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Tsipras prepares for first visit to Turkey with refugee crisis in focus
PoliticsForeign Policyweek has provided Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu with the perfect opportunity to extend... official to visit Turkey following the recent general elections, even though the new government has... visit until after November 28. However, the Prime Minister’s office has insisted that Tsipras
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PM takes central role as fires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek Politicsany lives. The authorities’ inability to bring several large blazes close to Athens under control has... that more money has been made available to municipalities this year – 25 million euros compared... the last couple of days, the role of local authorities has been highlighted, perhaps encouraging viewers
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Newsletter 134
The government has acknowledged that the fiscal targets of the 2018 draft budget may be hampered by a tax-weary public. figure for 2018 has also been lowered from 52.94 to 52.49 billion euros... servicing from the drop of step up charges from the 2012 debt buy-back as well as the capping of total
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Brussels talks inconclusive, Tsipras has tough sell at home if deal reached
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government will have to adopt 3 billion euros worth of fiscal measures, against the 1 billion euros... the measures on the negotiating table. In his comments after the meeting in Brussels, Tsipras said he
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New Democracy applies pressure as coalition prepares for tough December
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeeing the government still struggling to conclude the second review, which has prompted speculation about whether this could lead to political developments, New Democracy has chosen to make... other administration to be formed by the current Parliament. There has not been much speculation
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
. Although the number of daily deaths has dipped below 100 – edging down to 81 on Thursday – almost 600... has intensified, with opposition parties issuing daily statements criticising the government’s... he described as an “ideological obsession with prioritising private profit”. In a bid to answer his
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Paddling with a wooden spoon
Agoramet at the Eurogroup has been pretty simple: look no further than German Finance Minister Wolfgang... of issues, including what plans the eurozone has for Greek debt relief from 2018 onwards, have to be resolved before the fund can make a final decision. However, the loose agreement is enough to buy everyone
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Will centre-left let go of past to grasp change?
Agorathat has not been formed, a political manifesto that has not been written and with goals that have..., the effort to set up this unusual vote has been dogged by problems. The traditional bastion... last year but the process collapsed at the last minute. This year’s effort has been hampered
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Greece's open floodgates
Agoraneighbourhoods. Unregulated construction has been ignored for decades and there has been underinvestment... for construction in Athens since the 1930s has led to natural river beds and other waterways being... adds that Mandra has suffered destructive floods about once every 10 years over the last few decades
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Tsipras hopes to muddle through, avoid internal clash for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Brussels, Athens has revealed that it hopes to reach an agreement for lenders to release some... government. An easing of the liquidity constraints on Greece now would buy him in a little more time.... It would also help him argue that he has pushed Greece’s creditors as far as possible without
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