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Greece and Turkey edging forward with political dialogue
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece and Turkey plan to take the next steps in their political dialogue on 11 March. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou will meet her Turkish counterpart Burak Aksapar in Ankara to assess the most difficult issues on the agenda. However, Athens does not expect any substantial progress
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Greece and Turkey launch latest round of talks, building up to Ankara visit by Mitsotakis
PoliticsForeign PolicyMonday’s meeting in Ankara between Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou and her Turkish counterpart Burak Akçapar signals the beginning of a new round of talks between Greece and Turkey within the framework of the political dialogue that was agreed last year by Prime Minister Kyriakos
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Greece and Turkey move ahead with talks on Confidence Building Measures
PoliticsForeign PolicyDelegations from Greece and Turkey discussing Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) are due to meet at the Ministry of Defence in Athens on Monday. The delegations will be led by ambassador Theocharis Lalakos and Turkey’s deputy foreign minister Burak Aksapar, respectively. High-ranking military
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Athens wary of implications from Erdogan's cancelled trip to Washington
PoliticsForeign Policywith his counterpart, Burak Akcapar in İstanbul on April 26 for the 6th round of discussions
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Newsletter 111 - 17/03/2017
(SLA) could be reached by April 7 but acknowledged that one issue is proving a major stumbling block... measures and counter-measures, by Monday so that there is then the possibility of achieving an SLA
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The scenarios ahead for Greece as review hangs in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsadministration is able to reach a staff-level agreement (SLA) with the institutions, this would pave... will be able to agree to the lenders’ terms and clinch an SLA, allowing him to be the prime minister
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Differences over pension cuts stand in way of technical agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsagreement (SLA) to be wrapped up. The latest snag in the talks appears to have been created by the Greek... on the ground in Athens would suffice for an SLA to be secured if the latest complications are overcome
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Squeezed at home, ministers return to Brussels to look for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto some of the demands being made by the IMF. Securing an SLA by Friday seems highly unlikely. Debt relief As the wait for an SLA goes on, the debate about debt relief is heating up. Local media reported
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Outline deal clinched at Eurogroup, focus now moves to Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFriday’s Eurogroup in Malta resulted in Greece and the institutions reaching an agreement in principle that paves the way for the missions to return to Athens and a staff-level agreement (SLA.... Next steps The next step will be for the missions to return to Athens so an SLA can be agreed
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IMF Spring Meetings seen as next waypoint in completion of review
PoliticsGreek Politicsa staff-level agreement (SLA). This would lead to the prior actions that the Greek government has... could decide whether Greek bonds are eligible for its QE programme. Athens believes that the SLA can
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