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Blame game follows collapse of Cyprus reunification talks
PoliticsForeign Policy. Ankara is also blaming Athens and Nicosia for their “intransigent stance”, “unwillingness to discuss.... Ankara “sought to deceive the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres” who tabled... Cavusoglu last Friday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also clarified that Ankara will continue its efforts
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Newsletter 151 -16/02/2018
sovereignty has been questioned for many years by Ankara and which Greece and Turkey almost went to war... with his counterpart in Ankara, Binali Yildirim, on Tuesday evening in an effort to to dial down... and the hydrocarbon exploration going on off Cyprus, where ENI says it has discovered gas, look to have put Ankara
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Capture of soldiers adds to complexity of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policyby the two soldiers to be released. According to Turkish media, the two Greek servicemen may.... Privately, the Greek government may publicly deny any real concern but privately it appears to be reeling and trying to find ways to keep open the channels of communication with Ankara. Similar cases
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Mood sours as Greece and Turkey head for new round of exploratory talks
PoliticsForeign Policybelieve that Ankara might not want continuation of the dialogue and by using incendiary rhetoric may... in Ankara, with the possibility that they could eventually lead to international arbitration if enough.... Ankara called the agreement “a provocative, illegal and aggressive stance by Greece.” Several Turkish
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Energy tops agenda as FM heads to Israel
PoliticsForeign Policyregarding Greek-Turkish relations, especially in view of Israel’s rapprochement with Ankara. Athens... is expected May 14 and analysts believe the result may be a close call for Erdogan. This is why Greece... to Greek-Turkish relations. It also explains why Ankara has raised again the issue of the Muslim minority
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Athens ponders Syria shake-up with particular focus on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policynot necessarily believe that Ankara is the biggest winner in the aftermath of Assad’s fall. However... that it is too soon to understand how the political transition in the country may evolve. The second issue... Leyen is to visit Ankara on Tuesday to hold talks with Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The EU does not have
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 1)
Agoraand for the EU27 as well as the Euro Area as a whole. We may mention in particular three helpful and detailed... on Daniel Kahneman’s important book “Thinking, Fast, and Slow” to suggest that the EC may suffer... 2100 (see Table 1, below). We may also point out that the “high” growth scenario in the Book, compared
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General gov't primary cash surplus for Jan-May reaches 1.22 bln as arrears drop
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros, meaning that the gg deficit has widened by around 1 billion in May, mainly reflecting state budget and social security funds’ deficits of around 800 and 200 million respectively in May... billion euros at the end of May from 5.23 billion at the end of April, implying a modest drop of 1.8
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Unemployment at 27.2 pct in May, hardly changed from previous months
EconomyMacroeconomyThe seasonally adjusted jobless rate slightly fell to 27.2 percent in May after remaining unchanged...). The evolution of the May headline figure reflects a 0.6 percent month on month (MoM) rise... in May, decelerating from the 0.8 percent drop recorded in April. The May YoY rate is the second lowest
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Budget primary surplus at 1.51 bln end-May, revenues fall short by 978 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyof 978 million. In particular for May, primary deficit stood at 597 million compared to a target of 246...) fell significantly by 23.6 percent in May to 2.92 billion, its lowest reading so far this year... target 1.05 billion in May. According to MoF, almost two thirds of the underperformance in May
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