliamentary group is expected to gather on Friday. This will be a prime... for the last few days, starting with the prime minister himself, to stress the importance and positive
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Newsletter 119 - 19/05/2017
Parliament on Wednesday and Thursday, buying more time for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his... if Greece secures a debt reduction. The Greek prime minister based this on the discussions that he had... (the government has already picked Rothschild & Co as its adviser). The prime minister also claimed
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IMF hints at flexibility as debt relief talks continue
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe terrorist attack on former Prime Minister Lucas Papademos in Athens on Thursday has drawn... and debt relief at the next Eurogroup on June 15. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held brief talks... of respondents believe that conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis would make a better prime minister than
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Tsipras readjusts expectations for crucial Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsspeculation following the latest comments by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Speaking at the Hellenic... of conducting a test bond issue this summer. However, an alternative reading of the prime minister’s statement... ahead. The position taken by the prime minister in the days ahead may give a clearer indication of his
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Expectations for deal on Thursday rise as Athens tempers own
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn agreement at Thursday’s Eurogroup seems the most likely outcome even though Prime Minister... since the last Eurogroup ended in an impasse. The Greek prime minister has shown in the past that he... and Tsakalotos will remain in their positions and that relations with the prime minister are very good
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Rhetoric ramped up ahead of Eurogroup but deal still in sight
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut an agreement that will fall short of Greek expectations while still leaving Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... that the prime minister had performed an about-turn. On Monday, he told French Finance Minister Bruno Le... in Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and that the Greek prime minister has failed to understand that EU
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