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  1. Newsletter 66 - 11/03/2016

    Newsletters

    and vigilantes are known to use brute force to deter and detain them, and the route to Albania is long... of sending back asylum seekers en masse to Turkey, a country that neither properly recognises them

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  2. Ryanair flight interference casts shadow as FM prepares to meet Russia's Lavrov
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    grounding of a commercial passenger aircraft in order to illegally detain a political opponent

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  3. Fighting fake news is a "to be or not to be" battle
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    Agora

    to detain the journalists, although both media outlets quickly withdrew the news. However, one more

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  4. Greek-Albanian relations take a hit over arrest of ethnic minority politician
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    to detain the mayoral candidate in custody induces a full reversal of the rules of equality

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  5. No green light from troika yet as Greece moves towards bailout extension
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    EconomyProgramme

    The troika sent early on Wednesday a response to the measures proposed by Greece with the aim of securing the return of inspectors to Athens and a conclusion to the prolonged programme review. Greece’s lenders reportedly requested further clarifications...

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  6. Institutions, Athens start new round of review talks as e-auctions get green light
    Photo by Vassilis Asvestopoulos/Fosphotos

    EconomyProgramme

    Talks between the institutions and the Greek government are due to resume on Tuesday with hopes of a staff-level agreement (SLA) being reached by the end of the year growing after notaries decided to end their strike so that electronic auctions can star...

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  7. Airport redevelopment gets green light, leaving one prior action as lenders return to Athens
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    EconomyProgramme

    The Council of State has approved the redevelopment of Athens’s former airport at Hellenikon, meaning just one prior action from the third review remains to be completed as the Greek government and the institutions gear up for the fourth review to start...

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  8. Green light for next bailout funds as Commission stands ground on post-MoU scenarios
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    EconomyProgramme

    It was confirmed on Thursday that the path is now clear for Greece to receive its 5.7-billion-euro tranche after completing the third review. The news came as the European Commission appeared to indicate that it is not willing to make major concessions ...

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  9. Athens adjusts foreclosure framework, waits for lenders to give green light
    By Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    EconomyProgramme

    The Greek government is hoping to table in Parliament early next week the new bill for the protection of primary residences from foreclosures after another round of talks with local bankers on Thursday. Reports on Friday suggested that several issues we...

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  10. Athens looks to overcome APS snags as it awaits green light from Brussels
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    EconomyBanking

    Finance Minister Christos Staikouras was due to meet the CEOs of Greece’s four systemic banks on Thursday as the government appears to be stepping up its efforts to secure approval for the Asset Protection Scheme (APS) aimed at reducing the giant pile o...

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