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Greece braces for Middle East fallout as polls show ND holding firm despite voter unease
PoliticsGreek Politicsinsist that the country’s improved economic performance gives it the capacity to intervene without... in the minimum wage, to be approved at Thursday’s cabinet meeting and implemented on 1 April. Although...’s latest fiscal interventions in the wake of that meeting, which will aim to define
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Where does SYRIZA stand on debt?
EconomySpeaking at the party’s congress on Saturday, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras presented his parties...-off would exceed 50 percent and that their party’s request would most likely related to the 195 billion of debt owed to the EU, of which 53 billion are in the form bilateral loans and 142 billion from
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Greece's fiscal, debt and funding goals as set out at Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek Finance Ministry leaked today all the key documents that were presented to Greece’s... euros of payments to the IMF until June and asked the Eurogroup to disburse the ECB’s SMP profits of 1.9... to the terms of Greece’s loan agreement to all its creditors. b) No action that threatens to derail
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Tsipras visits Israel but his aims are not yet clear
PoliticsForeign Policywas initiated by the then Prime Minister George Papandreou. During the last five years, despite Greece’s... their intention to improve bilateral cooperation. This means Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ visit... to be received by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well by Israel’s President, Reuven Rivlin
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Athens sweats on outcome of UK referendum
PoliticsForeign Policydeeper than just on a bilateral level, with investors becoming nervous about the eurozone’s future... of Britons voting in favour of leaving the European Union in Thursday’s referendum. The Greek... that would follow a victory for the “Leave” campaign in Thursday’s vote. “The EU will have to swim
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Rising tension in Western Balkans add to diplomatic concerns
PoliticsForeign Policywith Greece are uppermost in Athens’s foreign policy agenda at the moment. Thursday’s dramatic events, which... sovereignty in the Aegean. Athens believes that Thursday’s events are not just another episode... Democrat party and others representing FYROM’s Albanian ethnic minority voted for a new speaker, Talat
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Greek and Turkish PMs tone things down, look to new Cyprus talks
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Binali Yildirim’s visit to Greece on Monday, when he held substantial talks... of bilateral relations in various sectors, in tourism, transport (e.g. Izmir–Thessaloniki coastal... Athens’s strong support for Turkey’s EU course, while highlighting the destabilisation in the wider area
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Erdogan ends trip with softer tone, consensus on refugees
PoliticsForeign Policyin the region also have Pomak and Roma origins. Earlier, Erdogan had only spoken of the Muslim community’s... strive for the country’s good. His comment appeared much more conciliatory than much of what he said... was split in Athens about Erdogan’s visit. The opposition was critical of the government’s decision
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Erdogan visit leaves Athens with much to ponder, no visible signs of progress
PoliticsForeign PolicyAs the dust begins to settle from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-day visit to Greece... in relations between Athens and Ankara. Erdogan’s unpredictability makes this a difficult exercise, while Greece’s economic weakness means that it is not able to play the role of bridge-builder between Turkey
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Concern over prior actions grows, debt talks approach crucial juncture
EconomyProgrammeThe race to complete as many of the fourth review’s 88 prior actions as possible in the coming days is dominating the Greek government’s agenda, although what will follow the conclusion... been done. The divestment of the Public Power Corporation’s (PPC) lignite units moved a step closer
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