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Greek concerns about name deal grow after North Macedonia's EU bid is blocked
PoliticsForeign Policyregarding the erga omnes (international and domestic) use of North Macedonia’s name. Venizelos underlined that this provision could be undermined if the neighboring country’s accession bid.... In public, the Greek government stresses that it is expecting full implementation of the agreement’s
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ND and SYRIZA square up as Novartis inquiry gets underway
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament’s preliminary inquiry into the Novartis affair and the alleged manipulation of the case by former alternate justice minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos to damage SYRIZA’s political rivals was due to begin on Tuesday. The issue has provided the greatest flashpoint during New Democracy’s
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Asylum bill passes as SYRIZA turns up heat on Mitsotakis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s attempt to overhaul Greece’s asylum system with the main aim of speeding up... approach, far from the prime minister’s claims of leading a centre-right administration. Tsipras cited... the number of sea patrols in the Aegean. The opposition leader suggested that Petsas’s comment
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Piraeus sets ambitious NPL targets with Intrum deal as banks prepare securitisations
EconomyBankingservicer is licensed and regulated by the Bank of Greece. The deal allows the servicing of Piraeus Bank’s...-performing credit will stay on the Bank’s balance sheet. The managing entity, Intrum Hellas, has already begun operation. Compared to the Bank’s 27 billion euros NPE pile, a total of 18 licensed credit
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Greek govt gears for final Eurogroup of 2019, hoping for better terms
EconomyProgrammethat it will manage to secure from the country’s official creditors higher investment spending through the allocation... ministers on December 4. On Wednesday, the IMF’s Executive Committee debated the Fund’s Article IV... this is in line with the government’s main political claim, it is well known that the IMF’s argument
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Turkey's move in Mediterranean puts Mitsotakis under pressure domestically
PoliticsGreek PoliticsForeign policy concerns have moved to the top of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s agenda as he... it known that he will raise with Greece’s NATO partners the issue of Turkey reaching an agreement... “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal authority to sign such agreements
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Mitsotakis pledges more tax cuts in 2020 amid police violence claims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWednesday night’s vote on the 2020 budget, which saw the economic plan approved by just the 158 New..., following a 22 percent reduction this year. While this is in keeping with New Democracy’s pledge... money in taxpayers’ pockets. This is also consistent with the centre-right party’s message that lower
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Newsletter 233 - 20/12/2019
received the approval of New Democracy’s 158 MPs, the government believes its mix of tax cuts and some added benefits is the right one for the economy. Ahead of Wednesday night’s vote, the Greek... this is in keeping with New Democracy’s pledge to bring down the property tax, it should be noted
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Where is the EastMed pipeline heading?
Agora, the project could help diversify the EU’s energy sources and has so far received backing from..., the glut of gas on the international market and the EU’s bid to move away from hydrocarbons are other... to draw Greece, Cyprus and Israel closer together, while also grabbing Washington’s attention at a time
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New minister sets out plan for addressing migration challenges
PoliticsGreek Politicsto grips with the influx of asylum seekers. In an interview with Sunday’s Kathimerini, the new... of the government’s approach. New Democracy is desperate to find a blend of policies that will appease the Greek... with the government’s performance in this area and this has translated into political pressure. Prime
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