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Rating agencies concur in improved prospects for Greece
Economy, upping the rating by one notch to ‘Caa2’ with an improved outlook from stable to positive... both credit rating by one notch to ‘B-‘, and the outlook to positive from stable. The latest activity brings two of the ratings agencies, S&P and Fitch, ahead in their ratings by one notch. Moody’s
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Energy, defence high on agenda as Tsipras prepares for US visit
PoliticsForeign Policyof defense and economy. The Greek side is seeking to bring back at least one significant US... to maintain strong relations with a stable ally in the Southeastern Mediterranean region. This is one... issue is mainly a European one. Athens, though, wants to seek US support in its efforts to show
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Array of centre-left leadership candidates edge towards watershed vote
PoliticsGreek Politics(“Fofi”) Gennimata is the one to beat, being the leader of PASOK and the Democratic Alliance... Gennimatas, a political heavyweight and one of the founding members of the party, her first national... was one of the most prominent supporters of the “Yes” campaign in the July 2105 referendum. While he
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Pandora's box ajar for Turkey and Greece?
AgoraErdoğan's visit to Greece was the first in 65 years after one of the founding fathers of the Turkish... to Ankara. According to Turkish press reports on November 22, one of the key targets of the visit... right before the visit. One of President Erdoğan's frequently cited mottos these days is: "We might
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Check, please: How much Alexis Tsipras's first months cost Greece
Agoraand 2020, mostly to appease the fiscal concerns of the International Monetary Fund. Fast forward one year... was the one that managed to take Greece out of the MOUs, albeit with a delay. However, can Greece’s prime... by 0.7 percent that year. In Q3, it expanded by 1.3 percent compared to the previous year, which was one
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with the number of coalition MPs, but one of those votes came from an independent lawmaker, Theodora Megalooikonomou, who previously represented the Union of Centrists. Her vote made up for the one lost... significant of those was one introducing jail sentences of up to 6 months for anyone obstructing
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Pensions continue to be main source of income for half of Greek households
Societyfall into the category of long-term unemployed. One in five households has a member who gets paid... the other responses remained broadly in line with recent years. Almost one fifth (19.6 percent) of households had one member with overdue tax obligations. For the coming year, one in four households
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Parties mark out battle lines for next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment would be the one to take the country out. “We are taking steady steps towards the exit, leaving... coalition, despite the difficulties it has faced and mistakes it has made, is the one that will oversee... that Tsipras has to play. It is certain to be one of the main pillars of the party’s election campaign
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Growth, not just of the economic variety
Agora), there was a brief item referring to the inside pages, while one newspaper (Eleftheros Typos) bore... in the group of seven that are supportive of the government, only one (Ethnos) referenced the GDP data... growth figures. One of the possible explanations for this oversight is that the left-leaning media has
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Coalition hails multi-bill as start of clean break, opposition sees more of the same
PoliticsGreek Politicswas one of several cabinet minister emphasising over the weekend the positives that the government... of the out-of-court workout and a switch from next year to a one-out-one-in hiring policy... would retain the five-out-one-in rule that was adopted as part of Greece’s first programme. Keeping
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