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  1. Tsipras targets opposition in debate but parliament speaker steals the show

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    privatisation plans. Whereas it has appeared over the last few days that it would progress with the deals... in 2012, has drawn huge attention since being elected parliamentary speaker. A stickler for the rules, she has infuriated MPs (sometimes from her own party) in Parliament and has gained a reputation

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  2. Tsipras hopes for 'spring' with Russia but brighter days not certain
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    between Moscow and the European Union. However, there are questions about how well Athens has planned its moves to achieve this target and whether it has thoroughly weighed up the consequences of such an opening towards Russia. Tsipras’s visit, which has been moved forward by a month

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  3. Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Minister Yiannis Panousis has taken the unprecedented step of warning the government via a front page op-ed piece that it has to take a tougher stance on policing. The opinion piece was published in Ta... in his newspaper article. Education Minister Aristides Baltas, who has seen Athens University’s main

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  4. Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    his seal of approval and he will then have to convince his party to accept it. Even though SYRIZA has... the government deals with sit-in protests by anti-establishment groups. The issue has already caused friction... Ministry and placing it with the Justice Ministry. “The time for Alexis Tsipras has arrived,” Panousis

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  5. Greece eyes temporary solution to liquidity problem from Brussels Group talks
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    the biggest representation the coalition has sent to negotiations so far and, along with the breadth... be in a position to cover the next payment of about 200 million euros to the IMF, which has been... that there has been progress in talks between Greece and creditors, thereby freeing up the ECB

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  6. Foreign minister's visit to Ankara sparks hope of new era in Greek-Turkish ties
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    A visit by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias to Turkey this week has given fresh hope...) as it has been nicknamed, on Tuesday. The Greek envoy explained that the Indians used to say when someone is surrounded by stones he has three options: to throw these stones against his neighbor

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  7. SYRIZA caught in push and pull between voters and members over deal
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has so far not had any impact on minimising the dissenting voices in his party. Tsipras has not appeared at the recent meetings of party bodies. At this moment.... In order to keep the budget on track, the government has had to spend much less than planned. Budget

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  8. IMF appointment sends ripples of discontent through SYRIZA
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    become a hot political issue but SYRIZA has continued its tradition of doing things differently... is that this makes her an unsuitable person to represent the country at the IMF and that someone who has... cause has been promoted by Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis even though she has no connections

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  9. As talks enter final stretch, Tsipras addresses broad, varied audience
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    addresses the current negotiations with lenders, arguing that Greece has performed a considerable adjustment over the last few years. Tsipras also claimsthat his government has taken positive steps since coming to power, such as tackling triangular transactions, and has presented a range

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  10. Newsletter 29 - 05/06/2015

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    . In an effort to cover part of the fiscal gap, the government has proposed to increase... at the moment is that he does not want to alienate the left wing of his party. He has risked... and the SYRIZA-led government has spread to more eurozone capitals. Greece’s negotiations with its

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