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Tsipras hits back with own economic pledges, choice for voters to ponder
PoliticsGreek Politicsand inflation crises which, after all, are the uppermost concerns in the minds of Greek voters... also promised to scrap the annual, one-off trade tax paid by the self-employed. The third priority... pledged improvements to the Greek judicial system, including more resources, more funding for Greek
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Newsletter 446 - 10/01/2025
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to announce his nomination for Greek president next week in what... pct and the Communist Party on 9 pct. SYRIZA follows in fourth on 8.6 pct, ahead of Greek Solution... a bulwark against global tumultIt has been widely reported that Greek Finance Ministry officials have
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European Commission approves 2019 budget, urges focus to meet end of year reform goals
EconomyProgrammein last June’s Eurogroup the Greek authorities made commitments to continue the implementation of all key... of GDP. Progress on the reforms front is mixed, urging the Greek government to accelerate implementation... amounts stemming from central banks' holdings of Greek bonds under the Securities Markets Programme (SMP
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Mangling the truth
Agoraseized upon by opposition politicians, who held it up as yet another sign of the Greek coalition’s...In a quote some attribute to ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, the truth is said to be the first... the Greek crisis. And, if accuracy is compromised then it is quite likely the truth will also
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Tsipras upbeat on debt relief prospects, lenders more cautious
PoliticsGreek Politicsif Greece secures a debt reduction. The Greek prime minister based this on the discussions that he... with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday. Following the phone call with Merkel, the Greek... that these words were used when asked to do so by a Greek journalist in Berlin on Wednesday. Tsipras
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Countdown to Macedonia name deal vote has PM weighing up support
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Zoran Zaev managed to annoy the Greek government by claiming that the agreement means.... Diplomatic sources confirm that the Greek government expressed its dissatisfaction with a statement he... the the Greek government’s task of gaining support for the agreement even more difficult. If the referendum's
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Welcome to the club: Greece Joins the 17+1 network
Agoraanalysts the decision by the Greek government to join the 17+1 network came as a surprise... in Athens. Since the end of the third macro-economic adjustment program in August 2018, the Greek... administrations in the US. The depth of improvement in US-Greek bilateral relations extends beyond
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Newsletter 220 -20/09/2019
in 2022 and 1.4 in 2023. The last payment of 300 million is due in 2024. The Greek authorities plan... the budget approximately 70 million on the interest bill. The Greek government appears to have submitted... to remove around 30 billion euros worth of NPLs from banks’ balance sheets. The scheme foresees Greek
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Mitsotakis and Kasselakis compete to burnish patriotic credentials
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe naming by New Democracy of controversial Greek Albanian politician Fredi Beleri as a candidate... surge in support for far-right parties, including Greek Solution and Niki, is believed to have swayed... on charges of vote-buying in municipal elections in which he was elected mayor of the ethnic Greek town
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Greece and Turkey move ahead with talks on Confidence Building Measures
PoliticsForeign Policyheld just a few weeks before the visit of the Greek premier in Ankara on May 13, which was confirmed... of these marine parks.” The Greek prime minister also stressed that, “the improvement in Greek-Turkish... exercising a right. Turkey’s reaction shows the limits of the current Greek – Turkish political
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