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One of the issues on the table in the Apostolakis-Dunford talks was the Greek request for an enhanced American presence in Greece

The Americans discerned, thanks to their strategic prowess, that Greece, despite its sins, could not be left alone in a region rife with loci of instability, and the geopolitical argument prevailed

Naturally, SYRIZA cadres do not forget that the party benefited hugely from the electoral and political collapse of PASOK, already by 2012

The PM again promised battles and struggles to avert a restoration of the extreme-right, referring to main opposition New Democracy

The political message from the PM is that “for us the party is a priority and an integral part of us” and plays a critical role in winning political battles

'The government should allow Greek Police to do its job, because it is being hindered by the incompetence and indifference of SYRIZA ministers,' ND said in a statement

Whenever Mr. Tsipras finds things difficult politically, and whenever merciless events reveal his nakedness, he marshals the rhetoric of hatred and division

The government has a duty to speak the truth to Greek citizens and describe in all honesty the day after the memorandum, which the government itself signed after the disastrous first six months of 2015

A glance at the statements and analyses of European politicians and players is enough to realise that we cannot expect substantial changes.

Although they implemented the memorandums much more decisively than their predecessors, they refuse to admit their capitulation. They try to prettify reality and blame everything on previous governments

'The victory of populist forces [SYRIZA] in 2015 led to a second economic crisis and the third [bailout] programme, and caused enormous harm,' said Evangelos Venizelos

A law tabled by New Democracy MPs in 2015 “froze” fines and the tearing down of illegal structures, and confirmed that ND is nothing more than the party of arbitrary action,” SYRIZA said in a statement.

Ankara’s persistence is to a degree predicated on promises it said it received from the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government of an immediate return of the eight to Turkey

Unfortunately for Mr. Tsipras and his cadres, the era of alleged innocence and wholesale pledges is long gone

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The image of Ivan Savvidis, a Greek-Russian entrepreneur and owner of PAOK, one of the biggest football clubs in Greece, storming into the football field and threatening the referee, with his sidearm clearly visible in its holster, was not just a reminder of the endemic corruption of Greek football. It also made evident that the quest by the SYRIZA-ANEL government for friendly oligarchs ended up as a tragedy.

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This coming Monday will be a crucial day for this country’s political life. The Syriza-Independent Greeks party coalition is in danger of breaking up.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday night returned from Brussels to Athens, where a hellish weekend awaited him.  On Monday in parliament he will face a major battle which he himself provoked, so as to provide cover for his coalition partner, Defense Minister Panos Kammenos. But the drums have already begun to beat in Syriza.