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Tsipras and Kammenos try to fend off rumours of deepening rift
PoliticsGreek Politicscoast guard vessel off the Imia islets and the detention of two Greek soldiers who crossed the Evros
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Sustained friction with Turkey reveals differing views, approaches in Athens
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has tried to downplay an incident on Monday night involving a Turkish Coast Guard helicopter, which allegedly flied at low altitude with its lights off near the Greek islet of Ro, in what was the latest example of sustained friction between the two countries. The Greek government appears
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Symbolism takes leading role in political developments
PoliticsGreek Politicscountry’s coast guard officers removed a Greek flag that had been raised on an uninhabited islet
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and claims by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim that his country’s coast guard officers removed
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Athens turns its attention to settling differences with Albania
PoliticsForeign Policycommented last Friday that a change of guard in Ankara would not necessarily be in Greece’s favour
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Mitsotakis warns party to be ready for elections as political contest intensifies
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is attempting to ensure that his party will be prepared for the next elections amid concerns that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may call a snap vote with the aim of catching the conservatives off guard. Speaking to New Democracy’s political committee
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Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
Agoraand the sea. Some survivors claim it took several hours for them to be hauled to safety by the coast guard
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societythe National Guard. Greece, by contrast, has been very slow to grow its volunteer force and has focussed
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Tsipras makes new push to dominate Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor weeks to come and may serve SYRIZA’s message about keeping out the corrupt old guard well in the run
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Preventative medicine, support for vulnerable form backbone of ND healthcare package
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the change of guard in Greece comes a new set of legislation for public healthcare, an area that suffered greatly pre-crisis from inefficient management and during the crisis due to successive cuts. Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias announced the government's plans for healthcare in Parliament
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