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Newsletter 140 -17/11/2017
SYRIZA is on 19 percent. The previous survey conducted by Pulse, in May, put the conservatives on 30... for the first time in five months. The corresponding surface area fell by 3.9 percent, while volume increased... to August 2017, permits issued rose by 9.7 percent. The relevant surface area connected to the permits
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Greece's open floodgates
Agora. The area is at greater risk because it is built next to Mount Pateras, which has a steep slope... the past few decades to rectify the situation or at least put adequate defences in place. The answer... the area should have been a consistent part of the capital’s infrastructure works for the last few
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Travel balance for nine-month period shows surplus of 11.57 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyto 5.58 billion. Those from non-euro area visitors increased by 2.4 percent to 3.25 billion. Receipts... this, euro-area visitors were up by 9.8 percent to 8.2 million. Visitors from the EU28 but not euro... in 2017. The nine-month figures from BoG put the year on course to reach and exceed this target. SETE's
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Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
Agoraclose to an inhabited area at the same time as other major blazes around Athens, many illegally built... but it will also have to look at what occurred in the area over previous decades. It was encouraging... by firefighters, trying to put out blazes by air or on the ground, and doctors and nurses who stayed on duty
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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeaturesa visa to other Schengen area countries, but it does not entitle them to work in Greece or any other... for funds spirited out of the country. Tighter controls on capital leaving China since 2017 have put... in the area, buying properties in bulk and “packaging” them for resale to “golden visa” applicants
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Privatisation revenues edge upward as end-of-year deadline looms
EconomyFeaturesby the area’s residents and other interested parties. The park will feature a sports area and swimming... of the persisting impression among Greeks that the country has put on a fire sale of its best assets in order
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Athens and Washington agree plan for closer ties as Skopje paves way for name deal
PoliticsForeign Policythe trilaterals in the East Med are against any third country in the area. During a press briefing... of cooperation as "a hostile act." "We do not put Greece into a second category,” the official added... in the area, the commonality of values, and US recognition of Greece’s stabilistion efforts
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Short-term rentals raise rents by average of 8.3 pct, study indicates
EconomyFeaturesimpacted daily life in urban zones, including creating friction with long-term residents of an area... to the area and a limit on the days which such properties can be leased. Noting that the existence of short... society bodies on the basis of this study and put forward concrete and workable proposals based
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After local elections in Turkey, Athens hopes recent tension with Ankara will ease
PoliticsForeign Policyanyone say anything to this effect. "How can one exclude Turkey from an area in which it has... that "of course that doesn’t mean there is a monopoly over the whole Eastern Mediterranean area." Ankara... is that the international aspect of the Cyprus issue was again put on the table. His Turkish counterpart believes
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The oil and gas debate Greece is not having
Agorahave progressively granted an area of 78,000 sq km for onshore and offshore exploration and exploitation, with lease contracts encompassing both stages. The process of leasing this vast area, 2.5 times... activity that will inevitably undermine Greece’s natural capital. It will also put economic
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