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  1. Pressure on Greece to stem migrant flow puts strain on EU ties
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    spots ready by the end of February. Only one, on Lesvos, has been completed so far. The EU hopes... but it is clear that one way or another Greece is going to have to hold a much larger number of migrants... is seen to make an example of it, officials could find it very difficult to contain rising anti-EU

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  2. Unease mounts as Greece prepares to implement EU-Turkey refugee deal
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    could be very difficult for some in his party to accept. From next week, Greece will also be under... on the Greek side so the process of resettling one refugee from Turkey for every one that is sent back... and Piraeus camps. Nevertheless, the idea of returning migrants en masse to Turkey does not sit well

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  3. Nine in 10 Greeks under 30 feel marginalised due to crisis
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    Society

    , with only one percent in Germany saying this was the case. Yet, Greeks under 30 recorded the second-lowest rate (6 percent) of those who have studied, trained or worked in another EU country, a one... are very active on social networks, a relative majority (46 percent) believe that these networks

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  4. Tsipras gets ball rolling on lengthy, ambitious bid to change constitution

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    been suggested by government officials in recent weeks, although Tsipras did take a step back one a few themes. The tone of his speech was very much of creating a new political era for Greece, using..., collective wage bargaining) but the process of changing the constitution is a lengthy one

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  5. Tsipras sets out social policy goals in last stage of effort to shift political debate
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in one form or another, were the proposals for helping low-income pensioners. One of the most... month has been viewed very negatively in the media and is particularly painful for SYRIZA

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  6. Greece's 2009 deficit makes for a good conspiracy; shame about the numbers

    Agora

    Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis lost control of all fiscal order very early in 2009 and, taking..., there is one particular point that the political opportunists and demagogues that circulate those theories fail... itself back in 2010 and avoid the troika? The reality is summarised in one chart that often helps dispel

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  7. Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as having close ties with some SYRIZA ministers, was one of the four successful bidders in the TV auction... of revelations has put the government in a very difficult position as SYRIZA will find it difficult to argue that it has the moral high ground over previous ruling parties, thereby losing one

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  8. World Bank sets out savings Greece can make from streamlining welfare benefits
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    EconomyProgramme

    The funding of the guaranteed minimum income (GMI) emerged as one of the most contentious issues... and the institutions’ mission chiefs. One of the prior actions of the second review involves the launch... of the population receiving either zero or very insufficient transfers. The World Bank examined more than

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  9. New poll hurts coalition's recovery hopes as Turkey threat grows
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    increased two points since last month to 32 percent, while SYRIZA rose by one point to 16. The survey...) The underlying data was very much in line with the Public Issue poll published earlier this week... with the government. Although these figures are between one and two percentage points better than last month

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  10. Cyprus talks resume, putting spotlight on Greece and Turkey amid tension
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    speculation about how the two leaders agreed to resume talks after the impasse in Mont Pelerin. One... the inauguration of the new US president and ahead of a very difficult year ahead, especially for the EU due.... One possible first meeting to pave the way between Tsipras and Erdogan could take place between

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