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  1. Institutions, Athens start new round of review talks as e-auctions get green light
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    EconomyProgramme

    Talks between the institutions and the Greek government are due to resume on Tuesday with hopes of a staff-level agreement (SLA) being reached by the end of the year growing after notaries decided to end their strike so that electronic auctions can star...

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  2. Airport redevelopment gets green light, leaving one prior action as lenders return to Athens
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    EconomyProgramme

    The Council of State has approved the redevelopment of Athens’s former airport at Hellenikon, meaning just one prior action from the third review remains to be completed as the Greek government and the institutions gear up for the fourth review to start...

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  3. Green light for next bailout funds as Commission stands ground on post-MoU scenarios
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    EconomyProgramme

    It was confirmed on Thursday that the path is now clear for Greece to receive its 5.7-billion-euro tranche after completing the third review. The news came as the European Commission appeared to indicate that it is not willing to make major concessions ...

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  4. Athens adjusts foreclosure framework, waits for lenders to give green light
    By Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    EconomyProgramme

    The Greek government is hoping to table in Parliament early next week the new bill for the protection of primary residences from foreclosures after another round of talks with local bankers on Thursday. Reports on Friday suggested that several issues we...

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  5. Athens looks to overcome APS snags as it awaits green light from Brussels
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    EconomyBanking

    Finance Minister Christos Staikouras was due to meet the CEOs of Greece’s four systemic banks on Thursday as the government appears to be stepping up its efforts to secure approval for the Asset Protection Scheme (APS) aimed at reducing the giant pile o...

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  6. Greek teachers low paid, but work shorter hours in smaller classes
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    Society

    lower secondary schools averages 694 hours per year, but ranges from 415 hours in Greece to over... at school spent teaching ranges from less than 40 percent in Estonia, Greece and Iceland to more than

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  7. Outright majority in sight for ND as campaign takes detour through recent past
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and 41.6 percent, while support for SYRIZA ranges from 26.6 to 31.4 percent. The range for Greek Solution... that the third-placed party, KINAL, is expected to elect ranges between 20 and 22.

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  8. Greece pinpoints flaws in Turkey's Aegean claims
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    a cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey, towards Libya’s shores. Also, being on the “wrong... have a cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey to the Libya’s shores. Athens believes... naval mission to Libya on March 31. The new operation is named after the Greek word for peace “Irini

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  9. Erdogan's Hagia Sophia move adds to complexity, uncertainty of Greek-Turkish relations
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    , bilateral cooperation between EU-Turkey on the refugee/migrant issue and developments related to Libya... violation of the arms embargo in Libya, according to a high-ranking EU official. There is a growing... by Turkey and the Turkey-Libya memorandum, Dendias said that “Greece has capable armed forces

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  10. Greece signs EEZ deal with Egypt, aiming to halt Turkey's designs

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    deal signed last November between Ankara and the UN-recognized government in Libya’s Tripoli. Even... within the Turkish continental shelf” and that the agreement also violates Libya’s maritime rights... Libya maritime deal. Kastellorizo and the eastern part of Rhodes were left out, as was widely expected

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