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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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IMF raises growth forecast for 2019, lowers sharply medium-term expectations
EconomyMacroeconomyin the last quarter of this year, expecting the Greek economy to grow by 2.2 percent, from 2.7 percent... growth is seen accelerating further in the last quarter of next year, with the estimate revised... by 1.8 percent, up from the April forecast of 1.7 percent. The current account deficit estimate
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Updated IMF DSA sees Greek debt as sustainable in medium-term, risks over long-term
EconomyMacroeconomypct in 2022. After that, they return to the IMF’s long-term real GDP growth estimate of 1 pct... that in the European Commission’s DSA, the primary surplus path is assumed at 2.2 pct of GDP from 2023 all the way... the 8 pct on average in the previous estimate. Stressing the baseline assumptions, a lower primary
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
Societyto mainland Greece, of grandstanding over border protection and of violating international law and human... to deteriorate and leaving the borders open to human traffickers. The Ministry of Citizens’ Protection... of proper facilities, despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights against the practice
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Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019
reaching an agreement with Libya last week to delineate maritime borders in the Mediterranean. Athens has labelled the deal “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal... after a revised increase of 1.3 percent in Q2, provisional estimates from the Hellenic Statistical
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe spat with Turkey over its signing of an agreement with Libya regarding the delimitation... is in control of all of Libya, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly told Turkish President... with disabled children under the age of 24. The total outlay is estimated at 175 mln euros “The one-off
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ELSTAT revises nominal 2015 GDP contraction to 1.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyIn its second estimate of the annual national accounts for 2015, the Hellenic Statistical Authority... before) as well as in general government consumption by 2.2 percent (from 0.3 percent previously... billion euros, 2.38 billion above its previous estimate, while 2013 nominal GDP was slightly upped
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EU-Turkey refugee agreement: A life saver or a dud?
Agoraof Turkey adopting a stricter approach to the human trafficking gangs transporting migrants and refugees... of a cash boost to provide better conditions for more than 2.2 million refugees in Turkey may prove... and the need for Ankara to do more to stop human traffickers at the news conference following his meeting
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Newsletter 92 - 14/10/2016
recorded in housing (-4.1 percent), household appliances (-1.9 percent), clothing and footwear (+2.2... conditions and human suffering is visible. He plays slowly with worry beads over coffee, struggles... reason than fellow human beings being in desperate need of their assistance. Of course, the refugee
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Newsletter 349 - 02/09/2022
. A total of 142 opposition MPs voted for the centre-left party’s motion (one was absent). Only 120..., well above any previous estimates. Although a bumper year for tourism and the post-pandemic... would be the tax on windfall profits by electricity suppliers. The government had estimated
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