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  1. Mitsotakis targets Tsipras, floating voters and populists in first speech to his MPs
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    for the government’s proposed pension reforms, which Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has been discussing with his eurozone counterparts over the past few days. He said that he has assembled a team... in September. Mitsotakis has also picked Cretan MP Lefteris Avgenakis, a New Democracy MP since 2007

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  2. Mounting pension protests exert more pressure on coalition
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    contributions and immediate cuts to new pensions) it is no surprise there has been a reaction from... the negativity flowing from the measures that it has to adopt is for it to pursue its pledge to tackle... has already supplied Athens with 10,000 data sets for bank accounts held by Greeks in Switzerland

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  3. After criticism over public sector jobs, gov't names new revenues chief
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    The government’s approach to public sector appointments has drawn negative publicity in recent... doctors being forced to resign was raised. “Over the last year there has been no break with bad old... later and has, for the time being, been replaced by Stavros Lekkakos, who was previously non-executive

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  4. With bailout review in balance, PASOK's role back in spotlight
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    and tense. The likely absence of a swift conclusion to the review (Gerovasili insists that it has... “neoliberal” policies. This has opened up the possibility of PASOK and SYRIZA moving closer together... alliance. Gennimata’s scepticism towards Mitstotakis has created some friction within her party. She

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  5. Mitsotakis aims to prove credentials by tackling party's finances
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    are just over 8 million euros, while it earns around 4 million per year. This has caused New Democracy... small, as well as large contributors. He said a new platform has been created so party members can.... Getting New Democracy into financial shape would allow Mitsotakis to argue that he has broken

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  6. Idomeni exodus complicates management of refugee crisis for gov't
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    arrested in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), has added to the challenges faced by the government in dealing with the crisis. The failure of Greek authorities to stop the exodus has... decision to bar entry to refugees has added to the ill-feeling that is a permanent feature

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  7. Greek banks: Taking stock of a rough 2015 and looking at what lies ahead
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    income in 2016. Operating costs On the cost front, the number of branches has been reduced by almost... retirement schemes. Banks target further cost reduction in the next few years, which has been... in 2015. Both in absolute and relative terms, Piraeus has the highest NPLs, while NBG figures stand

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  8. New nationalist party in the making

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    is a controversial figure known for his staunch nationalist views but has remained largely in the background.... However, the change in conservative leadership has led to the former government official being... right, such as the leader of Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) Giorgos Karatzaferis. He has also been

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  9. A misstep away from absurdity

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    of one of the few ministers in his government that has tried to fulfil his role with any professionalism. Also, SYRIZA has maintained a much more conciliatory position on the name issue than other Greek parties and Tsipras’s government has made efforts since last year to strengthen ties with Skopje

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  10. Leaked IMF exchange sours mood before bailout review resumes
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    3.5 percent, and more debt relief from the eurozone. The exchange, which has not been confirmed...” (implying Greece running out of money in July when it has 4 billion euros in debt repayments... in order to secure a deal suggested that Tsipras has no intention of trying to play down the seriousness

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