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Greece

New government sworn into office

Greece's new leftist-led coalition government has formally assumed its duties, pledging to enforce creditor-demanded spending cuts and reforms while softening the pain on an austerity-weary population. Labor Minister George Katrougalos said the new administration has to focus on the reforms that were a key condition for the latest in a series of international bailouts keeping the country afloat. He spoke after a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' new government.