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Migration opens new front for government after Libya snub
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the border of Libya where it had arrived for talks on managing Mediterranean boat crossings. Plevris was part... managing migration flows to Europe from the breakaway region of eastern Libya. Scheduled talks... Libya stem the flows to ease pressure on the island of Crete, which has seen a steep increase
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Piraeus enters agreement for sale of 2.2 bln loan portfolio
EconomyBankingcard debt to the value of 2.2 billion euros, or 385 million in on-balance sheet gross book value... billion, landing exactly on target for the quarter and representing a reduction of 1.8 percent or 1.1 billion compared to December 2017. The total volume of NPLs was reduced by 1.1 billion QoQ. During
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EC spring forecast sees growth of 2.2 pct in 2019, 2020 but warns of hampered public investments
EconomyMacroeconomythat it is now expecting the country to grow by 2.2 percent this year compared to an estimation of 2... consumption stayed on course and rose by 1.1 percent last year. The rate is seen as rising by 1.3 percent... is external risks. While growth is anticipated to reach 2.2 percent this year and in 2020, a negative
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Industrial production up by 1.1 pct in Dec and 1 pct overall in 2018
EconomyMacroeconomyof 2.2 percent in the water supply index, 1.4 percent in the electricity production index and 1.1...Greece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew year-on-year (YoY) by 1.1 percent in December from... with a fall of 13.8 percent. The seasonally adjusted IPI fell by 1.1 percent and came to 97.42 from
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Athens formulates response to Turkey-Libya maritime deal it deems null and void
PoliticsForeign PolicyTurkey and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord in Libya, which has rocked relations... to the agreement Turkey made with the Libyans. Ambassador expelled Athens has decided to expel Libya’s... Libya and Turkey. Mohamed Younis AB Menfi had 72 hours to leave the country, Greek Foreign Minister
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Athens prepares for Blinken visit, hopeful of Libya shifting position
PoliticsForeign Policythat will be formed following elections in Libya. This was set out in a Note Verbale that the Greek Foreign Ministry lodged to the Embassy of Libya in Athens last week, with which it refuted..., according to a report by the Libya Review, which was confirmed by Greek sources, the Tripoli Administrative
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Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya
PoliticsForeign Policywith Libya The Greek Foreign Minister is to travel to North Africa again at the end of the month visiting both Tripoli and Benghazi, according to Kathimerini. Gerapetritis is to meet with both Libya’s...’s active presence in Libya. For the same reasons, they were also opposing the 2019 Turkish-Libyan
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Deteriorating ties with Libya become pressing challenge for Greek diplomacy
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe two note verbale recently submitted to the United Nations by Libya underlined that relations... the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime agreement, which Greece and the EU have repeatedly declared null and void... to the diplomatic notes from Libya’s Tripoli-based government, the Greek government believes the move
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GDP up by 1.1 pct QoQ, needs 2.8 pct growth in H2 to reach annual forecast
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) GDP accelerated its gains in Q2, rising by 1.1 percent quarter... and services were up by 2.2 percent. Compared to Q2 2023, all components recovered. Final consumption... that was published in June, Bank of Greece (BoG) sees 2024 growth at 2.2 percent, a slight revision
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Greek gg primary cash surplus at 2.2 bln in 2014, arrears down to 3.75 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek general government (gg) primary cash balance showed a surplus of 2.18 billion euros in 2014 from deficit of 884 million in 2013, according to the gg bulletin published by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Friday. However, the end-year figure of 2.18 billion euros was 1.5 billion lower than
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