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Mitsotakis sets out on long haul to revive New Democracy while keeping internal balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Mitsotakis has a tough balancing act on his hands. In a late-night interview on Monday... party. Mitsotakis has said that he would like the overhauled party organisations to be in a position... and party spokesman this week, before holding his first meeting as New Democracy president with Prime
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Fragility of summit pledge for border status quo already evident
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIdomeni by Monday, while authorities were holding back thousands more at Piraeus. The absence of Turkey... to government sources, the Greek premier has reiterated that Greece will not accept any unilateral... that his government has already met the obligations listed in the European Commission’s report
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Failure to agree on contingent measures causes further delay in conclusion of review
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor holding an extraordinary meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Thursday. This means that the conclusion of the review has been put off for now, with the only other possibilities... 24. The Greek government has not taken well to its proposal for a corrective fiscal mechanism
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Fool Britannia
Agora, the finance minister disappearing and nobody having any plan about what to do: This has all happened over the last few years in Greece. Never, though, all at the same time as has just occurred in the UK... campaign, has been a real revelation for those observing from outside, particularly in Greece, which has
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Greek, Turkish foreign ministers hold informal talks as refugee crisis, Cyprus loom
PoliticsForeign Policyin message of support for Turkey’s European prospects. After holding talks lasting almost three... the cave where - according to Greek mythology - Zeus has took Europa after kidnapping her. “I thought... he has taken Europa following her big kidnapping, so as to show that we believe that the Turkish
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Making the extraordinary ordinary
Agoraaround the world after they were pictured holding the baby of a refugee after she arrived... affair. As it loses itself in its existential crisis, perhaps Europe can also look upon what has happened on the Greek islands and draw some hope. The refugee crisis has brought out the worst
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Deadlock at NBG over chairman appointment
EconomyBankingnot fulfil the criteria set by the European Central Bank’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) for holding... Thomopoulos, who was proposed as nominee for the position of BoD chair. Thomopoulos has some 40 years of experience in the financial sector and has served as deputy governor of Bank of Greece (BoG
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Review nears conclusion, parties turn to political future
PoliticsGreek Politicsmemoranda it has to sign following lengthy negotiations over the new measures with the institutions... with an increasingly dismissive and distrusting public. According to Kathimerini, Tsipras also has five other... as part of the first bailout review and has since inaugurated a committee that is examining changes
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Coalition looks to regain confidence, centre-left struggles with ballot
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government is also hoping that the other major investment project that has stalled, at the former.... The focus of his speech was on the need for fair growth, which would benefit workers. This has been a key theme for the coalition as Tsipras has embarked on his campaign to talk up the economic recovery
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Much ground to cover on prior actions despite privatisation progress
EconomyProgramme, the return of ANFA and SMP profits has been discussed, as has the purchase of the loans made to Greece..., or GLF, loans that Greece has to repay from its first bailout. The total of GLF loans stands at 52... the Greek state and Paneuropean Oil and Industrial Holding agreed to divest the necessary shares
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