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Greece, Turkey launch new round of talks as Libya sea deal casts shadow
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Dendias is due in Brussels on Monday to attend the General Affairs Council which will focus, among other things, on the ongoing developments in Libya. According to media... in Libya on November 29, 2019. The inclusion of the memorandum’s sea zone maps in the UN's database
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Tear gas instead of vaccines
AgoraStevanovic, and musician and rapper Zlatan Čordić Zlatko, who spoke at the protest, were arrested... who take to the streets en masse every Wednesday, constituting one of the most massive demonstrations... these protests. Over the weekend, you could see up to fifty people at the Republic Square singing
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy. For 2018, revenues stood at 2.64 billion, below the target by 1.22 billion euros. Of the total... of the total PIB expenditure, 3.60 billion came from co-funded sources while 2.64 billion stemmed from... billion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under
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General gov't cash surplus sees large contraction in Jan-Feb, arrears edge up
EconomyMacroeconomyof total arrears. These two gg entities also recorded the highest rise in arrears year to date at 300... budget arrears increased by a modest 9 million MoM to 144 million (3.7 percent of total), while local governments’ arrears remained almost stable at 239 million (6.2 percent of total). In contrast
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets
EconomyMacroeconomy. The outcome of tax audits on high wealth individuals showed collected taxes at 40.5 percent of total... temporary audits correspond to 73.9 percent of total. The full target is set at 65 percent, implying... increase in the cumulative debt reflects payments against ‘old’ debt, which amounted to 852 million so
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Travel balance increases by wide margin in June from last year's tourism collapse
EconomyMacroeconomy. Visitor numbers from these countries were negligible in June 2020. In total, arrivals from the EU 27... year. In total, arrivals showed a drop of 20.4 percent in the first half of the year and came... to 790.7 million euros for the month, increasing by 852 percent year-on-year (YoY). Travel payments
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Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsto benefit a total of 135,000 people. The scheme is designed to address a growing social problem... euros of EU funding to renovate properties that are currently lying empty so they can be rented
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