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China's footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) was officially launched in 2013. It is a Eurasian grand strategy that seeks to expand and secure maritime routes and road infrastructure networks for China from Asia across Africa to the Middle East and Europe
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (290), Economy (342), Greece (520)
The flag of permanent defeat
There was something impressive about Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s appearance at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) last weekend. It didn’t relate to the number of companies exhibiting at the Expo or that China was the honoured country again
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (407), Economy (342), Greece (520)
About to soar? Greece's economy still needs to be handled with care
Last Friday’s release of the second quarter Greek GDP figures by ELSTAT confirmed that the economy has recorded two consecutive quarters of growth. The last time Greece started a year with two quarters of growth was in 2006.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (342), Greece (520)
Open wounds that burn forests
Ninety-one forest fires within 24 hours were recorded in Tuesday’s report by the Fire Service.
Contributor: Theodota Nantsou
Categories: Europe (290), Politics (407), Society (149), Greece (520)
The whole truth and nothing but the truth
Anyone who believes that it is imperative for a country’s economic data to be grounded in reality rather than fantasy has understood that the case against the former head of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Andreas Georgiou, is a farce.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (290), Politics (407), Greece (520)