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Newsletter 117 - 05/05/2017
rebellion over deal Finance ministry rejects main opposition call to implement counter-measures now Having... of the deal. During his press briefing on Tuesday, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos made a point... prominent sceptics within SYRIZA about the deal with the lenders in the build-up to this week’s agreement
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Tsipras gives mixed message on expectations for crucial upcoming Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicswithout any kind of deal, speculation about default and Grexit will abound. It is not in Tsipras’s interests to be so visibly pushed into a corner and to accept a deal under duress. In fact, it is in his..., Athens is certain to press for a better deal between now and June 15. Tsipras may hold talks
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Newsletter 120 - 26/05/2017
Tsipras ponders next Eurogroup Deal remains elusive ahead of crucial June 15 meeting Greece emerged with no deal on debt relief from Monday’s Eurogroup and now all eyes are on whether an agreement... to risk it all by turning their back on whatever deal is on offer on June 15. It is more likely that he
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Greece as an energy hub: Reality or wishful thinking?
EconomyFeatureshydrocarbon deposits in western Greece. Under the deal, the Spanish oil and gas firm will become... to the ongoing economic crisis. In late May 2017, Greece’s Energean announced that it had signed a deal.... The financial information around the deal was not disclosed. There are also plans for a EuroAsia
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Newsletter 121 - 02/06/2017
agreement on how to deal with the debt issue. The most vital, but also equivocal, intervention of the week... Federation of Enterprises (SEV) what kind of deal he might be willing to accept at the June 15....” The government is pushing for a better deal than the one it was offered last month, particularly
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UN steers clear of Cyprus blame game as focus moves to hydrocarbons
PoliticsForeign Policyhave to admit that it was a collective failure of stitching together a deal in Crans-Montana,” he said... of the puzzle actually coming on the table… we were not able to stitch it together to a total deal.” Eide..., analysts note that Cyprus should be more concerned about a potential deal between Turkey and Israel
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Athens keeps cautious eye on Berlin-Ankara relationship as German elections approach
PoliticsForeign Policydeal. If EU–Turkey relations deteriorate further or if Brussels decides to halt Turkey's membership...-Turkey relations altogether, analysts say. The EU–Turkey refugee deal may be one of the reasons for this reluctance. Refugee deal There is no official confirmation of recent reports in Greece and elsewhere
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Tsipras concludes US trip with focus on geopolitics and investments
PoliticsGreek Politicson Thursday that the deal to upgrade 85-95 of the 160 F-16 jets Greece owns, which has not yet been... directed to the audience back in Greece, where New Democracy had questioned the deal along with other... than Belgium or Luxembourg. Notably, following its initial criticism of the deal, the main opposition
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Greece seeks better relations with Albania as wariness of Turkey grows
PoliticsForeign Policygovernment officials claiming that Turkey will try to exploit the matter. Albania deal In the meantime... negotiations regarding the name issue, the Greek government is also seeking to secure a deal with the Albanian... of any deal on the issue, citing the same court’s 2009 decision, which annulled the agreement
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Tsipras moves forward with name talks as domestic balance comes into focus
PoliticsGreek Politics, or both, indicate they will back a deal. This would allow the SYRIZA leader to put opposition chief.... Following the two large protests against a deal in Athens and Thessaloniki, Tsipras has shown that he is not particularly worried about the political cost of a deal, probably after having worked out
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