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Tsipras and Kammenos vow to stick together until further notice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament has to ratify the name settlement, known as the Prespes Agreement, caused unrest within... Democracy and ANEL not making it into Parliament. This necessity to survive has kept Tsipras and Kammenos.... According to Palmos Analysis, New Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA has shrunk from 10.5 points in March
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Athens prepares 2019 draft budget amid pension cuts dilemma
EconomyProgrammeto pension spending has not been concluded yet, there is a high probability that Athens will have... as Greek bond yields are higher than the government would like. It has been suggested that one option would... year’s pension cuts with his eurozone counterparts) to take place. It has already been suggested
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Tsipras seeks assurances that coalition will remain united for time being
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Panos Kammenos, who has recently threatened to walk out over the Prespes Agreement aimed... the government’s opportunity of winning back some of the support it has lost over the previous years by engaging... the political process in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has been completed. Independent MP
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After Kotzias departure, Tsipras hopes for clear path to elections
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the government intact so he has a chance of achieving a decent result at the next elections... that this obstacle has been overcome, providing the SYRIZA-ANEL government with a clear path for the next few months... unlikely that Kammenos will bring down the government before the diplomatic pact has been approved
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Pensions spending stable but early retirees burden system
EconomyMacroeconomy. The government has been gradually phasing out the EKAS grant. In December’s bulletin, the number.... The government is under pressure to carry out a further one percent of GDP cuts in 2019, but argues that it has... Panteion University has shown that the country’s social security system will be burdened by around
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Revision confirms second year of total fiscal surplus at 0.8 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomyhas been produced based on the Regulation ESA 2010 for the System of National Accounts. According... the Economic Adjustment Programme, which has different treatment from ESA 2010 for certain revenue... that it settled in 2016. Overall, Greece’s fiscal data has remained broadly stable between the two
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SYRIZA and ND at odds over proposals for changing constitution
PoliticsGreek Politicsattention, has shifted to SYRIZA’s suggestions. Two points in particular have drawn a reaction from... Democracy has also made it clear that it is not willing to support the government’s proposals unless...) and some independent lawmakers in order to achieve the 180-vote threshold. To Potami Centrist To Potami has
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Killing puts strain on Greek-Albanian relations after stalled efforts to reach deal
PoliticsForeign Policyin southern part of Greece’s neighbouring country last Sunday has provoked concern in Athens... has been urging Tirana to investigate the death of dual-national Katsifas and provide further information about the police operation that led to him being shot in order to ease the tension that has been
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Hospital report gets ball rolling in coalition effort to target former governments
PoliticsGreek Politicsand corruption in the past. It has been made clear by the coalition’s approach to such issues... Democracy and PASOK. Parliament has also been looking into claims of illegal hirings and misuse of funds... has yet to produce a report yet. Over the weekend, SYRIZA-friendly Documento weekly published
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Parties vie for voters' attention as New Democracy prepares for congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsand 100 euros. The government has also broadened the number of civil servants that will receive..., echoing the kind of language that has been used by Tsipras recently as he tries to convince voters..., and that it has the tools and ideas necessary to govern the country. For Mitsotakis
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