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Greek-Italian sea borders, EEZ pact ties up loose end but also carries wider significance
PoliticsForeign Policy, which has now been updated to include new delimitations in regard to their EEZ. By signing the agreement... end for Greek foreign policy. Even if the deal itself is not seen as perfect, it could be regarded
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Mitsotakis defends #MeToo response amid acrimonious debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsgoing to be a two-hander between ND and SYRIZA, and it offered the perfect opportunity to smaller...-sounding premise for the debate, it was clearly Mitsotakis’s aim to draw the sting out of what has
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Samaras plots early bailout exit, plays down debt relief as Merkel remains tight-lipped
PoliticsGreek Politics’ visits has been a highly politically charged affair, usually resulting in the government having to push through fiscal measures or structural reforms. This has given opposition parties regular... it would have if it does not have to answer to the IMF or the troika for all its fiscal decisions
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Govt pleads with firms to absorb inflation as surveillance claims prompt calls for accountability
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGrowing concern over inflation has prompted the government to call on firms to show restraint... in the first ten months of the year, while borrowing has driven the debt ratio up to the region of 200 pct... in an extra 1.1 billion euros of expenditure which has eaten into the fiscal space created by the higher-than
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North Macedonia's new president triggers diplomatic row with Greece on her first day
PoliticsForeign Policycountry, which has been brought into line with North Macedonia’s international obligations.” The Greek... it voiced as an opposition party during the ratification of the Prespa Agreement” has “respected... of the process, even though it remains blocked by Sofia as Skopje has not fulfilled the constitutional
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Tsipras hammers out dividing lines, trumpets battle with 'elite'
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the ballot box.” The SYRIZA leader highlighted a range of measures that the government has taken to assist...Insisting that national elections will be held in the autumn, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has... articles of the constitution can be revised by the next Parliament, Tsipras insisted that he has
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Eurogroup suggests there is scope for pension cuts to be called off
EconomyProgrammescrapping the measure unilaterally, it could put the debt relief measures agreed this June at risk... political agenda for the coalition and its opponents. “This measure was not a structural policy measure... of the pension system carried out by the government. “This was intended to be a fiscal measure and we all
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Everybody be cool
AgoraVaroufakis has just taken part in his first Eurogroup – an experience that some of his predecessors.... There is no doubt that it has been a tumultuous start for the new Greek government. The first week... have sent the wrong message. All this might be absolutely true but I still find it impossible
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Foreign minister quits government, heaping pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe coalition collapsing before it has had a chance to implement the voter-friendly measures promised... of other ministers “made their choice.” “So, I made mine,” added the outgoing minister. Calling... I was a seed.” It is not clear what the latter sentence is a reference to but it should be noted
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Cat and mouse: Greece and Schaeuble
Agoraof measures the Fund has been calling for, it is the biggest step so far that the Tsipras administration has... that the Fund would be present and Berlin has always been a believer of the technical capacity and economic... during the time the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks administration has been in power) has been consistently
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