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  1. Coalition and opposition gear up for battle over Novartis claims
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    of Thursday. New Democracy has threatened to walk out of the discussion if the government insists... of its medicines. The opposition has tried to portray the allegations as being the product... in a difficult position. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has portrayed the case as an example

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  2. Tsipras opts for modest changes to cabinet rather than renewal
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    that he has someone he can trust in a role that is important for the completion of the programme...) leader Fotis Kouvelis appointed alternate defence minister. The 69-year-old has been largely on the fringes of Greek politics since being replaced as DIMAR leader in June 2015. Nevertheless, Kouvelis has

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  3. New Democracy targets SYRIZA over law and order, independent institutions
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    shown that since last summer SYRIZA has narrowed the substantial lead New Democracy had been building since 2016. This has prompted the conservatives to try to deconstruct the coalition’s narrative.... One of the issues which it has regularly turned to over the last couple of years is law and order

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  4. Still facing pile of bailout tasks, Athens looks ahead to post-MoU actions
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    EconomyProgramme

    , the coalition seems confident that there will be no significant problems in the months ahead and has... and reform targets, that support has to be provided to the middle class, that the country will not return... that the two developments that the coalition expects almost immediately after the programme has been

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  5. 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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  6. Soldiers' ongoing detention troubles Tsipras, riles Kammenos
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    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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  7. Aegean tension presents Tsipras with urgent domestic, foreign policy challenges
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    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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  8. Elections and possible alliances on political agenda again
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    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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  9. Centre-left leader adds to calls for snap elections
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    ), 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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  10. 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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