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Podcast - Greece and the Trump factor
Agoraimpact on geopolitics. Our second guest, Frank De Mita, who has worked on several US presidential... blamestorming or Why Harris lost and the Democrats should nominate Oprah - Frank De Mita Who is Kimberly
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SYRIZA looks to eat further into ND's poll lead in final week of campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepeated that as long as the budget continues to overperform there will be more permanent positive... be re-assessed based on the prevailing conditions. It has not all been plain sailing... Minister Tassos Petropoulos noted that the 13th pension is not a benefit and, as such, has to be taxed
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Newsletter 339 - 27/05/2022
of 0.5 points taking it to 20.3 pct. In third place, PASOK-KINAL has dropped 2.6 points since April... of the support it has lost over the last few months as the cost-of-living crisis has gripped Greek households... over day-to-day issues such as energy costs rather than foreign policy. ND has a distinct advantage
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Budget primary surplus to Oct confirmed at 6.5 bln, 2.9 bln above revised target
EconomyMacroeconomyupward revised full-year target of 51.14 billion euros to be met, revenue collection has to reach... (by 825 million) and underspend (by 726 million). It is worth noting that the primary balance... euros, still remaining 726 million below the upward revised target. In specific, salaries
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Primary surplus targets become part of main political agenda ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe issue of Greece’s primary surplus targets has come back into the country’s political debate... overperformance, rather than redistributing it, as the current government has done over the past... cuts but by also taking into consideration that the budget has overperformed over the past years
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Soldiers' ongoing detention troubles Tsipras, riles Kammenos
PoliticsGreek Politicssoldiers who have been held since crossing the Evros border more than a month ago. The issue has... with the Turkish president last week. Kammenos’s more outspoken approach on this issue (he has repeatedly referred... talks. This has reportedly created tension between Kotzias and Kammenos. It has been noticeable over
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Sustained friction with Turkey reveals differing views, approaches in Athens
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has tried to downplay an incident on Monday night involving a Turkish Coast Guard helicopter... was not a major one. It has however noted that “night flight with lights out is part of Turkey’s tactic... magazine Der Spiegel. “Turkey has a tendency – not always, and not everyone in Turkey – to create
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Greece seeks better relations with Albania as wariness of Turkey grows
PoliticsForeign Policyhas tried to tone down the rhetoric used in an official announcement from his office on Sunday, which... made by Erdogan. In most cases, the government has avoided firing back at the Turkish president... taking place. Any agreement will have to be approved by Albania's Constitutional Court. This has
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Tsipras invites Middle East investment at second EU-Arab summit
PoliticsForeign Policy. Referring to the common history of the two regions, Tsipras said, “Greece has a crucial location... Greece makes it clear that it has, in fact, left the crisis behind it and is entering a new era... hydrocarbons, tourism, culture, property investment, shipping and education. “Our energy relationship has been
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At sidelines of UNGA, Mitsotakis talks up Greece’s prospects as energy, tech hub
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has had a busy week of talks in New York, during which has tried to position Greece as a pivotal player... message to Turkey. Gas transit through Greece has jumped from 6 to 17 billion cubic metres, supplying
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