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Govt presents menu of energy proposals in Brussels as power subsidy cost balloons
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAthens continues to press for solutions to the energy crisis at an EU level as the cost of domestic subsidy programmes skyrockets, threatening to cut further into the budget. In August the government will be spending 1.136 bln euros to absorb rises in c...
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
miracle worker, or “Harvard-educated free-market reformer”, as the Wall Street Journal describes him.... The Wall Street Journal writes that Mitsotakis won “respect from Greece’s creditors for his efforts... by the government at the beginning of the week. Finding a formula to achieve pension cost savings
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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agorapotential miracle worker, or “Harvard-educated free-market reformer”, as the Wall Street Journal... bureaucracy and weak political will have to be overcome. The Wall Street Journal writes... position as he got closer to power and, after winning the June 2012 elections and heading a new three
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Equivocal Macedonia name referendum leaves Athens hanging on as views differ
PoliticsGreek Politicssettlement in the months to come or whether the process has hit a brick wall as a result of the turnout... Agreement may hit a brick wall. If Zaev somehow manages to make headway, the prospect of the pact... constitution, although that level is for binding votes. The defence minister suggested that he had been
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High unemployment, falling wages damaged sustainability of largest Greek pension fund
EconomyMacroeconomyfund has lost a cumulative amoung of 16.5 billion in the 2010-14 period. In addition, this is a result
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What's in an Irish border?
Agoratheir regulatory standards. This might sound as a rather banal problem. It is not. Let’s take
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Credit contraction decelerates to 0.9 pct in April, net additions climb to 659 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy. The positive flow in April is almost entirely attributed to corporate sector net additions of 763... positive for the third successive month, with net additions climbing to 763 million in April
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Tsipras faces lenders' wall in Brussels as political tension grows in Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA new round of marathon talks are due to take place in Brussels on Thursday after a failure to reach an agreement on Wednesday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held two sets of talks totalling about six hours with European Commission president Jean-Claude...
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Effort to unite PASOK and Potami seems to have hit a wall
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe project to unite PASOK and To Potami in order to create a dynamic third force in Greek politics with the potential to be a key governing partner or kingmaker appears to be in danger of collapsing. Only a few days after the leaders of the two parties...
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Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
AgoraFor two successive years, China has been Germany’s most important trading partner. In 2017, the trade volume between both countries reached 186,6 billion euro. Germany’s second most important trading partner was The Netherlands with 177 billion euro, fo...
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