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China’s Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agora. All three countries are land-locked states which offer a different set of opportunities... limited and their increase will rather depend on pooling resources between countries in order to attain critical mass. Furthermore, China’s emerging focus on this set of countries must rather be seen
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Tsipras makes new push to dominate Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat will run in the May 26 Euro vote, held a large gathering on Saturday, where Tsipras set out the ideological battle lines for the special vehicle that has been created in order to boost... in order to pick up votes ahead of the next elections. While the conservatives have primarily done
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Mistaking tolerance for a free rein
Agoragovernment has set out on the path to this goal by reducing taxes and attempting to deregulate in order... of these counts, cracks in this fragile pact will start to appear. On the economic front, Mitsotakis has set... order on university campuses has also run into complications amid complaints of heavy-handed behaviour
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APS bill tabled, allowing use of 12 bln in state guarantees to reduce NPLs
EconomyBankingstructure and order with taxes and commissions to the state for the guarantees coming first, and coupon payments at the end of the order. A sticky point in the summer was how the commission... in their books. The servicers that will manage the securitisation have set goals in meeting their collections
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(Dis)Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European Union
Agorain order to gain points from the EU based on the fight against corruption and thus buy a ticket to enter... is a reform that needs to be implemented in order to improve their daily lives. This was the most common... results in all the priority areas set by the EU. We cannot expect determination from the EU if we do
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Tsipras hits back with own economic pledges, choice for voters to ponder
PoliticsGreek Politicsconditions – Tsipras also set out the resources on which he would draw from in order to fund his latest... Democracy leader set out 5.5 billion euros worth of immediate and longer-term interventions, mainly aimed... would have to win the next elections in order for such an alliance to work. He said that should New
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With prior actions pending, PASOK showing signs of adjustment fatigue
PoliticsGreek Politics. The first set of prior actions are: 1) adoption of outdoor trade law 2) adoption of investment.... The second set consists of: 1) adoption of the necessary legislation to merge all... to tell his eurozone counterparts on Thursday that the first set of prior actions will be completed
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Parliament's bailout probe has potential to be politically toxic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament is set to discuss in the next few days (possibly on Monday) a proposal by SYRIZA and Independent Greeks MPs to set up an inquiry into the circumstances in which Greece signed up to both... Samaras will be scrutinised. PASOK argues in order for the inquiry to be comprehensive and fair it would
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Gov't submits multi-bill to pave way for next bailout tranches
EconomyProgrammethe emergency procedure in Parliament on Tuesday evening the omnibus bill with the last set of pending... for each child. According to the Finance Ministry, the income threshold was set at 8,180 euros... euros. The taxable property value limit for those households was set at 180,000 euros for singles
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Newsletter 55 - 12/12/2015
in the near future with Piraeus Port (OLP), with the deadline for the submission of binding bids set... maintenance) with the initial deadline for the submission of binding bids set for January 15. While... 2016, which he set at around 3 billion, a higher figure than the 2016 budget target of 2 billion
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