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Cyprus invasion anniversary generates new friction in Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policynot accept fait accompli and our aim remains one: the Republic of Cyprus with one sovereignty, one international personality and one citizenship, in a bizonal, bicommunal federation, in a single state... at the table. “It is of no benefit to anyone to say let’s continue negotiations where we left off
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Domestic factors seen playing role in PM's pick for European Commission
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCommission President Ursula von der Leyen’s request for each country to nominate two candidates – one male, and one female. In his on-camera comments before a meeting with Tzitzikostas following Thursday..., the Greek PM said he would like “a portfolio that highlights on the one hand the progress that Greece
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PM weighs up options over pick for president ahead of January decision
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the Presidency of the Republic would be a way for the PM to push aside one of the main challengers... Transport and Tourism. Given that the option of Karamanlis or Dendias seem to be off the table... to the position. These include Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras, one of his predecessors
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Newsletter 497 - 06/03/2026
command structure is fragmented, its proxies are acting autonomously, and no one can reliably predict..., offering instead one‑to‑one briefings — a choice that fuels suspicion that Mitsotakis wants to retain tight... a percentage point off projected growth. Tourism — the crown jewel of the economy — is already wobbling. Pre
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Submarine deal resurfaces, threatening new political divisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthere were stability problems with the first, German-made, submarine. The legal stand-off between Greece... but with European elections coming up in May and speculation that general elections might not be far off, it would not be surprising to see divisions between the one-time political enemies re-emerging.
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First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Greek politics is heading in. SYRIZA’s pulled off surprising results in Athens but made little... held off conservative hopeful Yiannis Ioannidis. In Piraeus, another key municipality, New... is making the transformation from a party of opposition to one of power. New Democracy will instead
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Eurobank records net loss of 207.4 mln in Q1
EconomyBankingnegative one-off items, which shank to 18 million in Q1 from 575 million in Q4. The bank consolidated...Eurobank kicked off Greek banks’ Q1 results releases posting a net loss of 207.4 million euros in Q1 2014 from 913.1 in Q4 2013. The lower loss reflects an improvement in pre-provision income (PPI
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Public deficit and democratic duty
Agorathat is polished off and tossed to the public from time to time. This time it is claims of an unpublished... rates, staving off a financial assistance program. Lastly, to put the blame for Greece’s 2009 deficit... minister could his government have conjured up a deficit of 15.8 percent from nothing. One only needs to go
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Tsipras starts to flesh out SYRIZA's economic policy but questions remain
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the aim of the majority of Greek debt being written off. He also proposed that repayments... of their debt written off under SYRIZA’s plan. Also, when added to obligations to the state, loan payments... is where it was before the crisis started. Growth One of the key planks of SYRIZA’s growth strategy
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Early rounds of talks with lenders focus on possible prior actions
EconomyProgrammeThe new round of discussions with institutions kicked off at technical level on July 28... for excise on diesel oil and the gradual abolition of the tax-free bracket of 12,000 euros. This is one... (ENFIA). 7) Reduction in the price of all off-patent drugs and reconsideration of the limits in generics
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