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Cabinet reshuffle expected to presage coalition's revival effort
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek politics has entered what is meant to be a rare quiet period this week but speculation about... Expo). There has been much debate about whether it will be an extensive shake-up or whether limited... position. There is satisfaction with her performance within the government and Tsipras has placed much
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Reshuffle on backburner as Tsipras draws ideological battle lines
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe timing of the cabinet reshuffle that has been trailed in the media, and by some government... for a “solidarity” payment. The government has been able to pay out so-called social dividends from... Syntakton, Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou has already prepared the amendment to allow for the start
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No final word on pension cuts as lenders prepare for return to Athens next week
EconomyProgramme, the Greek government has been given some encouragement in its bid to avoid the pension cuts that are due... official did not rule out the possibility that the measure, which has already been legislated.... The mission is expected to last four days. The draft budget has to be submitted to Parliament on October 1
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Kotzias territorial waters comment not expected to spark change of approach in Athens
PoliticsForeign Policythat Greece has no right to make unilateral decisions in the Aegean and that this would be deemed a cause for war (casus belli) as has been the case since 1995, when Turkey’s Grand National Assembly took... with the contentious plan, which has caused previous governments concern. In fact, it seems that he will slow down
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Coalition indicates it will keep focus on corruption allegations
PoliticsGreek Politicshas distanced itself from Papantoniou, who was ousted from the party several years ago, while... that Papantoniou’s detention received has also rekindled the public discussion about the corruption... that this is fertile ground for SYRIZA as it has not been in power long enough to be accused of any major
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Council of Europe report warns over austerity-inflamed inequality in education
SocietyA report on Greece by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has outlined how... has depended heavily on paying for expensive private cramming schools. While this system existed before the crisis, the economic crisis has exaggerated it and created a clear divide between
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Athens prepares final 2019 budget after green light to ditch pension cuts
EconomyProgrammepartners. “The IMF no longer has a financial arrangement with Greece so we are not engaged in the details.... “They are really issues for the Greek government and for the Europeans now in the framework that has been... clear where the extra money has been allocated but it was suggested over the past few days
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Tsipras encounters obstacle in efforts to secure church deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the head of the Church of Greece, who reportedly has a good relationship with Tsipras. It also came... and remove the priests from the payroll, a move which it has the authority to carry out. This may... in a very difficult position within the church and Tsipras in danger of losing someone he has
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Newsletter 184 -23/11/2018
of a social dividend before Christmas as it has done in the previous two years. Following the abolition... reform commitments to be achieved by end-2018 are progressing, but none has been completed yet. The pace... to fall. The report noted that while employment growth has slowed down, the share of full-time
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Athens moves quickly to scrap pension cuts as Eurogroup inches forward on euro reform
EconomyProgrammea provision for scrapping the pension cuts it had agreed in 2017. The draft law has been submitted under... substantial progress on the reforms it has agreed in six areas over the next few weeks as the Eurogroup has... off any hopes the coalition has of issuing a bond in the coming months. “Let me just say
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