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Somewhere in the middle: Kosovo's delicate relations with the European Union
Agorato implement a consistent and cohesive policy towards Kosovo, which has been demonstrated in the case... by the EU. On the other hand, the EU has been pursuing a rather limited approach towards Kosovo because... in 2008 created a novel situation for the EU, which has been compelled to discover an innovative
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From pipe dreams to power cables: the changing map of Greece's energy ambitions
Agoraas well as binding long-term energy supply agreements. The EU has been promoting formal engagements... Economic Forum, January 18, 2024. Greece’s aspiration to become a regional gas hub has been tempered... of the EU’s response to the Ukraine war. The country has now pivoted towards becoming a green energy
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Newsletter 82 - 15/07/2016
for the winning party. Potami has proposed it should be one extra seat for every two percent of the vote... electoral law. The premier’s less-than-confident statement highlights the difficulties the coalition has... the reform in order to give SYRIZA more power if it loses the next election. He argued that Greece has moved
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
AgoraFor some years now, and especially over the last 12 months, Greece has acted as Europe’s lifeguard...) and the political impact this is having throughout the EU has triggered paroxysms that narrow... controls in the Schengen area) to stem the flow of people to Europe, Greece has been the fall guy, taking
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Newsletter 87 - 09/09/2016
. In addition, Fitch notes that the government has sufficient buffers to last them into the second... of Greece (BoG) said on Thursday that the ECB has lowered the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) ceiling... eurozone bailout programme in mid-August 2015, the ECB has trimmed the ELA cap by 38.2 billion. NBG
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Predator ruling reopens scandal that government hoped had been buried
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOne of the scandals that has haunted Greece’s centre-right administration over the last few years... but has already reignited the political tussle over the affair and placed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis under closer scrutiny. A misdemeanour court has found Tal Dilian the founder of Intellexa
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Mitsotakis hoping for stability dividend, but Predator lurks in background
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter months of political turbulence, the Greek government believes the ground beneath its feet has... to escape the decline the party has experienced since the 2023 elections. However, there is hope inside the Prime Minister’s office that the geopolitical moment has created a “stability dividend
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
budget. SYRIZA has pledged to replace ENFIA with a tax on large properties, after a downward... SYRIZA had initially predicted the new tax would return 2 billion less in revenue and has refrained... unclear. That said, Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis has repeatedly ruled out the privatisation
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Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
Agora, an airplane filled with equipment arrived in Tirana two days later from Turkey. Although Rama’s criticism has not gone as far, he has repeatedly echoed the stance of his Serbian colleague. Curiously, both... surprised by Rama’s statement considering the unprecedented solidarity the bloc has shown to Albania
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Greek politics goes from stability to state of flux
AgoraDemocracy’s leader, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has become caught up in a public row over..., a serving MP, out of New Democracy in a move that rocked the party. All this has happened against... for the conservatives has fallen below 30 pct, which has prompted doubts about whether they can gain
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