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SYRIZA to test coalition with censure motion but victory unlikely
PoliticsGreek Politicsto take ERT off air in June this year prompted junior coalition partner Democratic Left (DIMAR... was taken off air in June and perhaps felt they could not turn down a second opportunity to do so... that fears the party may be becoming too conformist. For Tsipras, a face off with the government may
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Greece's foreign policy trap
Agorabeen stretched to the limit by the ramming of a Greek coast guard vessel by a Turkish boat off the Imia... boat off Imia, which Greece and Turkey almost went to war over in 1996, and the detention and possible... the recent incident off Imia the Turkish Foreign Ministry suggested in a statement that Athens
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Newsletter 201 -21/04/2019
Eurogroup nod allows next move Govt aims to pay off some IMF loans early after receiving 1 bln from...) to pay off some of Greece’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans before they mature. Greece... off at least some of the IMF loans early. Greece currently owes the IMF just under 10 billion euros
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Govt plays down Omicron threat despite wariness and high Covid death rate
PoliticsGreek Politicscontracting the virus. For the time being, the government is hoping that this trend will help stave off... brushed off such questions so far. Papandreou is seen by some as being more amenable to coming.... The two hopefuls that gather the most votes will go into the run-off vote a week later. Voting
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Strong showing for ND in first round of local elections amid low turnout
PoliticsGreek Politics-placed to win the mayorships of Athens and Thessaloniki in run-off ballots next Sunday. Candidates... in the regions it did not take from the first Sunday, the run-off votes will take place between ND... his supporters to abstain or cast blank ballots in the run-off vote. It looks like the run-off ballot
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Newsletter 435 - 04/10/2024
a run-off on the following week; however, party leadership elections have proven notoriously hard... Kasselakis is holding off any decision until he knows which delegates will participate in the upcoming... off from Brussels. The latest MTP sets out the fiscal path and the macro outlook of the rest
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Greek economy contracts 0.9 pct in Q1, slowest pace since Q1 2010
EconomyMacroeconomythe flash estimate of -1.1 percent released on May 15. Greece has experienced negative growth since... percent in Q1 primarily driven by a double-digit rise (13.1 percent) in exports of services... transactions showed Q1 exports dropping 3 percent. The significant rise in exports of services
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Newsletter 120 - 26/05/2017
percent. In contrast, the availability of skilled staff or experienced managers was not a major concern... for an amount of 2.34 billion, according to the bulletin of the Computer Centre for Social Security Services... by 172 and 44.5 million respectively, which outpaced an improvement in the services surplus by 91.7
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Q2 GDP contraction at 0.3 pct, strong Q3 needed to achieve target of annual growth
EconomyMacroeconomyhas experienced negative growth since the third quarter of 2008 but the rate of decline.... This quarter’s performance reflects two contradicting trends: Exports of services soared 15.6... in exports of services, at a double-digit rate for the second straight quarter, is mainly attributed
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OECD report traces change in public spending over a decade
EconomyFeatureswith Turkey, has experienced a deterioration in the time taken to solve cases since 2012, with an additional... on general government services. This was followed by health (-0.8 percent), economic affairs (-0.6... as of 2018. Judicial services The timeliness of judicial services has long been an issue raised when
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