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Tsipras seeks coalition makeover before review pressure ramps up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has continued his post-summer offensive with a promise to overhaul Greece’s public.... Tsipras also spoke of depoliticising the public administration, which has been a longstanding... by the third review. The government still has dozens of prior actions to tick off before the institutions
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Tsipras invokes Andreas Papandreou as centre-left challenge simmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe conservatives gain an outright majority at the next elections. It has been noticeable over the previous months that as PASOK has sought to redefine itself, even though some believe that it is searching...”, sought to address some of the criticism that has been directed at Papandreou, who is seen by some
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Government gears up for third review while lenders await pending actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe law protecting primary residencies by the end of the year. The Greek government has also been... by the Labour Ministry, which aims, among other things, to tackle unpaid and undeclared work. It has been...) is a democratic deficit, and sometimes in the past, when we look at Greece, it has been close to a democratic
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Opposition pressures SYRIZA by refusing to support bills ANEL dodges
PoliticsGreek Politicsa Muslim, rather than Turkish, minority in northeastern Greece and has refused to allow the union... and ANEL has been iron-clad as far as MoU-related measures are concerned but has run into complications..., which has an ultra-conservative stance on social issues, will support the bill. The stance taken
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Energy conference highlights path and obstacles to European energy integration
EconomyFeaturesin terms of energy security is the role of Turkey, whose cooperation on energy has been tied... Internazionali, addressed these concerns. “Turkey has been moving closer to Russia, but it’s in Turkey’s... and Turkey is a multilayer factor. There has been a lot of progress in terms of the electricity market
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Tsipras gets approval for gender bill despite coalition partner's absence
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe particular circumstances surrounding the legislation. ANEL has also broken ranks in the past on social.... Their political alliance is far from perfect but has proved time and again that it is able... to come to an end. Centre-left A new date has been set for the vote to elect a leader for the centre-left
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Athens waits to sound out IMF, PM moves on from vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Alexis Tsipras’s visit to Washington next week, the government has some time to take stock... has raised hopes in Greece that discussions over next year’s fiscal gap, as part of the third review... for Athens to get a full picture of where the IMF stands. There has been much concern within
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Newsletter 136 - 20/10/2017
, which has not yet been concluded, would not affect the effort to meet fiscal targets.... Trump said that Greece has a “great role” in stability in the area, while Pence called it a “pillar... on these issues, as well as the Balkans, suggested that the deterioration in US-Turkish relations has
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Sub-tranche, 2017 fiscal performance ticked off on first day of review talks
EconomyProgrammeof the 800-million-euro bailout sub-tranche that has been pending since the summer. The lenders had demanded... silence some doubters who suggested that it might miss the end-October target, but it still has the much.... The government has previously suggested that the excess surplus would be around 1 billion euros and would
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Effort to end notaries' strike amid concern for auctions, NPLs
EconomyProgrammeproperty auctions, which has led to the latter group refusing to take part in any more..., including electronic ones that are due to start at the end of November, has triggered concern within... to the government that the issue has to be dealt with quickly. As a result, Justice Minister Stavros
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