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Athens prods EU to resume enlargement process for Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign Policyout a vision, it has the intent and the capacity to follow through. I look forward to making...), Greece has been underlining the urgent need to get the European enlargement back on track..., the European Council president, and President Emmanuel Macron of France, who has spoken of a wider
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Ukraine war and Turkey tension top foreign policy concerns
PoliticsForeign Policyfollow tomorrow. I am referring to Turkey’s constant aggressive behavior that wishes to approach Europe... security, which most probably will be the case. It seems that the war in Ukraine has created new balances and Turkey has emerged as “strategic partner” for the Western alliance, even though everyone
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Dendias visit to Turkey builds on show of solidarity following earthquake
PoliticsForeign Policybetween the two countries to be written after 2.5 years of incessant tension. This new climate has been aided by the support Greece has provided to Turkey following the earthquake. “We should not wait for yet another earthquake to improve our bilateral relations. I hope that we will make an effort
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Government faces new storm test as Kasselakis sweeps through SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsof outsider Stefanos Kasselakis in its leadership vote. The arrival of the latest storm has prompted... the summer because they like to spend time at the beach,” he said. “If anything, I would argue... tourism season has always been an important priority for us.” Mitsotakis suggested that a lot of people
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Government tries to find its footing again after EP vote surprise
PoliticsGreek Politics-to-day business after the turbulence created by the outcome of the European Parliament elections has been accompanied by an insistence from the Mitsotakis camp that the PM has no intention of giving... of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and ND, a development which has strengthened the party.” In his own comments after
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Kasselakis pushes back against growing speculation about centre-left alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA social media post by SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has made the already-complicated process... about uniting the centre-left has begun because New Democracy’s poor result on June 9 has caused... are being interpreted as an attempt to tarnish the image of his predecessor, Alexis Tsipras, who has been
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Government warned to brace for repercussions of farm payments clean-up
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the payments agency. PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has defended his decision to transfer... intervention was necessary in order to make a “clean start”. The prime minister has been under pressure... minister is reported to have told ministers that the restructuring was “the toughest reform I can
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Newsletter 253 -12/06/2020
of hygiene measures after a spate of new cases were recorded over the past few days. As Greece has... the coronavirus pandemic has subsided, it has not completely disappeared. Senior government figures were..., suggesting that any numbing effect of the two-month lockdown on peoples’ movements has subsided
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Coalition ministers, MPs wrestle with implications of Eurogroup agreement
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has begun the process of digesting this week's Eurogroup agreement, which failed... the disbursement of the next loan tranche can take place. As was expected, the agreement has not been... the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks, who called the measure “criminal and unconstitutional
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Total overdue tax obligations rise to 101.86 bln in Dec, new debt up by 1.30 bln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion, data from the Independent Authority of Public Revenues’ (IAPR) has revealed. New unpaid... qualify for such collection measure declined by 39,743 in December to 1.7 million. This means... to 80.7 percent, down slightly from last year’s figure of 80.9 percent. The IAPR has set a goal
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