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Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020
at 7.01 bln September figure confirmed as missing target by 9.58 billion euros The budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared to a surplus
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Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government appears to have set 165 as its target for the number of MPs’ votes it hopes to garner in the first presidential ballot on Wednesday. The number has appeared in several reports citing government sources and appears a logical goal in the wa...
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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgrammeThe Eurogroup Working Group held on Monday failed to narrow the differences on the fiscal gap foreseen by the Greek authorities, the European institutions and the IMF. Thus, the date of the mission chiefs’ return to Athens still remains unidentified and...
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Athens ponders Syria shake-up with particular focus on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policychief Kaja Kallas participated on Saturday at a meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers in Jordan. “We want
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Athens concerned but silent as Trump administration criticises Europe, lines up Ukraine talks
PoliticsForeign PolicyAffairs Kaja Kallas. The meeting took stock of the latest contacts with US and Ukraine officials
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Greece gets close-up view of rapidly changing US foreign policy position
PoliticsForeign Policytalks with the EU’s High Representative Kaja Kallas, provoking further frustration to Brussels
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Greece aligns with EU on Israel-Iran conflict, keeps close watch on Turkey as Ankara submits maritime plans
PoliticsForeign Policythis Tuesday in an extraordinary meeting of his EU counterparts called by EU top diplomat Kaja
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Athens seeks talks with Erdogan as Turkey steps up diplomatic activity in region
PoliticsForeign Policyobjections to the 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum. The EU’s chief diplomat Kaja Kallas said the memorandum
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Rising clinical depression hints at hidden side of Greek crisis
SocietyThe proportion of Greeks suffering from major depression has increased substantially since 2011 and is several times higher than pre-crisis levels, according to a new study by the University of Athens. The institution’s Mental Health Research Institute ...
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Tsipras hints at post-election scenario of grand coalition, without him as PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn his first televised interview of this election campaign, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has claimed he will not continue as premier if SYRIZA is forced into an alliance with New Democracy, To Potami and/or PASOK. Tsipras told Alpha TV on Wednesday nig...
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