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Tsipras eyes connection with voters through changes to constitution, electoral system
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has suggested that he may put planned changes to Greece’s... to hold an advisory plebiscite on the alterations that will be put forward. There is no provision... to be given the right to vote has been put on the table by Potami and New Democracy. By leaving
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Newsletter 100 - 16/12/2016
moved up a notch again on Wednesday when the European Stability Mechanism revealed that it has put... Tsipras last week. The ESM said the debt relief process has been put on hold as the institutions.... Tsipras also managed to put New Democracy in an uncomfortable position. The conservatives had
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Tsipras wins domestic support for pension bonus but key struggles lie abroad
PoliticsGreek Politicsto 1.6 million pensioners and knowing that he has put main opposition party New Democracy... to be put on hold, was fairly popular. According to the survey, 50 percent of respondents had a positive... making a move that has some appeal to voters, Tsipras also managed to put New Democracy
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This is where the last few days have left Greece and lenders
Agoradifficult measures, ones that could put its slim parliamentary majority at risk, and needs a positive... message to put out at home. But the reality is that Greece will have to produce large primary surpluses for many years to come, which will continue to put pressure on its economy and citizens, while
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Differences over pension cuts stand in way of technical agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsreform in return for this concession from the Greek government. However, Tsakalotos’s letter put this arrangement in question and the Fund apparently put the issues of mass dismissals and a lockout... being put to government MPs. Although it is possible that just a few days of technical work
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Ahead of vote, Tsakalotos appeals to SYRIZA MPs with positive message
PoliticsGreek Politicson Thursday, Tsakalotos sought to put them at ease about the reduction of the tax-free threshold... appears an attempt to steal Mitsotakis’s thunder and put New Democracy in the difficult position... Minister Alexis Tsipras has already planned to put opposition parties on the spot during the upcoming
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Tsipras in tight spot over debt deal but QE access may hold key to compromise
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDimitris Tzanakopoulos said Athens aims to get a “comprehensive agreement and to put an end... week but which would also secure access to QE. The proposal put to the Greek finance minister... by 8.5 years, Greek debt will be put on a sustainable path. Stournaras also published an article
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There's always next season
Agoraof the referendum and serves as a reminder of much worse things could have become. The arguments put forward by both... and levels of debt relief that Greece’s lenders are clearly not willing to discuss. Also, the idea put..., Greece has a chance to put the worst of the crisis behind it. This time next year, the discussion could
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Adoptions fall by 18.5 pct in 2016 as recent decline continues
Societywere put up for adoption. Adoptees in this category fell by 9.1 percent year-on-year. Children born within a married unit who were subsequently put up for adoption declined by 53.8 percent in 2016... numbers of children put up for adoption. The country is part of the Hague Adoption Convention, meaning
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Coalition braces for Sunday demo, ponders impact on cooperation
PoliticsGreek Politicsto get cold feet in the coming weeks. The demonstration has also put the coalition on tenterhooks. SYRIZA... this week, Panos Kammenos will not put an end to the coalition unless he feels he has no option... he faces is to withdraw from the current government. In the meantime, the government continues to put
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