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Opposition party leader Leventis a coalition partner-in-waiting?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGovernment officials continue to court Vassilis Leventis, the head of the small opposition party, the Union of Centrists, a potential ally if the coalition’s slim majority is tested by the challenging reforms that lie ahead. State Minister Alekos Flambouraris, one of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s
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Gov't mounts defence of pension plan but lenders' approval may take time
PoliticsGreek Politicsconference on Friday to discuss the proposals, which European officials are still in the process
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Mitsotakis sets out on long haul to revive New Democracy while keeping internal balance
PoliticsGreek Politicssubdued. Ahead of Sunday’s ballot, SYRIZA officials and Avgi, the party newspaper, had indicated
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Mitsotakis win sends ripples through other opposition parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs Kyriakos Mitsotakis puts together his team of officials and advisers following his win in New Democracy’s leadership elections, reactions from other opposition parties to the liberal politician’s victory have already begun. Mitsotakis’s election could lead to PASOK and To Potami being
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Challenges mount for Tsipras as pension reform leads into make or break period
PoliticsGreek Politicsas insufficient, saying that the lenders had expected “a cow but got a cat.” Given that European officials
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PASOK and Potami divided over direction to take after Mitsotakis win
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be aimed at Potami, Democratic Left (DIMAR) and former PASOK officials who are not currently
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Mounting pension protests exert more pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicson this front over the last few days. On Saturday, Greek government officials, including Tsipras, met
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Newsletter 59 - 22/01/2016
, comprised of labour and finance ministry officials and lawyer, doctor and engineer representatives, has
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Amid protests, coalition ponders tweaks to pension plan
EconomyProgrammeon fuel excise tax. In defence of the proposals, government officials recently stressed that around 90
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In grip of protests, coalition searches for ways to lift mood
PoliticsGreek Politics, including the training of 50 Greek tax officials, aimed at tracking down evaders and recovering unpaid
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