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  1. Formalities proceed, paving way for June 25 vote and tough questions for opposition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    elections, following Sunday’s decisive result, the government has sought to speed up the process... to be divided within SYRIZA about whether Tsipras should stay on. On one hand he has become... that they think handed ND victory, 43 pct chose the opposition’s weakness (the most popular answer), followed

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  2. Podcast - Party people: SYRIZA vs Kasselakis

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    politics, has elected a new leader but will it be enough to rescue it from its slide back to the sidelines? Its former leader, nascent politician Stefanos Kasselakis, has hit back by launching his own... of the questions host Nick Malkoutzis attempts to answer with the help of MacroPolis co-founder Yiannis Mouzakis

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  3. Mitsotakis launches mini-support package in bid to create positive momentum

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    of spending measures aimed at supporting vulnerable groups and boosting public investments. The move has intensified rumours of early elections, but government sources insist that more is on the way... the measure aimed at relieving the pressure on households from rising rents. The second measure

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  4. Tsipras and Kammenos try to fend off rumours of deepening rift
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    afternoon, largely in a bid to dispel mounting speculation that their relationship has deteriorated.... The government denied that there had been any falling out. Nevertheless, there has been mounting tension between SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) over the last few weeks. This has been triggered

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  5. Greece's updated proposals to lenders and how they compare to previous efforts

    EconomyProgramme

    The leaked details of the updated "parametric" measures the Greek government has sent... with estimated revenues at 350 million in 2015 and 800 million in 2016. This measure actually reverses... for main pensions, with revenues expected at 240 million in 2016. Our understanding is that this measure

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  6. Coalition puts on fresh face but poll sees support draining away
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New Democracy has over SYRIZA widening. It placed the conservatives on 30 percent and the leftists... between the two leading parties has broadened by another 2.5 percentage points (1.5-point rise... popular, according to the poll, with 31.5 percent. The survey suggests that there has been little

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  7. Optimism for Cyprus solution abounds but talks at delicate phase
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    has leveraged its position due to the refugee crisis. EEZ complications Despite the increased... continental shelf in the Eastern Mediterranean, as has been registered before the UN.” The decision... compromises and is one of the reasons that he has played down the prospects of an agreement

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  8. Lew highlights geopolitical dimension of debt relief discussion on visit to Athens
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and institutions should end up. Except that in the end, it has to work," concluded the US finance chief. "Putting Greece's debt on a sustainable path is critical to Greece's long-term economic health and I... urgent for Greece’s lenders to find a way to ease the economic pressure on the country. “I would

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  9. Obama puts emphasis on issues deemed vital by Greece in Athens visit

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    , for which it has attracted criticism as well as praise from the European Union. “I want to also... will make the Greek economy more competitive and, at the same time, in my message to the rest of Europe I... what the Greek government has been arguing for in its negotiations with the institutions. In the news

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  10. Kotzias visit to Washington still leaves some doubts about US stance
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    policy, in cooperation – as far as I understand, in a different way than in the past, more intensive and equal – with states with which it has very friendly relations.” When asked whether he thought... an initial conversation on the subject, I think this support will continue and perhaps be even

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