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Venizelos seeks new course for PASOK

Lacking ideological direction since its shattering experience at the polls this summer, PASOK has been searching for new purpose over the last couple of months

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Final stretch for talks on cuts

PM hopes to reach coalition deal before Friday, as new poll shows strong opposition to measures.

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Hospital doctors and judges walk off the job

Hospital doctors launched go-slow action – saying they would only deal with emergency cases due to ongoing austerity and payment of six months in unpaid salaries.

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Migrant centres slated for islands

Authorities have decided to set up four new reception centers for immigrants on islands of the Aegean to tackle a rising influx of would-be migrants into Greece by sea.

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Retirement age set to rise

Coalition sees step as less onerous than other cuts needed to seal troika deal.

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Tsipras eyes ‘post-troika’ era

SYRIZA leader called for action to be taken to put a brake on Greece’s slide into an ever-deepening recession and for the foundations of “a post-troika era”.

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Tough talks on austerity measures resume

Government aiming to reach agreement on 11.5-bln-euro package in 10 days

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Strike wave hits Athens

Teachers, public-sector doctors and soldiers took to the streets in protest at the wage cuts proposed in the government’s new austerity package.

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Interest groups seen as threat to ferry sector

Coastal shipping vessels may be forced to abandon their Aegean Sea routes in the coming months due to the dire financial situation ferry companies have found themselves in

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Xenios Zeus raids lead to fewer arrests

A total of 645 migrants were temporarily detained by police officers in downtown Athens as part of the ongoing Xenios Zeus operation aimed at curbing illegal immigration.

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