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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament elections on May 26. A meeting has been scheduled at the Prime Minister’s office this Friday to discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings... that the Interior Ministry is asking for an extra 60 million euros from the Finance Ministry to carry out
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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
Societyelections coming in May and national elections sometime before the end of the year, issues that touch... granted “skyrocketed” from 14,178 to 33,487. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis responded by describing... inhabitants in 2017. The Interior Ministry publishes more detailed statistics on citizenship
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
. The rate of contraction slowed down, though remained the second-fastest since May. Client orders.... Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos was also left out of the new line-up to be replaced by Agriculture... Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis. Altogether, 17 changes were made, including
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Mitsotakis starts second term, prepares to name cabinet and launch reforms amid far-right rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the much lower turnout on Sunday. Compared to the 61 pct of voters who participated on May 21, less than... with responsibility of overseeing the government’s role in Parliament. Former Interior Minister Makis Voridis... to Education, which Niki Kerameus will leave to take over as the new interior minister. Former Citizens
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Greece aiming to agree updated migration deal with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyto include controls of the land border so that migrants crossing there may also be returned... Johansson and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, the Greek minister said there is more cooperation... following the EU Interior minister’s council that “in my view this statement (EU-Turkey deal) should
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Data for May shows Greek PMI in growth territory for second straight month
EconomyMacroeconomycontraction, for the second straight month in May, albeit marginally easing by 0.1 points to 51.0, according... in production levels in May was slightly lower than that in April, but it remained solid, according... further. The level of new orders showed a solid rise in May mainly supported by export sales, which
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Current account surplus at 407 mln in May - first positive balance since Sept 2014
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's current account (C/A) balance showed a surplus of 407 million in May from deficit of 299...). The latter largely reflects increased non-residents’ arrivals in May (+13.2 percent). Despite the C/A surplus in May, the aggregate figures for the 5-month period point to a small widening of the C
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Substantial ground for Greece and lenders to cover before May 9 Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsis due to be held on May 9 but it is still not clear how Athens and its creditors will arrive... ahead until the Eurogroup on May 9. The Greek side has not ruled out the possibility of a high..., while Tsipras may repeat his call for a summit of eurozone leaders if the May 9 meeting proves
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Eurosystem funding drops by another 3.9 bln in May, ELA down 2.1 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding fell again in May for the 11th successive month, declining by 3.86... showed on Monday. The change in May represents the highest monthly decrease in the course of 2016... reading since January 2015. The recorded drop in Central Bank funding in May almost equally reflects
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Industrial production up again in May with 2.9 pct increase
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s industrial production continued its rebound in May, posting an increase of 2.9 percent compared to a sharp drop of 4.3 percent in May 2015, ELSTAT data showed on Monday. On a month on month basis, May recorded a drop of 1.9 percent compared to April. In the year to date, industrial
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