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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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In Washington, Mitsotakis stresses economic recovery, geopolitical importance as IMF departure announced
PoliticsGreek Politicsa maritime agreement with Libya that infringes on Greece’s sovereign rights. Some commentators... with Libya is “null and void” because it ignores the exclusive economic zones of Greece’s islands, which he... to 2.2 pct, but that even if it is lowered to 2.5 pct this would create 2 billion euros of extra fiscal
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with Ankara, which escalated following Turkey’s decision to sign a maritime agreement with Libya... actions in Libya, as well as the two memoranda signed between Ankara and Tripoli. However, Turkey’s... reported that Athens would ideally like the target to be reduced to 2.2 pct, but that even
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Greece steps up effort to bolster relations with Iran
PoliticsForeign PolicyGeneral Assembly regarding the situation of human rights in Syria and Iran, Greece followed a different... interest regarding exports of gas to Europe if an Iranian LNG station is constructed B. to increase
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Greek-Turkish tensions resurface as Russia chimes in
PoliticsForeign Policyfor US LNG into Eastern Europe, especially at a time when Ankara is under US pressure to abandon cheap... for human prosperity, as is the case with the agreement between Greece and Ukraine. Threats against
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GDP rises by 0.8 pct QoQ in Q2, increases by 1.9 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyversus a slightly downward revised YoY growth of 1.1 percent in Q1. The GDP movement in Q2... and services rose by 3.3 percent. The YoY GDP growth was primarily driven by a 1.1 percent rise in gross... to the same quarter in the previous year, GDP at current prices increased by 2.2 percent from
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PM reins in rush to re-open economy as vaccines proceed slowly
PoliticsGreek Politicswill not be expanded this time around. Round four reached 2.2 billion euros. Vaccines During his comments... slowly. As of Tuesday, 92,139 people had received the jab. This represents less than 1 percent
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Govt intent on making some relief measures permanent
PoliticsGreek Politicspackage, even if the primary surplus goal of 2.2 pct of GDP from 2023 onwards remains... the apparent reluctance of some older Greeks to take up the Covid jab. More than 30 pct of over-80s
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PM relies on patchwork of measures to keep Covid at bay as jab uptake flags
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government continues to press ahead with a patchwork of measures to enforce or encourage vaccination, as uptake appears to have stalled among a significant section of the population. Parliament passed a controversial amendment on Thursday introducin...
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Grand projects and even loftier ambitions drive Greece's energy project bonanza
EconomyFeatures(Bulgaria, Turkey and the LNG terminal at Revithoussa just off Piraeus harbour). This capacity far exceeds... flowing to Greece and neighbouring Balkan countries via a pipeline from Russia, access to LNG... was able to import LNG through Revithoussa to cover its own needs as well as providing Bulgaria
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