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  1. Government unveils 2.5 bln plan to avert water shortages, prompts opposition pushback
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    supply for the next 30 years by delivering more than 200 million cubic metres of water annually... into irrigation and other supply areas, and by “tidying up” more than 700 municipal suppliers into fewer, larger... are already under way, with some 320 mln earmarked for more than 40 islands to upgrade drinking water

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  2. ELTA CEO resignation fails to stem political fallout from post office closures

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    than 200 post office branches and the manner of the surprise announcement, which was to take effect... of citizens rather than asking citizens to go hunting for it. Kikilias argued that the necessary... of post office users prefer to receive their post at home rather than at the branch, while 92

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  3. Mitsotakis seeks to appease farmers as they sow grievances on streets of Athens

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    would be permanent. The measure is expected to benefit more than 37,000 farmers who missed out... of the 2027 elections. Rather than engage in direct confrontation, the Prime Minister’s office has opted... perfect, but certainly better than it was.” Officials believe that reinforcing this narrative is key

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  4. Amid publicity storm, Tsipras publishes 'Ithaca' and fuels speculation about new journey
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    politics, potentially as a unifier of the country’s progressive forces. At more than 750 pages, the former...” for SYRIZA. Kasselakis’s election, he argues, was less a triumph for the candidate than... stress that New Democracy will focus on its own record rather than worry about Tsipras and his

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  5. Tsipras takes stage for launch of book and would-be political manifesto

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    . They dismissed it as little more than a personal rebranding exercise, designed to secure relevance rather than to offer substantive solutions. Government sources stressed that Greece’s democratic... at political survival rather than national progress. PASOK was equally scathing, framing Tsipras’s

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  6. Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers

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    that it could “slightly” alter it. The Tsipras factor appears to complicate rather than simplify..., are less than delighted at the prospect of a new left-wing party entering the scene. Both have suffered... rather than a unifying focus. Earlier this week, SYRIZA party secretary Stergios Kalpakis expressed

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  7. SYRIZA leader renews call for progressive unity as party’s drift to margins continues

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    , not with the establishment,” positioning collaboration as a moral and political imperative rather than... rally around shared values such as democracy, social justice, and equality, rather than remain divided... credible alternatives on the issues topping voters’ concerns, rather than cede ground

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  8. It’s not just young Greeks who are looking abroad, older professionals have joined the queue

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    of dentists seeking certificates allowing them to practice abroad has more than doubled since Greece... Greece to practice abroad was 2.5 times higher in the first quarter of this year than during the same.... That established professionals from these groups, rather than just newcomers who cannot get a food

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  9. Births drop 14 pct since start of crisis as Greece faces wider population worries

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    The number of children born in Greece fell by more than 14 percent between 2009, when the country... more people out of work or in retirement than those who are in work, the implications... are inevitable. The government aims to provide a basic state pension of less than 400 euros within the next

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  10. We need to talk about unemployment

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    stabilizers are allowed to kick in if the recession turns out to be deeper than initially anticipated.... If the OECD proves accurate, close to a quarter of a million more unemployed Greeks than the Finance... Cabanillas and Alessio Terzi, found that the Commission was more accurate than the IMF

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