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The conundrum of Greek olive oil exports
EconomyFeaturesby almost one-third. Theoretically, this should have been good news for Greece, the world’s third... ‘Little Greece’ neighbourhood. World’s number one The tale of Greece’s dealings with its own olive oil... product, originally bottled in Greece and sold as such. A 2015 report by NPR highlighted one
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Judicial system becomes key battleground for political parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Greece as a potential weak spot for the government, or at least one where New Democracy can.... One flashpoint came last October, when the Council of State deemed the TV permit tender held... the revenues it had raised. The decision had been preceded by one newspaper printing allegations of a personal
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Privatisation plan inches along as groups express interest in DESFA
EconomyProgrammestages to go through before the investors can make a binding offer. Privatisations have been one of the key demands of Greece’s adjustment programmes from the start in 2010 but also one of the biggest... that of the previous one. The privatisation of the state-owned Public Power Corporation was one of the first and most
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Athens keeps cautious eye on Berlin-Ankara relationship as German elections approach
PoliticsForeign Policy, the issue of the EU customs union is the most crucial one. The revision of the 1995 Customs Union... be the one to shape European policy towards Turkey. It is no secret that she is facing mounting pressure...-Turkey relations altogether, analysts say. The EU–Turkey refugee deal may be one of the reasons
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicstook their decision after ANEL indicated it would not back two pieces of draft legislation. One... said it would previously vote against. One ANEL MP, Kostas Katsikis, continued to express... by Tsipras is thought to be one of the reasons that the leftist party’s MEP Kostas Chrysogonos
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Wolfgang at the door
Agorais concerned. Limitations With regards to the political limitations he faced in Germany, one has... is not the time to be bold in decision-making and to shape public opinion, when is? At one point... the idea of Schaeuble as a Europeanist when one contrasts the fortunes of his country with other
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Greek population among highest for poverty risk, Eurostat survey shows
SocietyDay for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17 showed that Greece has one of the highest... to the EU, one of the Europe 2020 initiative’s targets is to reduce poverty by “lifting at least 20... from 20.1 percent in 2008. Translating as roughly one in five people, Greece had the seventh highest
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Athens, creditors on way to settling energy, labour issues in third review
EconomyProgrammespring’s stress tests. The smooth running of the e-auctions will also remove one of the biggest... on a strike from one third to 50 percent. This means that the other issues the Labour Ministry has... are due to be discussed on Friday. HRADF advisers One potential complication that has emerged
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Newsletter 142 -1/12/2017
Sfakianakis, was the one who advised the Greek ambassador in Riyadh that Papadopoulos was not authorised.... One of the key moments of the week came on Wednesday, when the first electronic property auctions were..., that will increase the quorum for first-degree unions to vote on a strike from one third to 50 percent. One potential
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Despite cuts, pension system still at risk due to old-age dependency
Society68. Greece in contrast is one of five countries along with France, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Turkey... of GDP spending on pensions is significantly higher at around 15 percent. Greece also has one..., but Greece is one of several countries where the rate drops to less than 3 percent. Greece is also
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