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Onus on Athens to speed up review after German election result
PoliticsGreek Politicsgenerated by Germany’s election results. Dijsselbloem’s visit is seen as an opportunity to set... percent of the vote and Merkel set to lead an unprecedented coalition containing two parties... that Athens has a better chance of avoiding any extra demands from its lenders, which has been one
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Busy January ahead for coalition, which rebuffs accusations over Turkish airmen
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe end of the Christmas and New Year festivities means that political life in Greece is set... when the vote on the omnibus bill is set to take place, but it will have to be well in advance... to grant asylum to one of the eight Turkish servicemen that landed in Greece in a military
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Cabinet reshuffle and new bond issue coming up next for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMegalomystakas issued a brief statement on Wednesday rebuffing reports that he is one of the members... has no plan to leave his current political grouping. Bond issues The reshuffle, though, is just one.... The discussions about debt relief and the post-programme set-up for Greece are also pending. However
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis head in opposite directions over talks with Skopje
PoliticsGreek Politicsadmitted that making changes to his country’s constitution, which is one of the bones of contention... in views between SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) is one of the areas that Mitsotakis focussed..., set out a more hardline position and suggests that his immediate concern is in keeping the right
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Newsletter 151 -16/02/2018
is not likely to be a one-off occurrence. Turkish military operations in Syria’s Afrin... reflects his government's determination to tackle corruption, which is one of the reasons that SYRIZA... visit to Athens by European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici, who also set out
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Despite debt deal likely falling short, IMF to retain a role in Greece
EconomyProgrammecertain that this will be in a technical capacity. With the Greek government set to approve the multi... engaged one way or the other with Greece – and that will probably come to a denouement which.... According to the report, the extension of maturities will be set at 15 years (more than the 3-5 years
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About last night
Agorain the discussions and within the framework that was set out at the Eurogroup meetings of May 2016... and amortisation by 10 years was probably one of the most positive developments at the Eurogroup. The EFSF..., monitoring Greece in its regular Article IV consultations. The next one is expected in July. The Fund argued
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Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018
council discussed on Tuesday the measures that the prime minister will announce. The package is set... similar to the one paid out from the excess surplus over the last two years, the return of collective... to retirees from the fiscal overperformance expected this year. Avoiding the pension cuts one way or another
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Tsipras seeks to capitalise on bailout exit, build platform for elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the moment, but to set out policies that will help convince voters a corner has been turned.... In terms of tangible policies, Tsipras is expected to set the scene for a package of tax cuts...-programme monitoring. One position that is vacant at the moment is Alternate Citizens’ Protection
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Coalition tweaks labour market, lines up more post-MoU changes
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the contracts is set to lead to wage rises for those who were not covered in the past by the sectoral..., during which they were reined in, is one of the government’s key pledges and one of the headline items... picture may only start to emerge once Tsipras and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis have set
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