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  1. Fresh accusations against NGOs as govt hardens stance on migration

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    were also shown video testimony purporting to be from Somali migrants, who said they were told... side is convinced that pressure in the form of sanctions and/or an arms embargo is needed to bring

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  2. Tsipras gives air of resistance but leaves door ajar for agreement

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    raised eyebrows given that Tsipras’s other meetings were with party leaders. It is highly unusual... Theodorakis emerged to claim he had been told the prime minister still had “one or two more moves” to make... on whether creditors also concede some ground. Sources told local media that Tsipras made it clear

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  3. Tsipras braces for SYRIZA congress, weighs up reshuffle options
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    up without major delay. One of the reasons for last week’s unusual soiree was to rally support among... told his MPs that this will mark out a road back to the international bond markets and the European.... Some government officials, for instance, told local media that the lenders’ inspection may drag

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  4. For Greek banks, it's business as unusual
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    Now that the rather bizarrely termed “bank holiday” has come to an end in Greece after three weeks - although domestic and external capital controls - continue, it is appropriate to take stock of the situation and inquire where do we go from here. As th...

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  5. 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 exiting the talks, he told reporters that talks with the troika are at a sensitive stage

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  6. Samaras finger wagging at troika a sign of pressure on Greek government

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    Prime Minister Antonis Samaras took the unusual step of criticising the troika on Tuesday, an indication of how frustrated the government feels as it is squeezed between lenders’ demands and domestic... told the audience at the same event that SYRIZA would immediately stop implementing any agreement

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  7. Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015

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    rather unusual for outside observers, given that such programmatic platforms can serve as roadmaps... Theodorakis told Bloomberg on Thursday. He said that some of the other conditions of any deal

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  8. Mood sours as focus switches to next set of prior actions

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    , since it is highly unusual for a national government to react to a report in the foreign media. The Die... problems,” he told Italian news agency Ansamed during a visit to Rome on Friday.

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  9. Erdogan ends trip with softer tone, consensus on refugees
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    the subject of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne was discussed in unusual detail in front of TV cameras. Erdogan... president also told members of the community in Komotini that they are Greek citizens and should

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  10. Coalition majority trimmed further after unexpected loss of ANEL MP
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    in a no-confidence vote. Until recently, a feature of SYRIZA’s unusual relationship with ANEL was that Tsipras... it will have to vote on it in Greek Parliament. The now independent lawmaker told Skai TV

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