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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora, as some of the people in the audience today will know very well. Greece saw joining the euro as part... meant structural factors were overlooked. A period of belt-tightening before euro entry saw Greece’s... architecture. For Greece, giving up control over its monetary policy meant it could no longer rely
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Newsletter 151 -16/02/2018
of Control and Pension Payments (ILIOS), which estimates pension payments on a monthly basis... as over five years old, saw their prices fall by 0.3 percent in Q4. Properties up to five years old saw also saw price falls at the same rate . Properties in Athens and Thessaloniki recorded price falls
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policycountries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including... for the first time a high-level meeting on Libya on November 12, in Paris. Greece had been excluded twice from
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ND stakes claim on social policy, highlighting referendum anniversary
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepresents an attempt to regain control of the agenda which has been dominated by the cost-of-living..., we remember what happened in 2015 and how close we came to total disaster. We paid a heavy price... controls has become another shorthand for the government’s “order versus chaos” message, and the timing
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New migration law passes amid questions over Chios tragedy
PoliticsGreek Politics” by exposing aid workers to severe penalties, including long prison sentences and heavy fines... long framed border control as a core pillar of its governing identity, and the Chios tragedy... it as a dual‑track strategy: tougher controls on irregular arrivals paired with a more streamlined system
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Newsletter 497 - 06/03/2026
control of the narrative. Complicating matters further, some government figures have taken... Tourism, the country’s “heavy industry”, is facing its own moment of fragility. After a record‑breaking... controls the world’s largest merchant fleet, and the Persian Gulf has become a war zone. The Joint
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Bank of Greece sees 0.5pct growth in 2014 but warns of political risks
EconomyMacroeconomywith the aim of reducing the heavy tax burden of recent years are of major importance, according... control over the National Organisation for Healthcare Provision (EOPYY) and social security funds
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