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Newsletter 158 -20/04/2018
on Thursday that Dimitris Liakos, the Minister to the Prime Minister, has sent an e-mail to all..., Liakos reminds the ministers that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked them during a cabinet meeting... and claims by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim that his country’s coast guard officers removed
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PM tries to halt election speculation as poll gap widens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has asked SYRIZA MPs and members to refrain from speculating about... might be held. The prime minister was also due to address SYRIZA’s parliamentary group on Monday... Kranidiotis, who was previously an adviser to former prime minister Antonis Samaras. He also held talks
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
the gauntlet and challenged Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to hold elections in September and test... a statement that accused Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of being a “liar and slanderer.” He also claimed... and his media with New Democracy. The Prime Minister’s office responded to the tycoon’s statement
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Splits and alliances on leaders' minds as thoughts turn to next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicson a bill allowing same-sex couples to become foster parents provided Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... on Wednesday, which disappointed some SYRIZA MPs but suggested that the prime minister did not want... the prime minister calls elections. At this stage, neither side wants to risk a collapse before
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Coalition picks out positives from lenders' deal, clashes over political violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe publication last week of several negative opinion poll figures, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is under... this will require the social partners to reach an agreement. The prime minister also used the meeting... Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to propose Ilidenska Republika Makedonija
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Mitsotakis applies pressure over MoU exit and name talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis summer. If bond yields do not settle down, there will be fresh calls for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... concluded as far as the two countries’ diplomats are concerned. Kotzias said that the prime ministers... a majority, the prime minister will hope that this will be applauded by left-wing supporters
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Despite fresh uncertainty, Tsipras insists focus is on four-year term
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has again insisted he has no intention of calling snap elections... of a precautionary credit line. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis.... The Greek prime minister would like to promote this as clean a break as possible with the last eight years
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Parties draw dividing lines ahead of new protests over name issue
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Tuesday that he is optimistic there will be a positive outcome... the delay in communication between Zaev and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as being due to the government... the goals of the conservative government led by former Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis. “New
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Tsipras hails name deal with Skopje, Mitsotakis declares fierce opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on Tuesday that Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic... to push the pact through Greek Parliament. The Greek prime minister made a brief televised address... would be removed. The Greek prime minister noted that Athens will clear the way for its neighbour
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Quasi-statesmanship and political gymnastics
AgoraIt’s been quite a few days for Alexis Tsipras. The Greek Prime Minister has been deemed worthy... this. Although opposition claims that he negotiated in secret are wide of the mark (the prime minister met... of this nature rarely are. In both countries, critics of the two prime ministers have accused them of betrayal
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