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Tsipras confirms Parliament will probe contentious Novartis bribery claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis not occurred, Greece may even have avoided needing a bailout in 2010. The government’s decision to set..., Parliament must set a date for the plenary to debate the results of the inquiry. The debate must
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Newsletter 151 -16/02/2018
visit to Athens by European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici, who also set out... progressing. During his visit, Moscovici reportedly set out a roadmap for Greece that runs from
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Eurogroup confirms third review almost done but e-auctions still a concern
EconomyProgrammeamong the institutions is that auctions will not keep pace with the guidelines set out by the lenders... – how much money are you going to set aside?” The Greek minister confirmed that the government aims
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Parliamentary inquiry to handle bribery claims as parties build differing narratives
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA debate lasting more than 20 hours ended early on Thursday with Parliament voting to set up a preliminary judicial inquiry into claims that Novartis bribed 10 politicians to secure favourable... with the decision to set up 10 ballot boxes (one for each accused) rather than one. Tsipras also gave a fairly
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Greek health care spending in the spotlight
EconomyFeatures. Public spending on pharmaceuticals came in for particular attention. Hard limits were set at 2.44... Administration (EOF). Targets were set for increasing the use of cheaper generic drugs in public hospitals
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New measures to ease capital controls, lift restrictions on opening bank accounts
EconomyMacroeconomypublished in the government’s gazette. It is the third set of measures that the MoF has announced to relax...-beneficiary to an existing account, independent of creating a new customer ID. The previous set
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Clearer roadmap for completion of third programme emerging
EconomyProgrammethat there is no set date for the start of the programme which the IMF has approved on principle... are that Greece achieves the reform targets that have been set, and the European partners agreeing to the debt
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Greece seeks better relations with Albania as wariness of Turkey grows
PoliticsForeign Policybeen set as a prerequisite by Albania's president Ilir Meta, who last month rejected the possibility... of the minority that are being monitored by Athens and the Council of Europe. The two foreign ministers are set
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Prior actions and crucial meetings dominate agenda for rest of month
EconomyProgrammeinto the NPLs, which total more than 90 billion euros at the moment. The report is said to set out five... unused in the envelope for the most recent round of bank recapitalisation could be repurposed to set up
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Greece's antitrust damages initiative comes into force
LegalDecember 27, 2016 to comply with the deadline set by the directive for its implementation. The law... territory to specialised sections to be set up in the Athens First Instance Court and the Athens
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