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  1. Brussels talks inconclusive, Tsipras has tough sell at home if deal reached
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    defeat on changes to VAT rates. Athens had wanted to minimise the impact of changes, keeping three.... The government had been insisting over the last few days that it wanted this deal to act as a bridge

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  2. Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home
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    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received the broad backing from MPs he wanted for the proposals he submitted to lenders during a vote in Parliament early on Saturday but was left with a conundrum... that some of Greece’s partners wanted to force it out of the eurozone, even at the risk

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  3. Tsipras gets his way over September congress, gains breathing space from SYRIZA rebels
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . The outcome of the vote means that for now the Left Platform, which wanted the congress to be held... of delegates will be loyal to him. The Left Platform had wanted a regular rather then extraordinary

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  4. Tsipras makes move to trigger swift elections but opposition stands in way
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    Tsipras admitted that the new agreement with the country’s lenders was not what he would have wanted he... days at their disposable, which could even push the election date into October. Tsipras had wanted

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  5. Mapping the views of the Greeks
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    Society

    in favour of the euro, 75 percent wanted Greece to go with Russia, China or the US and 70 percent wanted Greece to remain in the EU. In terms of trust in institutions, the survey shows that in April

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  6. Contrasting views on Cyprus breakdown; Greek role under scrutiny
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Cypriot side wanted to link the territory issue with that of security and guarantees” Anastasiades... of people the Greek Cypriot side wanted to resettle was excessive since many were no longer alive. Analysts

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  7. Tsipras clears with relative ease first domestic hurdle to getting deal approved
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    he required the approval of the party body because he wanted SYRIZA members to feel they had been... simply wanted to register their concerns rather than create a flashpoint and undermine government

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  8. Fires latest obstacle to coalition's momentum-building efforts

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    following the conclusion of the second programme review in June. The coalition wanted the focus... failed to build the momentum it wanted was the recent trial bond issue, which dominated the domestic

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  9. Coalition battles it out with opposition over ammunition sale
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    they wanted to 100,000, no money changed hands. This is one of the key difficulties the opposition has... for 300,000 shells when the Saudi officials who visited Athens in August allegedly said that they only wanted

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  10. Athens resumes contact with Ankara as interest in FYROM referendum grows
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    ] Tsipras, [Defense Minister Panos] Kammenos and [Foreign Minister Nikos] Kotzias wanted to present... said. He added that the WikiLeaks release shows Skopje wanted to use its constitutional name “Macedonia

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