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  1. Reopening public broadcaster poses multiple challenges for Tsipras

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    civil service targets were met was a particularly unpopular move. It also provided a very public platform for the left to attack Samaras. By reopening ERT, Tsipras will be living up to one of the few... are one of the least trusted institutions in Greece and there is little doubt that the government

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  2. Prior actions, pending actions and milestones along the bumpy road
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    Agora

    When the Eurogroup of finance ministers met in Brussels last week, a major reform roadmap.... Recent examples of government – administration interaction since the first memorandum in 2010 suggest one... with the establishment of the SRSS is twofold. For one, a commitment to support the complex

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  3. Kerry positive during Athens visit, shows keen interest in Cyprus and energy
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    way out of the one of the worst economic crises in your history, Greece has opened its doors... joint press conference with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias. The US Secretary of State met earlier... at the Foreign Ministry. Just one day following his visit to Cyprus, Kerry appeared rather optimistic over

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  4. Newsletter 55 - 12/12/2015

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    underway, expressing his optimism they could be concluded within the first half of 2016. One project due... and economic policies, which it views as being neoliberal to the extreme. In June, in one of his most... the role of the IMF as part of the quadriga. In October, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos met

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  5. Opposition party leader Leventis a coalition partner-in-waiting?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    by the challenging reforms that lie ahead. State Minister Alekos Flambouraris, one of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s... elections. Leventis, however, admitted that he has met privately with Flambouraris and spoke... Kammenos to step down. Kammenos was a minister in one of Karamanlis’s governments when the latter

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  6. Mounting pension protests exert more pressure on coalition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . Counterbalance As we have mentioned before, one of the government’s key tools in counter-balancing... on this front over the last few days. On Saturday, Greek government officials, including Tsipras, met... process for new broadcasting licenses, which SYRIZA has held up as one of the initiatives aimed

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  7. With bailout review in balance, PASOK's role back in spotlight
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    scenarios developing about what could happen if the government struggles to close the current review. One.... Gennimata met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday, as did the former Democratic Left (DIMAR... has already ousted one MP, Leonidas Grigorakos, after he suggested that PASOK lawmakers would

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  8. Unease mounts as Greece prepares to implement EU-Turkey refugee deal
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    on the Greek side so the process of resettling one refugee from Turkey for every one that is sent back can begin. Apart from the hope that this will stem the flow of arrivals, which will be met with relief... and Piraeus camps. Nevertheless, the idea of returning migrants en masse to Turkey does not sit well

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  9. Greek effort to heal rift with Balkan neighbours may have come too late
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    on these issues, which is one of the key reasons behind Skopje’s decision to close the borders with Greece... in the response from Athens is one of the factors that led to the cooperation between Austria... to Turkey, Soltenberg met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras last Friday and discussed NATO's

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  10. EU progress on Turkish visas gives Athens hope of low refugee arrivals

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    met the criteria” and will recommend that the European Parliament and member states approved... as long as the number of arrivals remains low. Since the EU-Turkey “one in, one out” deal was clinched

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