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Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
AgoraFor two successive years, China has been Germany’s most important trading partner. In 2017...) and France (169 billion euro).[i] In terms of German export volumes China ranks third, behind... it trades with, Germany has the largest trade deficit with China (14,3 billion euro in 2017). Given
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Tsipras seeks to build political capital from "positive" measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsbringing to Parliament one by one the measures of the ‘fourth MoU,’ which I dedicate to Mr Mitsotakis..., are beginning,” added Tsipras, who stressed that each measure would be brought to Parliament... Kyriakos Mitsotakis and other top officials, has been that there was no clean, or even real, exit from
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Income inequality in Greece has grown during crisis, OECD report shows
SocietyIncome inequality between the richest and poorest in Greece society has increased over the past few... in 2007, a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has found... according to the Gini coefficient – a common measure of income inequality that scores 0 when everybody
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EastMed, defence and energy dominate Pompeo's visit, leaving Athens satisfied
PoliticsForeign Policy. The US has had an interest for some time in upgrading its naval presence in Crete’s Souda Bay. Pompeo’s... expeditionary sea base, the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams. The ship has a capacity for four helicopters on its...-to-military relationship has been enhanced significantly.” He described Greece as a “true pillar
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Latest hooliganism crackdown greeted by mixture of anger and scepticism
PoliticsGreek Politics. Elsewhere, however, the reception to the measures has been sceptical. Main opposition party SYRIZA...The government’s response to the latest hooliganism incident has managed to anger the country’s top... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged to crack down on sports-related violence, a promise he has now
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A breakdown of Tsipras's pledges on economic strategy in Thessaloniki
Economyof them has commented that these measures are outside the European framework or not viable”, he... (13th pension). The cost of this measure is projected at 543 million. “This would be the first step... of 4 euros per square meter (cost 54 million). The last measure of this pillar involves a low-cost
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Making the extraordinary ordinary
Agora. For them,” fisherman Thanassis Marmarinos told the documentary makers. “Personally, I don’t feel like a hero. Why would I? I did what I had to do. Any person would do the same” “What else can you do? You... Manuel Santos. “Tomorrow that could be me. Tomorrow I might have to get a boat and leave, and have my
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Mitsotakis uses justice reform as election rallying cry in aftermath of Mati verdict
PoliticsGreek Politicsconvertible to fines, has provoked outrage for its perceived leniency. Mitsotakis claimed the slow.... In recent communications with his party’s candidates, he has urged them to focus on New Democracy... a string of sports-related violent incidents and deaths. The government has been embarrassed
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Macron arrives in Athens, kindling government's hopes
PoliticsGreek Politicsreferenced ideas that he has set out before, such as the European Stability Mechanism replacing... to correct some imbalances in the euro area. However, while the creation of a European Monetary Fund has... of an idea to link Greece’s debt repayments to its growth rate and Macron has already shown that he
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The euro debate Greece is not having
Agorainto the troika program there is very little evidence that one of these key objectives has actually been.... Overall, it creates a perfect feedback loop and a concerted effort to sink an economy. You might think... where the euro has to appreciate from its current levels by circa 33 percent before it starts
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