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New attempt to get Cyprus talks back on track Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades is to meet with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutteres in New York on Wednesday in an apparent move to seek ways for the stalled talks to begin again soon.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Slow progress on fiscal, impasse on labour keep review deal on hold There have been no visible signs of major progress in the discussions between Greece and its lenders this week, suggesting that the best-case scenario would be the conclusion of a staff-level agreement ahead of the April 7 Eurogroup rather than the one on March 20.
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Greece worst of 36 countries for patient rights in healthcare Greek, along with Montenegrin, patients have the lowest level of patient rights and access to information among 36 countries in Europe, according to a new report.
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Greece below EU average in social protection, with pensioners getting lion's share Greece spends proportionately less of its GDP on social protection than the EU average but gives more of a share of what it spends to pensioners than any other EU country, newly released data from Eurostat shows.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Athens, Nicosia buoyed by EU role in Cyprus talks The European Council’s decision on Thursday that the EU should participate in the upcoming Cyprus Conference in Switzerland was well received by Athens and Nicosia.
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PoliticsGreek Politics![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/08/18/zappeio_myrto_1808-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Stepping up search for alliances, Tsipras welcomes Euro-Med leaders Before he devotes full attention to the domestic audience, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is hoping to enhance his standing outside Greece by strengthening ties with the Southern European leaders that are due in Athens on Friday for a summit called by the Greek premier.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Government distances itself from ELSTAT case as European Commission wades in The government attempted on Wednesday to distance itself from the controversy surrounding the latest prosecution of the former head of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Andreas Georgiou, over Greece’s 2009 deficit figure.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Greece sets up working group to monitor implications of Brexit The Greek Foreign Ministry has decided to monitor closely European developments linked to the result of the UK referendum so Athens can be prepared for the developments leading up to, and following, the UK’s possible departure from the EU.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Tsipras aims for new alliances and EU changes after Brexit Greece is hoping that the uncertainty surrounding the UK’s future relationship with the EU will clear up relatively swiftly but it is not at the forefront of the group of countries that are calling for the British government to initiate Article 50 as soon as possible.
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PoliticsForeign Policy Tsipras gauges EU mood on Brexit as gov't strives for support on change to electoral system Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras headed to Brussels on Tuesday for the first European Council since the referendum in the UK but attention at home was still on the government’s plans to change the electoral law.