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Many obstacles to clear in Greece's digital leap
EconomyFeaturesgiant Pfizer has announced the creation of a digital research hub in Greece, while the government... statistics, around 8 in 10 Greek households has an internet connection, the World Internet Project... only has a website. Greece as a whole also ranks low on innovation benchmarks, investing only 1.27
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Dendias issues reminder for EU and Turkey ahead of December council meeting
PoliticsForeign PolicyCouncil.” It was the first time the Greek Foreign Minister has made such a statement during the period... the ongoing situation in the East Med. During the last few months, Ankara has not only been using the Oruc Reis as a tool to put pressure on Greece, but has also promised from time to time its
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EU Council boosts recovery fund hopes, falls short on Turkey
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the pressure ministers have been under this year to protect businesses and jobs. Greece has submitted its... on the details. These discussions are due to be completed in a couple of months. The Finance Ministry has... confidence in the government’s approach to the Covid-19 crisis continues to wane, although this has yet
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Political world unites behind victims of sex abuse, but remains divided over policing proposals
PoliticsGreek Politicssports official has brought unanimous support from the country’s political world and calls for sweeping reforms to the conservative world of competitive sport. In what has been widely described... Becatorou has encouraged other athletes, public figures and ordinary women to come forward with reports
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EU enlargement - a moving target that is moving further away
AgoraIn 2020, none of the six countries of the Western Balkans has made progress in the process... Macedonia's latest blockade due to a bilateral dispute with Bulgaria has injected a new dose... Methodology will help make the process more substantial and political and not just technocratic, as it has
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Retail sales drop by 8.6% in 2020 as e-shops prosper but many sectors suffer
EconomyMacroeconomyand their overperformance has helped mask the dour situation in the sector. During the last quarter of last year, when... quarter of last year, just as Greece began exiting from the first lockdown. The industry has been.... This situation has forced the authorities to earmark most of the total annual support budget of 7.5 billion
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FM visits Egypt and Cyprus with eye on EEZ, EastMed pipeline and new UN talks
PoliticsForeign Policy. On the other hand, an exclusive report in To Vima on Sunday, February 28 revealed that there has been an Egyptian proposal for a change of route for the EastMed pipeline that has neither been denied nor... problem is that the economic viability of the EastMed pipeline has taken centre stage. This is the main
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Athens draws up Turkey strategy after EU Council, Biden input
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has already begun to plan its new strategy by trying to predict Ankara’s moves following..., the Council’s statement regarding Turkey is considered a small victory since the EU has finally adopted... has included certain pre-conditions for any progress related to the positive agenda which is under
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Turkey: Multiple policy challenges from all directions
Agoradecided to ease restriction. The number of cases in Istanbul has increased nearly tenfold compared... recorded in the country. The number of deaths has also risen sharply, by almost 50% since 1 April... and the worsening economic situation. Given the negative trajectory of the pandemic, President Tayyip Erdogan has
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PM hails Covid certificate but concerns mount in tourism sector
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEU summit has paved the way for the certificate to be issued from July 1, helping vaccinated... claiming that it was his proposal that got the ball rolling on the initiative. Mitsotakis has argued...” list, which has also stymied the flow of tourists. The Greek government has suggested through
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