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What the ECB did next - a tale from another crisis
Agoraas the interest charged by the ECB is much lower than any available commercial rate. The ECB blocked this route however and pressured Greece, Ireland, and Portugal each to seek bilateral rescue loans... than use their banks and ECB credits to finance their deficits. The ECB took the position
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Preparing for a new normal in German politics
Agorathan not to their chagrin and at times with high political costs (see, for example, the experiences... on the policy issues that matter was in the common interest. Nowhere is this better illustrated than...? At the political level the substance of bilateral relations is strong, as evidenced by two recent
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A European intelligence school led by Greece and Cyprus?
Agora), not to mention all existing bilateral agreements between European countries to share intelligence... than “sharing of "operational" information - intelligence on specific threats by specific actors... more important than institutions for intelligence sharing.” Beyond these doubts about the project
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In Skopje, Tsipras focuses on name deal positives as trademark issue looms
PoliticsForeign Policywill be to highlight the positives rather than to become defensive about his decision. Zaev seems to have... Greek names and symbols. The next steps for the enhancement of the bilateral cooperation... of Cooperation whose works were inaugurated on Tuesday with the participation of more than 10 ministers from
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From a tsunami of debt to some sense of normality
Agora. This was due to the fact that the Greek state had built up a sizeable cash buffer of more than 25... to repay any programme loans before 2020, when circa 700 million of bilateral loans from the first... during the first programme, between 2010 and 2013 Greece would have needed more than 50 billion euros
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Mitsotakis buoyed by poll ratings, boost to growth narrative
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTrade Secretary Wilbur Ross has been emphasising the potential for more bilateral economic ties during... reforms and privatisations, would very probably imply lower, rather than higher public debt,” he... boosting growth and improving debt sustainability. In such a benign scenario, higher growth rates than
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Newsletter 230 -29/11/2019
. The bill was tabled late on Tuesday after more than a dozen changes were made to the draft.... The amount due to the IMF stood in excess of 2 billion euros and was significantly higher than the 1.37 billion euros of GGBs that mature and the 706 million of bilateral loans from the first
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Newsletter 251 -22/05/2020
in tax revenues than many experts fear, it would also lead to the government having to spend less... than 9 in 10 respondents were in favour of strict health checks on travellers, a measure...-bills (-1.6 million) and special purpose and bilateral loans (-9.9 million) FSM loans continue to make
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Competing claims and narratives in Eastern Mediterranean
Agoralanguage’ rather than the dialect of the island. According to Iakovos Polylas - Solomos’ first...). The official position of Greece is that if no common ground can be found in bilateral... than two decades as a judge in international courts, Rozakis expressed doubts over whether the EEZ
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Vaccination rate starts to rise as further lockdown relaxation examined
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis indicated that the next step would be to open secondary schools, rather than other sectors... will be administered on 12 islands with more than 3,500 inhabitants. As of Thursday, a total of 121,109..., Greece is reportedly preparing to discuss the issue, and possibly reach bilateral agreements
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