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Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politics. Nevertheless, the conservative chief said during his speech that a New Democracy government would rip up... as easily look to his left as his right. During Sunday’s lengthy Q&A session with journalists, the former... that Tsipras did not make any reference during his speech at DETH to plans to make the public sector more
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Another austerity fighter to bite the dust
Agoraat stabilizing the eurozone during and after the debt crisis of 2010 have sought redress in the courts, hoping... and depositors during the re-organisation. Those who saw part of their investment disappear have complained... surfaced in Greece too, mostly centred on losses incurred during the PSI, another instance of bailout
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Trade deficit grows by 15.1 pct in August and falls by 1.8 pct in 8-month period
EconomyMacroeconomyconsecutive months during which the deficit has grown. Imports continued to outpace exports in absolute... in exports. Imports during the period rose by 9 percent. The absolute figures for imports and exports during the period came to 36.51 billion and 21.96 billion, respectively. Imports from EU countries
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Kammenos deviation raises more questions about coalition's endurance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsComments by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos during an official trip to the USA have heaped new..., Independent Greeks (ANEL). During his visit to Washington, Kammenos suggested an alternative plan... consistent during our three-year cooperation,” said the senior SYRIZA official. The latest difference
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Kotzias territorial waters comment not expected to spark change of approach in Athens
PoliticsForeign Policydiscussed in detail during Tuesday’s meeting at the Foreign Ministry, which was for the first time... on drillings in the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkish officials issued warnings about this issue during... Mediterranean without the involvement of Turkey and Turkish Cypriots. Keeping distance During Tuesday’s
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Trade deficit jumps by 39.1 pct in September and rises by 1.4 pct in 9-month period
EconomyMacroeconomyfour consecutive months during which the deficit has grown. Imports continued to outpace exports.... Imports during the period rose by 10.1 percent. The absolute figures for imports and exports during
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Tsipras visit to Moscow confirms thaw in relations with Russia after diplomatic spat
PoliticsForeign Policyand Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference that followed their meeting at the Kremlin....” “One rainy day during the summer season doesn’t mean it's not summer, just because the weather is bad at that specific moment,” stressed Tsipras during the press conference in an effort to show
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Chasing investment, the Greek dream
Agoracollapse during the crisis was investments. At its peak in the third quarter of 2007, gross fixed capital... to the quickly depreciating drachma during the decades of high inflation. The euro adoption did not just... billion euros during 2013 before the final decline that led to spending settling at under 300 million
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Newsletter 189 -11/01/2018
) guarantees, which make up 17 percent of the total guarantees, fell by 856 million during the month... million euros will need to be added to the bank’s supervisory funds during 2019 to meet the minimum SSM.... This was driven mainly by a 17.6 percent rise in exports. Imports during the period rose by 10.7
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Tsipras wins confidence vote, has to repeat trick in ballot on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsduring which Tsipras was accused by the opposition of having lost political legitimacy and staging.... With this in mind, Tsipras addressed To Potami and centre-left Movement for Change during his speech... “present” during the ballot on the diplomatic settlement. This would suit them in the sense
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