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  1. Greek politics in thrall to new faces and old ideas
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    SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras was 32 when he burst onto the central political scene in Greece by attracting 10.5 percent of the votes in the Athens municipal election in 2006. At the time, it was unprecedented for such a young candidate, especially one representing a left-wing party, to gain

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  2. Political tremors shake Spain, overshadow economic progress
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    , a party created in March, three months before the European elections, burst onto the political

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  3. Samaras blames SYRIZA for market jitters but his main strategy is at risk
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    After seeing the Athens Stock Exchange plummet and Greek bond yields soar this week, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras sought to deflect any blame for investors' reaction from his government onto SYRIZA. Samaras chaired a rare meeting of his cabinet on Wednesday and in a statement issued to the media

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  4. The politics of debt dynamics in Greece
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    in the course of last week took place. The consultations moved issues onto the agenda of the Greek

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  5. Samaras strays out of line in search for new normal
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    Minister Francois] Hollande has sent the army onto the streets. “There was a massacre in Paris today

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  6. Newsletter 18 - 06/03/2015

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    it drags the Greek people onto the diplomatic battlefield. Whatever the maladroit behaviour from

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  7. Will the real men of unity please stand up?
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    a layer of controversy because it drags the Greek people onto the diplomatic battlefield. Whatever

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  8. Parliament's bailout probe has potential to be politically toxic

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    as each looks to pass blame onto the other for Greece’s woes. SYRIZA and Independent Greeks

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  9. Divided we fall?
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    Almost 11 years ago today, tens of thousands of Greeks poured onto the streets in harmonious celebration of the national team's Euro 2004 victory. That was another decade, another time, another world. Today, Greeks have little to celebrate and much that divides them. Sunday’s referendum delivered

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  10. Greece deal leaves many questions

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    hope for Greece to move onto the backburner in August—but I reckon it will be back in the spotlight

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