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Soldiers' ongoing detention troubles Tsipras, riles Kammenos Foreign policy issues featured prominently on the agenda of the cabinet meeting that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired on Tuesday as the detention of two Greek soldiers by Turkey continues to cause problems for his government.
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Tsipras and Kammenos set aside speculation and focus on coalition's key goals Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his coalition partner, Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, sought on Tuesday to put to bed any speculation about their coalition being on the brink of collapse due to disagreements over several issues.
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Tsipras and Kammenos try to fend off rumours of deepening rift Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos were due to meet on Tuesday afternoon, largely in a bid to dispel mounting speculation that their relationship has deteriorated and that the coalition’s future may be in doubt.
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Coalition struggles to contend with fallout from football crisis The government is finding it difficult to put the incident involving PAOK chairman Ivan Savvidis behind it even though the Greek-Russian businessman and his family have reportedly returned to Russia.
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Football chairman's actions threaten to blow coalition off course again The government was forced to put to one side on Monday the tension with Turkey and clashes with New Democracy as it was forced to act on the latest crisis with potentially serious political implications, which emanated from a rather unlikely source: Greek football.
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Reshuffle scenarios resurface for Tsipras after ministers resign over rent subsidies Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may be forced to put into action his plans for a cabinet reshuffle after losing two ministers unexpectedly.
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Coalition braces for Sunday demo, ponders impact on cooperation The government is bracing itself for Sunday’s demonstration in Athens over the Macedonia name issue but does not seem to be deterred in its efforts to reach a settlement with Skopje.
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Political talks on name issue deepen divisions but PM eyes consensus Meetings between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and opposition leaders on Saturday over the Macedonia name talks did not yield any immediate signs of consensus between Greek politicians and worsened the divisions between SYRIZA and New Democracy.
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Greek parties face fine balance as they discuss name issue Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was due to begin on Friday the process of informing Greek officials of the state of play in the talks with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) aimed at solving the longstanding name dispute between the two countries.
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Name issue and auction targets make waves in domestic politics Much of the attention in Greece this week will be on whatever developments emerge from the meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) counterpart Zoran Zaev on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.