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Newsletter 330 - 04/03/2022
Kiev because, like Ukraine, ut has a larger and more powerful neighbour, Turkey, that poses... that will be caused by the conflict in Ukraine. The Energy and Environment Ministry has already announced... has now shifted to chemicals, metals and machinery. The trade balance with Russia is naturally
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Mitsotakis prepares to meet Erdogan as Greek ties with Russia collapse
PoliticsForeign Policy, and Brussels - but usually on the sidelines of NATO or UN Summit. This time, Erdogan has personally... on Tuesday by the Greek government spokesman. “Kyriakos Mitsotakis has always been open to a meeting... in his recent interview with Alpha TV. Speaking before the latest plenary session in Parliament, he has
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KINAL leader gains confidence as ND ratings wane
PoliticsGreek Politics, the Cretan MEP has frequently drawn a link with the past glories of the party and its founder... that he was becoming unpopular. Androulakis has been prodded both by New Democracy and SYRIZA... partner in a coalition. Achaia has particular significance as the heartland of the Papandreou
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Authorities ready energy "plan B" for potential supply disruptions as cost of living prompts strike
PoliticsGreek Politicsmetres by the end of the year. In addition, DESFA has entered negotiation with its Italian... with the energy minister and the head of PPC which owns the units. So far, the disruption has only been... in March, to hit 334 euros/MWh. There has been no public discussion of potential energy rationing
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Covid restrictions to be relaxed but public fixated on cost-of-living crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggests the pandemic has slipped down the list of voters’ priorities and that, ahead of elections... point. However, the pandemic has been downgraded in the public consciousness even though close to 350... on Wednesday, taking the total since the pandemic began to 28,344. Instead, voters’ attention has
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Newsletter 335 - 15/04/2022
Commission, which oversees the debt sustainability analysis (DSA), has in each review reiterated... in August last year. The rise in borrowing costs has put on hold the execution of Greece’s debt strategy... of living is by far the biggest issue on voters’ minds. New Democracy has put together a bill that aims
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Effort to keep Greek-Turkish ties on even keel put under stress
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come under strain over... in discussions with Greece, it has not abandoned its claims in the Aegean. However, Ankara does not believe... these kind of weapons because it has concerns about weakening its own defences. But the Greek side
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Economic sentiment drops sharply in Apr, consumer confidence hits lowest since 2017
EconomyMacroeconomysentiment has been on the mend for a while, having recovered all the deterioration suffered during..., but sentiment has been sliding since then. Over the rolling 12-month period, the ESI is now even lower than... by 1.7 points month-on-month. The recovery in Greece’s consumer confidence has halted. The index
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Govt counts cost of own energy package as hopes of coordinated EU response fade
PoliticsGreek Politicsa tough few months ahead for Greece, which has not yet articulated a clear path to reducing its dependence... that the energy crisis is a European problem that needs solutions at the EU level, but it has realised... polling figures. Main opposition SYRIZA has put its weight behind a class action lawsuit against retail
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Changes to energy subsidies aimed at winning over middle class
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the European Union has failed to react decisively enough, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined... to disassociate his government from the cost-of-living crisis. He explained that the war in Ukraine has been... that the EU has failed to rise to the circumstances, unlike during the pandemic when it created
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