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  1. Greece's immediate focus on prior actions and growth plan
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    EconomyProgramme

    Minister Alexis Haritsis, who oversees the use of EU funds, has managed to reverse this trend... has a competitive advantage, while EU structural funds will be used to fill the gap in the markets until the banking system is fully recovered. Haritsis noted that Greece has already absorbed 25

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  2. Soldiers' ongoing detention troubles Tsipras, riles Kammenos
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    soldiers who have been held since crossing the Evros border more than a month ago. The issue has... with the Turkish president last week. Kammenos’s more outspoken approach on this issue (he has repeatedly referred... talks. This has reportedly created tension between Kotzias and Kammenos. It has been noticeable over

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  3. Aegean tension presents Tsipras with urgent domestic, foreign policy challenges
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Baltadouros, the flag incident clearly caused high anxiety within the coalition, which has been struggling to find a way to respond to the ratcheting up of tension by Turkey. The government has also been... to find a way to prevent the escalation of tension has opened up the coalition to increasing criticism

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  4. Elections and possible alliances on political agenda again
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to the waste of public funds in the past,” said Pappas. This is the latest occasion on which SYRIZA has.... The speculation about the two parties cooperating has been building since Gennimata was elected as KINAL... politicians, such as former PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos. However, Gennimata has tried to tread

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  5. Centre-left leader adds to calls for snap elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ), to call for snap elections has taken some observers in Greece by surprise but is in keeping... of centrist To Potami, Stavros Theodorakis, has in the past opposed the idea of snap elections... that New Democracy has already worked on a plan that can deliver growth of 4 percent between 2019 and 2021

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  6. OECD report outlines steps to reduce burgeoning poverty rate in Greece
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    for pensioners has fallen. Child poverty has also more than doubled since 2009, posing significant risks... for calibration of social spending and an improved focus of protection. Greece has a rather sizable social... that the economy in the denominator has lost 25 percent. The European Commission anticipates that pension

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  7. Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018

    Newsletters

    mulls his options The discussion about when the next Greek general elections should take place has been... of the next regional and municipal vote has not yet been set and the two choices open to the government... that has been achieved on a number of fronts as Greece is approaching the end of its third economic

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  8. Greek families shell out for education as state system falls short
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    Society

    A study by the Center for the Development of Educational Policy (KANEP-GSEE) of the GSEE has shown... to other countries, and the existence of the shadow education system has come under criticism for creating... are not recognised by the state. The shadow education system, which has been around in Greece since the 1960s

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  9. As part of search for culprits in Boutaris attack, parties should look at themselves
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    Agora

    Much moral anguish has been expressed in Greece by politicians and commentators regarding..., who has by no means been flawless as a mayor, was a target because he did not suffer fools gladly... the last few years New Democracy has also contributed to this toxicity. On issues such as migration

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  10. Bond difficulties put a dent in coalition's exit plans
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the third bailout in August has put another dent in the government’s hopes of making as clean a break... to the markets for good. However, the uncertainty in Italy has triggered a rise in Greek bond... it has been building can provide in the absence of an agreement with the lenders over a precautionary

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