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  1. Officials downplay significance of Trump F-35 signal to Turkey amid fears of softer US sanctions

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    Greek officials have pushed back against the suggestion that US President Donald Trump plans to lift sanctions on Turkey allowing it to return to the F-35 procurement programme, in response to hints dropped by the president at the NATO summit in Ankara. While New Democracy remains dominant

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  2. New EPPO indictments threaten further disruption to ND as SYRIZA continues to shrink
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    of early elections, hints continue to be dropped in that direction by senior party figures, including

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  3. Tsipras berates govt over treatment of pensioners

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    . However, the introduction of almost 500 private-sector contractors does not seem to have contributed... ideological hang-ups. One of SYRIZA's constant criticisms of the government is that it wants to undermine

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  4. Parties rehearse arguments on social policy as labour law comes to vote
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    is that the RRF funds channelled through the new organisation will end up profiting private contractors rather..., while far-right Greek Solution claimed the bill was part of a New Democracy agenda to undermine public

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  5. Puzzling reaction to army reservists' call for government to resign

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    An unusual announcement by a little known army reservists’ group calling for the government to resign prompted an emergency late night meeting of top ministry and judicial officials on Wednesday. There was surprise that the government gave such attention to the statement, which amounted to a demand

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  6. Samaras proposes free wi-fi as crisis antidote for young Greeks
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    Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has come up with a surprising proposal to give hope to young Greeks, including those considering leaving the country because of record unemployment: Free wi-fi throughout Greece. Samaras made the unusual suggestion during a rare primetime TV interview on Monday night

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  7. In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
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    is an atheist, meeting monks was indeed unusual. It was the first such visit by a leftist leader since

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  8. To Potami intensifies efforts to mop up disgruntled Greek voters
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    and the unusual nature of his party, is now likely to step up efforts to lure voters to To Potami

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  9. Newsletter 1 31/10/2014

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    , especially if they are from the same party, are not necessarily a rare occurrence – even within the unusual

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  10. Stalled troika talks stretching Greek coalition cohesion to limits

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    for tax arrears. Hardouvelis took the unusual step of meeting President Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday. Upon

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