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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agora: Greece has never had a current account surplus! Spending always exceeds income. The deficit has varied... has since moved to a deficit of 8.5 percent of GDP, again (data through 2022-Q2). The other..., their current account hovered around balance; thereafter, it has been in surplus, recently around 2.5
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Mitsotakis seeks Libya cooperation, keeps open mind on extending territorial waters
PoliticsForeign Policyof its focus on a fast green transition, is obliged to explore if it has the potential to extract... with indigenous resources. The country aims to have a clear idea by 2023 on whether it has gas reserves... miles south of Crete, an issue which has re-surfaced lately in the public debate as SYRIZA
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Election speculation gathers steam while surveillance claims mount
PoliticsGreek Politicsgreeted the announcement of new support measures has lent support to those in the party who argued... Mitsotakis to claim that he has stuck by his pledge to see out a whole term. Surveillance While... leadership. SYRIZA has placed particular emphasis on the revelations around General Floros because
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ND turns sights on public servants as train crash prompts drop in ratings
PoliticsGreek Politicspoll suggesting there has been a notable drop in support for New Democracy. After Prime Minister... the union stronghold. The fact that New Democracy has shifted its position several times over the last... showing that ND has take a ratings hit over the last few days. Ratings drop The second
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Tsipras tries to keep spotlight on ND, talks up election chances
PoliticsGreek Politicsplayed a major role in the rail crash, as other parties given that the left-wing party has governed.... Tsipras argued that New Democracy has to explain why the project was not completed in its four years... an amended contract submitted to Parliament in 2022. The opposition party has focused on the role
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Newsletter 374 - 17/03/2023
Democracy’s support has declined by 4.3 points since the company’s last survey. This fall is slightly... profited to any great extent from the dip in New Democracy’s popularity. There has, though, been... for Open TV this week suggested that the ruling centre-right party’s rating has dropped from 30.2 pct
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Athens and Ankara affirm new, calmer period in relations
PoliticsForeign Policy, whether in the air or at sea, or overflights. During all these months, not only has Turkey not violated Greek airspace or Greek territorial waters, but also there has not been any flying activity... leadership to show goodwill, which Greece has set as a pre-requisite for the beginning of talks
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Party leaders back on road with rival election pledges after Easter break
PoliticsGreek Politicsforces have been on an election footing for several weeks. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has laid... Tsipras has been presenting the key planks of his party’s programme, which fall into four key areas... of the more detailed proposals concern private debt and housing policy, where the main opposition has
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Leaders gear up for debate as ND maintains opinion poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe journalists and the panellists, or the party leaders themselves. SYRIZA has been pressing for PM... better than the PM, who has a tendency to appear stiff in some exchanges. However, ND has... about SYRIZA returning to power and leading a coalition that would include a PASOK that has yet to find
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ND doubles down on tax as leaders target weak spots on electoral map
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen arguing that the reliance on indirect taxation has been punishing low earners, while the outgoing government has been fighting the opposite corner. On Monday, which was a public holiday for many... of taxes. PASOK has been trying to craft an argument in favour of rebalancing the tax system, in which two
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