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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policycountries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including... for the first time a high-level meeting on Libya on November 12, in Paris. Greece had been excluded twice from
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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... quarter. In addition, Q1 GDP contracted at the slowest pace since Q1 2010, when it had eased 1.1 percent... tourism season this year. Total imports rose 2.2 percent in Q1 reflecting a broadly similar increase
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Q4 GDP contracts 1.2 pct QoQ, leading to recession of 0.1 pct for 2016
EconomyMacroeconomy. The provisional estimates also showed that GDP fell by 1.1 percent year on year (YoY) in Q4 after strong growth... to the corresponding period last year, private consumption rose 1.1 percent in Q4 after a much stronger... percent QoQ and 2 percent YoY leading final consumption expenditure down 1.1 percent QoQ and up 0.6
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CPI falls by 0.2 pct in Jan, first negative figure since Nov 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyaverage HICP for 2017 was positive by 1.1 percent. The main driving force behind the year-on-year... in miscellaneous goods and services (-2.2 percent), household equipment (-2.1 percent) and clothing... percent) and hotels, cafes and restaurants (+1.1 percent). Month-on-month, the CPI fell by 1.6
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Greece on track for bumper tourism year, figures show
EconomyFeatures, international airport arrivals rose by 11.1 percent to 1.1 million. In the year-to-date, international arrivals increased by 17.6 percent to 2.2 million passengers. Road arrivals also rose by 1.1 percent... million. EU28 visitors rose by 12 percent to 1.1 million. Within this, euro-area visitors were up by 15.8
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Newsletter 218 -06/09/2019
a downward revised rise of 1.1 percent in Q1, provisional estimates from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) revealed this week. The YoY GDP growth was primarily driven by a 1.1 percent rise... quarters of 2018 was 1.3, 2.2 and 2.9 percent, respectively. On average, the revised data shows that house
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Newsletter 186 -07/12/2018
. GDP shows annual growth of 2.2 pct in Q3 New investment framework drafted to attract business... of services rose by 2.2 percent QoQ. Final consumption expenditure edged down by 0.2 percent... by 2.4 percent QoQ. GDP grew by 2.2 percent year-on-year (YoY) after a slight downward revision of Q2
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