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Auctions, strikes trouble Tsipras but focus still on programme exit
PoliticsGreek Politicswill require a quorum of more than 50 percent of first-degree unions to call a strike, rather than a third... the possibility of the prime minister being forced to call snap elections in the spring, before
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Athens takes cautious approach to Turkish words and actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsevening. The purpose of the phone call was to dial down the rhetoric and prevent the situation in the Aegean from getting out of hand. Before the phone call, the Turkish Foreign Ministry accused Athens
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Tsipras fends off election rumours, Mitsotakis talks up moderate qualities
PoliticsGreek Politicsabout the possibility of Tsipras deciding to call snap elections soon after Greece exits its third...’s lead may be enough to convince Tsipras to call snap elections this year rather than wait until
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
Opposition leaders fuel election talk As Mitsotakis and Gennimata call for snap polls, Tsipras mulls his options The discussion about when the next Greek general elections should take place has been... are in play. The first is for Tsipras to call a snap vote later this year in a bid to capitalise
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An uncertain and wasted year for Italy
Agoralisted in their “contract” ahead of the next vote. M5S’ call for the impeachment of Mattarella... a clear Euro-exit platform, the two parties will call for a more combative approach towards Brussels
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Ball in Greece's court after Skopje completes approval of name deal
Foreign PolicyGreek PoliticsStoltenberg call for a meeting, even at the level of permanent representatives, to agree on the text of the Accession Protocol which will call the country with its new constitutional name: Republic
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Questions persist about timing of general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader may also call snap general elections at the same time. The conservatives want the government... not to call snap elections in May, opting for a closed list in the European Parliament elections might
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Tsipras set to unveil tax cuts as MPs prepare for confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsis that it will negotiate the cancellation of the measure with the institutions, just as it managed to call off... for the conservatives could prompt Tsipras to call snap elections in June, many commentators believe
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Greece prepares more measures to support economy after Eurogroup relaxes fiscal restrictions
EconomyProgrammefiscal target. It was decided during Monday’s video call involving eurozone finance ministers... president Mario Centeno after the meeting. In a statement after the call, Finance Minister Christos
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Efforts to boost health system continue amid questions about govt strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Hospital Doctors in a conference call with SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, when they noted that 65 hospital... to the minister’s statement. In addition to staff, the Health Ministry has put out a call for 5,000
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