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  1. Athens ponders US scepticism about EastMed gas pipeline
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    to its economic/commercial viability. It is a matter that has been under scrutiny from the moment... of this giant project has been the subject of some scepticism and was the reason put forward by Italy... reportedly underlined the special importance the EU has attached to the project. For Athens any

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  2. Blinken visit highlights Greece's growing role as key regional partner
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    . The Souda naval facility has a special significance for the US Navy located in Southeast Europe...,” Blinken noted. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the new geopolitical context has revived... plus the United States, also make it an important partner in encouraging dialogue and economic

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  3. PM charts course to third term with promises of more handouts
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for a third term in 2027. The prime minister stressed that the government has a full four-year programme... Konstantopoulou’s populist Course for Freedom party, which has surged to second position in the polls... protests earlier this year, New Democracy has been arguing that the opposition consists of protest parties

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  4. PM and ministers go on the road as constitutional revision vote fails to yield consensus
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and public health projects intended to reassure residents of remote islands that the state has... this Tuesday a comprehensive plan for a radical restructuring of local government. The proposal has...’s emergence has triggered immediate friction on the left. The party’s stance on private

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  5. Newsletter 106 - 10/02/2017

    Newsletters

    Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has returned to his pet subject of Grexit, arguing that Greece would need to leave the eurozone if it wants a debt haircut, which is a form of relief that has not been requested by Athens, the IMF or anyone else. Amid this confusion, Athens has tried to give away

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  6. Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016

    Newsletters

    and increase the government’s capacity to get work done. The new cabinet has around three weeks... the mission chiefs have returned to Athens next week and the dust has settled on Obama’s visit... to a decline in clothing and footwear (-2.2 percent), miscellaneous goods and services (-1.6 percent), food

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  7. Newsletter 485 - 21/11/2025

    Newsletters

    . In the span of a few days, Athens has unveiled ambitious plans to redevelop the port of Elefsina... agreement that runs until 2052. Acquired during Greece’s debt crisis, the port has since become a flagship... logistics, and defence infrastructure. Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos has promised

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  8. Are politicians in Greece promoting reforms or social cannibalism?
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    Agora

    disposable. Forget about the fact that since 2009 the number of civil servants has been falling... discovered to have cheated the system. Make no mistake, it is a big plus for Greece that liars... is to draw attention from the wider failings of those who held power. There has been no attempt

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  9. Should Greece really ask for a debt haircut?

    Agora

    is that it has reached terrifying proportions. In the third quarter of 2013 it reached 171.8 percent of GDP... the equivalent of 42.1 percent of its GDP to cover its primary expenditure plus debt servicing costs? All... that even the second master is not satisfied, leading to a further destabilisation of a government that has

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  10. Finance Ministry challenges SYRIZA's plans for economy, ups cost
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    Economy

    , this would result in a debt burden of 10 billion euros. A prominent SYRIZA MP Giorgos Stathakis has... NPL portfolio. However, the Bank of Greece has not provided specific figures for SME NPLs, which... settlement plus 17.2 billion from the other measures), while the debt burden stands at 10 to 20

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