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  1. Foreign minister opens up about EU concerns
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    SYRIZA has made no secret of its desire to change Greece’s approach towards the European Union when... that SYRIZA’s eurosceptic approach has been watered down. Kotzias appears more constructive during... of “crisis in handling crises.” He suggested that the EU has given in to the markets and is lacking

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  2. Study finds contrasting trends in Greek health during crisis
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    Society

    The impact of the economic crisis in Greece on health has been more nuanced than previous reports suggested, research conducted by a team of British and Greek scientists has found. The research... mortality have worsened during the crisis. There has also been a significant increase in mental illness

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  3. Tsipras clears hurdle but isn't over finishing line
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    Agora

    of the review and the damage it has done (Greece’s growth forecast for 2017, for instance, has been... if the government meets its 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus targets. The coalition has been somewhat disingenuous.... On the other hand, the government has been encouraged by the fact that the 2016 primary surplus

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  4. Greece as an energy hub: Reality or wishful thinking?
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    EconomyFeatures

    energy hub in the Mediterranean, and the EU has expressed its support for Greece taking over. During... of the 20.7-billion-euro budget for infrastructure projects across the next decade has been earmarked... of the TAP pipeline. Once fully operational, it has the capacity to supply around 4 percent of Europe’s gas

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  5. Rhetoric ramped up ahead of Eurogroup but deal still in sight
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that he has maintained since the last Eurogroup on May 22, which implies he wants to keep alive... it has set. Those were summed up in the government’s round-up of the cabinet meeting: Athens is looking... in the Eurogroup statement on Thursday. This does not suggest that Athens has the intention of straying from

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  6. EC recommends symbolic closure of deficit procedure as Athens mulls bond issue
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    days. “Greece has made significant progress in returning to a path of fiscal sustainability,” the Commission said in its statement. “The general government balance has improved from a deficit of 15.1... that. The decision, however, allows the government and its lenders to argue that Greece has made another step

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  7. No country for reluctant peacemakers
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    Agora

    . At the moment, all sides are engaging in an activity that as time has gone by, they have mastered: the blame game. Notwithstanding who bears the responsibility for the failure of the negotiations, one has..., they are de facto rejecting the solution that has been described in countless UN Security Council

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  8. How Cyprus re-entered the market
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    Agora

    a bond has come from Greece’s central bank governor, Yannis Stournaras, who said it was “a bit early... that the previous government had issued to bail out Laiki. It has followed the same pattern for all... of its entire debt stock). Each new debt issuance has been used to lengthen maturities or swap more

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  9. In absence of bond issue, coalition ponders next moves
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The fact that the much-heralded trial bond issue has moved to the back burner for the time being... the markets as early as next week, once the International Monetary Fund’s executive board has.... It has also been reported that there was concern among some Greek government officials that the IMF

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  10. Coalition's ideological contrasts highlighted but Kammenos quashes rift talk
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis projects a more reformist image than his predecessors, he has not sought..., Mitsotakis has witnessed the difficulties that the government has encountered in its relationship... issues does not mean that they cannot govern together. The defence minister has made similar

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