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Turkey's actions in Cypriot EEZ put Athens, Nicosia on alert
PoliticsForeign Policyof Cyprus. It seems to have chosen deliberately this area as its main aim is to drill for natural... of the sea area where Fatih is expected to drill until September has been chosen carefully as Athens... strategy based on natural gas finds in the area. There is a risk that the latest move by Ankara
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Athens steps up efforts to build links with Libya as EU steps in to assist
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom both the Benghazi and Tripoli governments after European Commission President Ursula von der..., Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis met with General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi for approximately one... as a message from Benghazi aimed at showing the magnitude of the problem facing the authorities
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeatureshiring spree as charged by the opposition? Or, to put it in less adversarial terms, what is driving.... The actual number of hires by the end of the year was 7,063, which would put it marginally below the cap.... “The government is proceeding with thousands of irregular appointments and grantings of tenure, while
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Travel receipts drop 6.7 pct in Feb, balance turns to deficit of 3.8 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyby to 433,200. In contrast, the average expenditure per trip increased by 9.7 percent to 305 euros. There was a notable drop of 30.7 percent in arrivals from non-euro area countries within the EU28...). Double-digit drops of 20.6 and 24.6 percent were posted in the 2-month receipts from non-euro area
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Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya
PoliticsForeign Policyvisiting both Tripoli and Benghazi, according to Kathimerini. Gerapetritis is to meet with both Libya’s...) of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. Until very recently, Benghazi’s rulers were firmly against Turkey... in Tobruk and now, in Benghazi. But now it seems that Haftar appears willing to discuss
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Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015
Sliding from No to Yes Govt proposals resemble those put forward by Commission The Greek Parliament... an explanatory memorandum in Greek (compared to the English text sent to Brussels) that put the amount... in the same period last year. This translates into a net drop in retail sales by 305 million over
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Bond difficulties put a dent in coalition's exit plans
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the third bailout in August has put another dent in the government’s hopes of making as clean a break... official told Reuters that the bond issue plans have been put on hold due to the market turbulence... sensing that the debt relief package which Greece’s lenders are due to put forward is likely to fall
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Athens assessing lay of land as Cyprus talks approach and UK seeks new role
PoliticsForeign Policymay also offer to put on hold its plans for Varosha as a concession. Additionally, it is expected that Turkey will put the issue of sharing revenues in the Eastern Mediterranean on the negotiation... talks as a guarantor power on the island. It is seeking to put an emphasis on issues related to defence
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Deposit flow in positive territory at 638 mln in May
EconomyMacroeconomyof private sector deposit inflows, the positive flow reflects non-euro area residents’ inflows of 145 million, mitigated by general government outflows of 305 million. Following the positive deposit flow
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The demand for Greek debt relief: Is the cart being put before the horse?
Agoraare the institutional prerequisites for various parliaments in the euro area to accept the release
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