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  1. EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
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    Agora

    adopted last year has failed. The lack of participation from most EU member states has rendered... people. However, there are a number of potential pitfalls to the plan Merkel has pivoted to. Firstly, it relies on Turkey’s unfailing cooperation. Turkey will play a key role as it has to ensure

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  2. Greece braces for complex EU-Turkey summit on refugee plan
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    neighboring country. The Greek government has been preparing for challenges that may crop up during.... The need, however, for an agreement has become more urgent especially due to the mounting crisis... and that is why it has reacted awkwardly so far. It is still not clear what has happened to refugees

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  3. Some progress made as Greek programme review heads for break
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    EconomyProgramme

    of the next Eurogroup meeting due on April 22. Dijsselbloem stressed that “significant progress has been... lower increase would entail pension cuts up to 600 million euros. The government has indicated it does..., the government has proposed a lowering of the tax-free threshold from its current level of 9,550 to 9,100

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  4. New party aims to mount challenge to the right of Mitsotakis's ND

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    Kyriakos Mitsotakis, there was a reminder on Friday that the recently-elected conservative chief also has... given that it will take time for the new party’s structure to take shape. At the moment, all it has to show are two personalities: Karatzaferis and Baltakos. Although media-savvy, Karatzaferis has been

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  5. Failure to agree on contingent measures causes further delay in conclusion of review
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that the conclusion of the review has been put off for now, with the only other possibilities... 24. The Greek government has not taken well to its proposal for a corrective fiscal mechanism to achieve up to an extra 2 percent of GDP in adjustments being rejected. Athens has again singled out

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  6. Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left

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    and tear after passing the austerity package has pushed Greek social democrats, who seemed... on the centre-left have been convincing so far, while nobody has been able to generate a sense of unity... PASOK and To Potami. Now, one of his former allies and most active ministers, has decided to launch

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  7. Tsipras gets full support in pension and income tax vote, moves on to Eurogroup
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    without dismissing large numbers of civil servants. The conservative chief has so far not revealed... said on Sunday that apart from the pension and income tax reforms passed on Sunday, it has... to Reuters on Saturday on the need for Monday’s Eurogroup to break the “vicious cycle” in Greece. Gabriel has

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  8. Putin visit highlights potential, but also limitations, of Greece-Russia ties

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    to the Russian giant. Athens, however, has lowered its expectations for a full scale cooperation... that has been blocked by Bulgaria's unwillingness so far to be part of this project. It remains... DEPA last October in Rome will open the way for specific projects. It has become clear, though

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  9. Greece and Albania seek path to resolving stack of differences
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the Greek – Albanian continental shelf and maritime zones. Albania’s Parliament has never ratified... declaring a state of war with Albania passed in 1940 even though Athens believes this has been resolved via a Greek Cabinet decision in August 1987. Kotzias’s visit has been in the making for a while

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  10. First review completed but more prior actions lie ahead for Greece

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    has reportedly committed to 15 prior actions that have to be implemented by the end of October..., the fund’s internal regulation has to be completed by the same date. 2) A second set of state-controlled companies has to be transferred to the new privatisation and investment fund. 3) Ratification

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