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Economic sentiment and consumer confidence improve in April
EconomyMacroeconomyby 2.2 points in April after falling by 1.1 points in the previous month and stood at -72.2. This marked..., this indicator has risen by 12.1 points. The industry confidence indicator rose by 1.1 points in April after... (+4.2 points), the industry confidence indicator (+2.2 points) and consumer confidence (+1.5 points
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Newsletter 135 - 13/10/2017
this week - that there will be an overall deficit of -1.7 percent of GDP this year and -1.1 percent... of GDP this year and 2.2 percent in 2018, hitting the programme target of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2019... that although the IMF believes the primary surplus will reach 2.2 percent of GDP in 2018
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GDP falls by 0.7 pct QoQ in Q4 and increases by 1.9 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyon a YoY basis. On an annual basis, for 2019 final consumption expenditure rose by 1.1 percent. Private... decreased by 5 percent. Compared to Q4 2018, exports of goods decreased by 1.1 percent, and exports.... The latest EC winter forecast showed that GDP was expected to grow by 2.2 percent in 2019, revised upward
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policycountries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including... for the first time a high-level meeting on Libya on November 12, in Paris. Greece had been excluded twice from
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EastMed pipeline close to high-level agreement, but still a long way from becoming reality
EconomyFeaturesas well as Jordan. Cyprus is still backing the building of an LNG terminal at Vassilikos... at the crossroads of a number of major energy infrastructure projects, including pipelines and LNG terminals... important to note that Egypt already has substantial under-utilised LNG export infrastructure, limiting
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Government attempts to offer reassurance against winter energy shortages
PoliticsGreek Politicsas long as LNG continues to be available. Among the reasons behind his optimism, the minister’s statement listed the increase in storage capacity at the country’s only LNG terminal at Revithoussa... stand ready to place additional orders for LNG and pipeline gas via the TAP pipeline
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Greek economy contracts 0.9 pct in Q1, slowest pace since Q1 2010
EconomyMacroeconomythe flash estimate of -1.1 percent released on May 15. Greece has experienced negative growth since... quarter. In addition, Q1 GDP contracted at the slowest pace since Q1 2010, when it had eased 1.1 percent... tourism season this year. Total imports rose 2.2 percent in Q1 reflecting a broadly similar increase
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