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  1. In effort to reach new deal, Greek government cannot ignore liquidity constraints
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    EconomyProgramme

    The government has a series of important milestones το confront on the liquidity front, although Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis has insisted that there is no cause for concern at the moment... systemic Greek banks for precautionary purposes, including National Bank (NBG) which has

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  2. Greece's key pledges and requests at the Eurogroup meetings
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to be seen. In the meantime, financial news website Capital.gr has revealed the presentations made... in their specific areas of expertise and competence. We are committed to sound public finances. Greece has made...% in nominal terms, down from 15% in 2010. Its primary surplus has reached 1.5% at the end of last year

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  3. Greece: The gathering storm
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    Agora

    politician has maintained extreme pressure on the SYRIZA–Independent Greeks coalition. Ahead of the vote... in 2010, Germany has turned towards the IMF to act as its enforcer on the ground, believing... government has agreed with the Eurogroup, the IMF will still be looking for Greece to deliver in areas where

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  4. Minister's alleged conflict of interest a first domestic political test for Tsipras
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Less than two months into his stint as prime minister, Alexis Tsipras has his first potential... a commission for its services. The government has chosen to throw its full weight behind Katrougalos... of innocence. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s office has made it clear that the Greek leader has

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  5. As reform talks continue in Brussels, Tsipras gauges reaction at home
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    own party and the domestic audience over the content of the reform package his government has sent... in return for further loans is unlikely. This has created a sense of anxiety within Greece.... Opinion polls suggest that there has been a gradual rise in the level of concern among voters as well

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  6. Tsipras targets opposition in debate but parliament speaker steals the show

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    privatisation plans. Whereas it has appeared over the last few days that it would progress with the deals... in 2012, has drawn huge attention since being elected parliamentary speaker. A stickler for the rules, she has infuriated MPs (sometimes from her own party) in Parliament and has gained a reputation

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  7. Tsipras hopes for 'spring' with Russia but brighter days not certain
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    between Moscow and the European Union. However, there are questions about how well Athens has planned its moves to achieve this target and whether it has thoroughly weighed up the consequences of such an opening towards Russia. Tsipras’s visit, which has been moved forward by a month

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  8. Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government

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    Minister Yiannis Panousis has taken the unprecedented step of warning the government via a front page op-ed piece that it has to take a tougher stance on policing. The opinion piece was published in Ta... in his newspaper article. Education Minister Aristides Baltas, who has seen Athens University’s main

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  9. Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    his seal of approval and he will then have to convince his party to accept it. Even though SYRIZA has... the government deals with sit-in protests by anti-establishment groups. The issue has already caused friction... Ministry and placing it with the Justice Ministry. “The time for Alexis Tsipras has arrived,” Panousis

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  10. Greece eyes temporary solution to liquidity problem from Brussels Group talks
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    the biggest representation the coalition has sent to negotiations so far and, along with the breadth... be in a position to cover the next payment of about 200 million euros to the IMF, which has been... that there has been progress in talks between Greece and creditors, thereby freeing up the ECB

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