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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.... It would also help him argue that he has pushed Greece’s creditors as far as possible without... the single currency. Dragasakis insisted during his TV appearance that the government has no intention
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After paying IMF, Greece looks to cover remaining funding needs for March and April
EconomyProgrammeΤhe government has covered a large part of its funding needs for March, which mainly comprised..., the government still has to cover financing needs of 1.5 billion euros in March and more than 2 billion... on Thursday night, the Greek leader reportedly said his government has enough cash to meet obligations
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Tsipras makes his point in Moscow but leaves with nothing tangible
PoliticsGreek Politicsand legislation. - Putin indicated that Russia still has an active interest in the potential privatisation... the obligations it has as a member of the EU and international organisations. The impression left by Tsipras... in itself. The Greek coalition has been keen to show over the last three months wherever it can
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Much ground to cover as Greece, lenders prepare to resume talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece would “compromise, compromise, compromise but not be compromised.” Varoufakis has used a similar phrase before. By repeating it he emphasises how little progress has been made over the past few days... central role. As we have highlighted previously, Tsipras has so far been reluctant to cajole his
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Gov't sees reform multi-bill as path to funding but resistance abounds
PoliticsGreek Politicscrisis there has been a long history of Greek governments being upbeat about the prospects... the party that the government has gone as far as it can in pursuing its own agenda before... Theano Fotiou said on Skai TV that the government should ask voters to express their opinion if it has
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Greece prepared to move on pension, labour reforms but details to be decisive
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot settle matters between Greece and the institutions but suggests that progress has been made... that Greece will seek to complete the programme review that has been pending since last September... review has been completed. 2. Pensions: “They notably discussed the importance of reforms to modernise
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Reopening public broadcaster poses multiple challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicswas particularly aggressive in her questioning towards ERT’s would-be CEO, Lambis Tagmatarchis, who has served in a senior role at the broadcaster before and has had run-ins with the employees’ union... election pledges that he is in a position to keep. He also has a chance to show that he is genuinely
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SYRIZA prepares to debate deal as Tsipras's options narrow
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the International Monetary Fund, when Athens has to transfer about 300 million euros. SYRIZA’s parliamentary... that even this can be achieved if lenders, as has been reported, are not prepared to commit to debt..., where European Central Bank president Mario Draghi who said that there has to be a credible
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Athens and Skopje press ahead with confidence measures despite uncertainty
PoliticsForeign Policyof the Albanian party DUI. Additionally, the Greek Foreign Minister has revealed that he and his... sources. Neither side has revealed what these CBMs may include. Kotzias, however, said on Thursday that these measures will have a “European dimension.” Athens in fact has already approached the European
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Lenders dismiss Greek proposals but SYRIZA also ups pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicslenders are demanding. Greece has reportedly offered to achieve a primary surplus of 0.75 percent of GDP..., the Greek side has not confirmed there was such a specific commitment, merely that it would put forward... secure concessions on these points, he has a much better chance of ensuring that SYRIZA sticks
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