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  1. Greece as an energy hub: Reality or wishful thinking?
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    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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  2. 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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  3. EC recommends symbolic closure of deficit procedure as Athens mulls bond issue
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    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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  4. 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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  5. How Cyprus re-entered the market
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    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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Coalition faces demanding September on reform, fiscal and economic fronts
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    is gradually moving towards the next bailout review and the prior actions that Athens has to complete.... The government has suggested that it would like to finish the process before the end of the year to allow... so. One of the reasons for scepticism is the sheer amount of work that has to be completed

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  9. Centre-left leadership candidates step forward as unity doubts linger
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    Interest is mounting in the contest to lead a new centre-left alliance that has the potential...-left of Greek politics under a common leader, there has been a steady stream of candidates. Gennimata was the first to declare her interest but she has been followed by former PASOK ministers Yiannis

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  10. Athens keeps cautious eye on Berlin-Ankara relationship as German elections approach
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    in October. It has become evident, though, that in Germany and Austria, a growing number of politicians..., Greece has designed its foreign policy regarding Turkey based on the assumption..., especially with reference to the Cyprus issue. Even before Sunday's debate, Merkel has said

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