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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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Retail sales rise by 2.2 pct in December, average growth of 1.7 pct in 2017
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s retail sales rose by 2.2 percent year-on-year in December after November’s upwardly.... December’s growth of 2.2 percent compared to December 2016 indicates a slight underperformance..., with an average preliminary rise in retail turnover of 1.7 percent, that estimate appears to have been
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EC makes minor adjustment to growth forecast, at 2.2 pct for 2024
EconomyMacroeconomyfor Greece, which remained broadly unchanged with growth seen at 2.2 pct in 2024 and 2.3 pct next year... is significantly more modest in its investment growth estimate, seen at 6.7 pct this year, against... growth estimate, seen at 2.5 pct in 2024 and 2.6 pct next year. Even if the more moderate forecasts
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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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Lenders fret over reform delays as Brussels revises 2019 growth forecast upwards to 2.2 pct
EconomyProgrammeis estimated to reach 2.2 percent in 2019 and 2.3 percent in 2020, compared to an estimate of 2 percent... from the previous estimates in Autumn. The Commission sees 2018 growth settling at 2 percent
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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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Newsletter 135 - 13/10/2017
percent July estimate. On the fiscal front, the IMF estimates in its Fiscal Monitor - also published... of GDP this year and 2.2 percent in 2018, hitting the programme target of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2019... that although the IMF believes the primary surplus will reach 2.2 percent of GDP in 2018
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