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Turkey and Western Balkans top Greek agenda at European Council
PoliticsForeign Policygone too far, especially when no one wants to see new hotbeds of tensions and destabilization... Commission’s recommendation for Ukraine’s EU candidacy status. Greece is one of the EU member states... were briefly buoyed on Wednesday, when one of the opposition leaders in Bulgaria signaled support
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PBO urges continued fiscal discipline amid growing instability
Economyin place. It also notes that the first quarter was only affected by one month of conflict in Ukraine... on the agreed date of August 2022 and helped Greece secure one more rating upgrade, to within one notch
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Fitch leaves rating and outlook unchanged, underlines fiscal performance key to higher grade
EconomyFitch affirmed on Friday Greece’s ‘BB’ credit rating and kept the outlook positive, remaining one notch behind S&P and two notches from investment grade. It is also one notch ahead of Moody’s, which... path of the debt-to-GDP ratio thanks to primary surplus and robust growth will be one of the key
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Fire on outskirts of Athens puts PM's crisis strategy under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsareas, burning homes and businesses. Only one fatality had been reported by Thursday morning after... than preventing them, run so deep that the appointment of one person, however capable, is not enough to bring the change that is necessary. One of the other issues that Stylianides has been tasked
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Political impact of spying revelations unclear, as drip-feed of information continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the political spectrum, and what it may mean in terms of support for PASOK. One potential outcome that now... practice of pushbacks at sea, accusing one prominent activist of insulting Greece. The Evros... for allegedly spreading misinformation. Failos Kranidiotis, one of the leaders of the recently
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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe amount of inflows making their way to the “real” economy. Finally, no-one in the government is willing... plans have been few and muted, however one prominent liberal economist accused the government... it was the opposition which brought this event to the political foreground, the issue of border control is one
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Erdogan's inflammatory comments a harbinger for new period of Greek-Turkish tension
PoliticsForeign Policy, Turkey’s president made one of his most abrasive comments yet. “You occupying the islands doesn’t... say, we may come down suddenly one night.” “Look at history, if you go further, the price will be heavy. We have one sentence to Greece: Don’t forget Izmir,” he said, recalling the defeat of the Greek
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Unveiling of relief package imminent as electoral law speculation is revived
PoliticsGreek Politicspackage, one it hopes will shift attention away from the phone-tapping scandal, begins in earnest... one that would make it easier for the winning party to gain a majority. Under the system passed by ND... then increases by one MP for each 0.5 percentage point the party has gained, reaching a ceiling
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Newsletter 351 - 16/09/2022
reading: “Diligence, continuity, stability”, Mitsotakis set out a total of 21 interventions, one-off... to be a challenging winter. The short-term measures include a one-off 250-euro “inflation cheque” for 2.3... to set the tone for the upcoming elections by suggesting that the key issue for Greek voters will be one
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Yields rise, but Greek debt still partly shielded from market headwinds
Economymaturity of close to 20 years is one of the most favourable globally. Also, the moves by the Public... Greece would like to be, considering it has one of the highest debt burdens in the world. Assisted... has kept Greece three notches from investment grade, Fitch is two notches and S&P and DBRS at one
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