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PAOK draws at AEK and is one point from finishing top
PAOK snatched a precious draw at AEK on Sunday and needs one point in its last game of the play-offs, at home against Panathinaikos, to earn Greece's second spot in the Champions League qualifiers. Unlike AEK, that is out, the Greens stayed in the running for the top spot beating Panionios in Mladen Petric's emotional home farewell, as he is about to retire.
The strategy of division
The government's strategy of political and social division is potentially catastrophic. It earned ruling SYRIZA votes and there are those who consider division to be a legitimate political tool. Clearly, however, these people don't know their history and fail to realize that Greece has paid dearly for discord ever since the modern state's inception.
Coalition looking to move on from bailout review
Over the next few days, the government is hoping to complete the amendments to recent legislation that have been demanded by Greece's lenders and then shift its focus to drafting its own bills, with the possibility that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may also opt for a cabinet reshuffle to give his coalition fresh momentum.
Mitsotakis slams Tsipras, sticks by election, growth calls
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis repeated on Saturday his call for snap elections and launched another stinging attack on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
"He is an opportunist that will do whatever he can to remain in power and cannot be trusted in Greece and abroad," Mitsotakis told a meeting of New Democracy's political committee.