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  1. Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    stipulates that “involvement of the contractor or subcontractor in the common procurement does

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  2. Authorities struggle with islanders' resistance to closed centres for migrants
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    rather than an open facility that is in effect a ‘health timebomb’”. SYRIZA spokesman Alexis Charitsis... the contractors for bulldozing forested public land to build roads to one of the sites. Violence erupted

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  3. Athens keeps options open on gas pipelines despite nudge from Washington
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    The Greek government’s multi-pronged approach to energy issues has been in focus over the past few days after the US State Department sent Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein to Athens on Friday to convince Athe...

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  4. Tsipras opts for referendum, leaving many issues open
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made a surprise move by calling a referendum on the institutions’ proposals to Greece for completing its second bailout. In a brief televised address, Tsipras said that he could not accept the terms offered by lenders. ...

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  5. Programme talks on fiscal issues open wide range of concerns

    EconomyProgramme

    The Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and the Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis held the first meeting with the institutions' mission chiefs on fiscal issues on Monday. Following the 2-hour discussion, Finance Ministry sources noted that i...

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  6. Athens accepts review's toughest fronts remain open
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    EconomyProgramme

    One day after a Bloomberg report cited a memo discussed at the last Eurogroup, which noted that almost two thirds of the second programme review prior actions have yet to be completed, the Greek government gave its own view on the state of play in the r...

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  7. In absence of deal with lenders, some in SYRIZA keep political options open
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    A comment by Interior Minister Panos Skourletis on Monday regarding the need for any agreement with the institutions to be approved by a qualified majority in Parliament has revived speculation about the possibility of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stru...

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  8. Eurogroup stresses need for quick review, leaves some issues open
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Any hopes that Athens had of obtaining a clearer picture at Friday’s Eurogroup about how the third review might progress failed to materialise as several doubts remained, while the emphasis from the lenders’ side was very much on the third review being ...

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  9. Greece's open floodgates
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    Agora

    The sun shone in Athens on Monday and the government announced an extensive compensation package for households and businesses afflicted by the catastrophic flooding in western parts of the capital over the previous days. Both events, though, could not ...

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  10. New government looks for way to open discussions with Turkey
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    The Greek government is seeking the way and the right time to launch discussions with Turkey, which Athens feels has been provoking Greece in recent weeks. Athens is aiming to defuse tensions with Ankara but also to begin talks but in a specific framewo...

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