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  1. Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?

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    to mainland Greece, of grandstanding over border protection and of violating international law and human... to deteriorate and leaving the borders open to human traffickers. The Ministry of Citizens’ Protection... of proper facilities, despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights against the practice

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  2. First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
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    Democracy’s incumbent Vassilis Michaloliakos was beaten into second place by independent Yiannis Moralis... incumbent Giorgos Kaminis all the way. According to Interior Ministry projections Kaminis was expected

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  3. With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
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    to be beaten in those ballots and it would risky to hold a national vote in the wake... with 4,500 next year. Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry estimates that there are roughly 35,000

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  4. New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration
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    severely brain-damaged after being beaten and sexually assaulted by a Pakistani migrant on the island... politician met with EU interior ministers on Tuesday in Copenhagen, where he pressed for faster

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  5. Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
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    Commission on Human Rights, an independent body which advises the Greek state in accordance with UN human.... The National Commission on Human Rights adopts a higher estimate of 699,118 emigrants between 2008 and 2015... struck. Interior Minister Pavlos Skourletis, who had initially sought to defer the prospect

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  6. Scars for coalition, questions for SYRIZA after confidence vote
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    that the government attracted 153 votes of support. Tzakri, a former deputy interior minister, was not a leading

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  7. Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015

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    Alexis Tsipras faces an immense challenge over the coming weeks. The government is down to 153 MPs...-building within Europe is also a problem for Greece. EU interior ministers were due to agree on Friday

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  8. Coalition tweaks draft electoral law in hope of clinching supermajority
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    , the government would be very close to the 200 votes it needs. SYRIZA and Independent Greeks will supply 153...The government has tweaked the electoral reform bill, hoping that a minor change will increase its chances of gaining the votes of at least 200 MPs so that new system can apply immediately. Interior

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  9. In absence of deal with lenders, some in SYRIZA keep political options open
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    nature of the view expressed by Skourletis and insisted, given the coalition has 153 out of 300 MPs...A comment by Interior Minister Panos Skourletis on Monday regarding the need for any agreement with the institutions to be approved by a qualified majority in Parliament has revived speculation about

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  10. Newsletter 111 - 17/03/2017

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    the personal nature of the view expressed by Skourletis and insisted, given the coalition has 153... until the full details of such a settlement are known. A comment by Interior Minister Panos Skourletis

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