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Government comes out swinging as tense week, building up to Tempe protests, begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor this week, as far as the government is concerned, by producing a typically combative TV performance... TV. “It is, in essence, a protest against Mitsotakis.” He added that the Tempe victims... as the government tries to hit back against its opponents via the media. Another is Interior Minister
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Greek CPI down by 0.3 pct in August as rate of decline slows for third month in a row
EconomyMacroeconomyThe decline in the Greek Consumer Price Index (CPI) slowed down for the third successive month... significant MoM changes were posted in clothing and footwear (down 15.5 percent) and household equipment (down 2.6 percent). The harmonised CPI showed a similar trend, easing by 0.2 percent year
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Sept economic sentiment drops to early 2021 levels, consumer confidence down by 6.7 pts
EconomyMacroeconomy. The euro area’s ESI was 92.5 points, down by 1.1 points from September. The recovery in Greece’s consumer... on a declining trend since. October confidence at -57.9 points, down by 6.7 points from September, is one... 12-month level is down by circa 20 points from the -38.5 of November last year. The Employment
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Producer prices drop for 11 months straight, down 6.6 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomydropped 7.9 percent annually, led by electricity and gas supply down by 15.7 percent, electrical equipment was down by 10.4 percent and refined oil products dropped by 9.5 percent. Goods sold to the foreign market were down also by 4.1 percent YoY, led by electricity and gas supply down by 14.3
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Energy pushes producer prices down by 2.4 pct YoY in Aug
EconomyMacroeconomy, led by oil products down by 16.7 percent YoY, coal and lignite mining dropped by 15.3 percent and paper products down by 2.1 percent. Goods sold to the foreign market were down by 7.1 percent YoY, led by oil products down by 19.4 percent YoY, plastics down by 5.6 percent and machinery and equipment
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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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Under-fire PM pledges civil defence improvements following summer of destruction
PoliticsGreek Politicsprotection capabilities. Among other things, the PM promised to hire more firefighters and forest rangers
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