Greece
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Minister warns IMF may opt out
Stournaras says that if the bond buyback program fails, the burden of the bailout will fall on the EU
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Minister gets tough on civil servants’ redundancy scheme
Mayors across Greece continue to resist government plans to put thousands of civil servants into a redundancy scheme demanded by the troika
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Coalition seeks to heal splits over new tax bill
Income tax proposal splits coalition, likely forcing Stournaras to find alternative
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Ex-minister’s ‘party’ rocks weak PASOK
One of PASOK’s most high-profile members, former Health and Labor Minister Andreas Loverdos, launched a new center-left political movement on Monday
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Merkel does not rule out Greek ‘haircut’ in coming years
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she has not ruled out a so-called “haircut”, or write-down, on Greek debt in the next few years.
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Greece, FYROM take offence at Albanian rhetoric
Greece’s foreign minister boycotted festivities marking 100 years of Albania’s independence after its prime minister hailed a town over the border as part of “Albanian lands”.
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Buy property in Greece to obtain residence
No citizenship, no residence permit, no visa for stay in Greece you can still obtain the right to reside in Greece by purchasing real estate property in the country
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Debt lightening conditional on reform implementation
Commission draft report says troika will set out rules for Athens
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MPs reject SYRIZA bid for bailout probe
As expected, SYRIZA’s bid to have Parliament investigate Greece’s’ bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund in 2010 failed