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Airport redevelopment gets green light, leaving one prior action as lenders return to Athens
EconomyProgrammeThe Council of State has approved the redevelopment of Athens’s former airport at Hellenikon... as the only remaining prior action that Athens has to complete before the third review can... that there has been an increase in the number of properties being registered online to go under the hammer
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Greece to sign augmented defence deal with US, buy more Rafale jets
PoliticsForeign Policy(TIF) on Saturday. “Excellent news. Greece has just announced its intention to buy six extra Rafales... this time, rather than the usual annual renewal, the Greek premier said this is correct. “I am glad because... Varna, Bulgaria has attracted American interest. The city could become an alternative route for NATO’s
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Athens goes along with EU over Libya, waits for Turkey's move at UN
PoliticsForeign Policyresponsible for migration, and training the Libyan coast guard and navy.” Following Monday’s meeting... 2020. Athens has tabled specific issues related to the already agreed CBMs, while Ankara has so far... that this move is more procedural and will not produce any real legal effects. In fac, the UN Division
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Primary surplus targets become part of main political agenda ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe issue of Greece’s primary surplus targets has come back into the country’s political debate after New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis renewed his vow to try to lower the fiscal goals if he... the 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target that is in place until 2022. “I don’t want to do
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Eurobank: From nationalisation to re-privatisation
Agoraby the respective bad banks and thus were not transferred to Eurobank. Nevertheless, Eurobank still has a liability to the state of 950 million for its own preference shares related to pillar I bonds. Unlike the other three systemic lenders, Eurobank’s management has recently indicated it will not pay
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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agorahas nearly a perfect mapping from fiscal policy to the balance of payments: the twin deficits which...: consumption (C), investment (I), exports (X), and imports (M). Thus, when demand is equal to supply: Y = C + I + X - M. X - M describes the exports to abroad of what Greece produces in goods
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China’s Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agoraon a report which the author has written for the EBRD in London. The full report is available... and Infrastructure Footprint China’s economic cooperation with Serbia has expanded significantly... since it has trade agreements with the EU, Turkey and Russia. It also enjoys a level of political
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Kotzias takes next step in effort to reach name deal, settle Balkan issues
PoliticsForeign Policyrebels and the country’s security forces. Kotzias has publicly stated that the Greek side... n a letter sent to both of them last Friday by Nimetz. The veteran mediator has written down... is part of the expected UN mediating process. Kotzias and Dimitrov have also been called to answer
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Mitsotakis responds to coalition's counter-measure challenge with own proposal
PoliticsGreek Politics. “I don’t want a country where an investor feels he has to own a football team or a media outlet... than the government, which said it will include the 2 percent of GDP in counter-measures it has...Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has attempted to respond to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s
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Government and citizens in Montenegro: Turning a deaf ear to warnings, measures and responsibility
Agoranumerous journalism trainings. She has a bachelor’s degree in communicology from the Faculty... many days have passed since revaccination, that he/she has a negative PCR test not older than 72... of protective equipment is an ongoing problem and that they are forced to buy masks
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