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New Democracy suffers ratings blow as farming payments scandal unfolds
PoliticsGreek Politicsin response to increased flows on the cross-Mediterranean route from Libya. There are indications... Ministry and 9.8 pct blame the farm payments agency OPEKEPE. In line with this finding, only 21 pct
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Early tourism estimates point to increased airline pre-bookings and lower cruise passengers in 2017
EconomyMacroeconomymore than those in 2016. This estimate is due to be revised by the end of January and could...). The preliminary estimates for airline seat planning point to an increase of 19 percent for Greek regional
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Stability Programme revises growth down to 2.5 pct as investment estimates prove too rosy
EconomyMacroeconomyby 1.6 pct, another ambitious estimate of investments of 14.4 pct, exports up by 4.9 pct and imports... that the forecast was ambitious as most of their estimates ranged between 2 and 2.5 pct. Most
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Draft budget sets ambitious growth target of 2.8 pct in 2020, plugs fiscal gaps
Economyby half a percentage, from 2.3 percent in the previous official Greek estimate in the Stability Programme to 2.8 percent. At the same time, the estimate for this year’s growth is revised down to 2... in December. The growth estimate of 2.8 percent for next year is a substantial revision from
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Greece pinpoints flaws in Turkey's Aegean claims
PoliticsForeign Policya cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey, towards Libya’s shores. Also, being on the “wrong... have a cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey to the Libya’s shores. Athens believes... naval mission to Libya on March 31. The new operation is named after the Greek word for peace “Irini
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Erdogan's Hagia Sophia move adds to complexity, uncertainty of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policy, bilateral cooperation between EU-Turkey on the refugee/migrant issue and developments related to Libya... violation of the arms embargo in Libya, according to a high-ranking EU official. There is a growing... by Turkey and the Turkey-Libya memorandum, Dendias said that “Greece has capable armed forces
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Greece signs EEZ deal with Egypt, aiming to halt Turkey's designs
PoliticsForeign Policydeal signed last November between Ankara and the UN-recognized government in Libya’s Tripoli. Even... within the Turkish continental shelf” and that the agreement also violates Libya’s maritime rights... Libya maritime deal. Kastellorizo and the eastern part of Rhodes were left out, as was widely expected
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Mitsotakis, Erdogan keep distance at UN as summer moratorium draws to close
PoliticsForeign Policyon the issue of Libya which will take place on the sidelines of the UN Assembly under the initiative of Italy...” by its agreement with Libya. Greece says that its agreement with Egypt annuls the Turkey-Libya... with a new, legal and permanent government in Libya and sign a maritime agreement with its southern
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Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
PoliticsGreek Politics. Libya debacle The government, meanwhile, is facing criticism over its handling of the deaths of five members of a Greek humanitarian rescue mission in Libya under unclear circumstances. The victims were members of the Greek armed forces who were part of an official mission to Libya to help
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Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Libya, Mitsotakis reiterated his government’s position that the Turkey-Libya maritime agreement... the rival factions in Libya, allowing Libya to press territorial claims with backing from Ankara
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