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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt
EconomyOn top of the fiscal measures yielding 3 percent of GDP by 2018, one of the key prior actions for the conclusion of Greece’s first programme involves the establishment of a new privatisation fund. This was envisaged in the Eurozone Summit statement of l...
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyExclusive Economic Zone. In 2019, before signing its memorandum with Turkey, Libya reacted against...). This was calculated by moving its median line northwards. After the signing of the Turkey-Libya memorandum in 2019, new data was generated and Libya could argue that the entire area south of Crete
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Greece as an energy hub: Reality or wishful thinking?
EconomyFeaturesa January visit by European Commissioner for Energy and Climate, Miguel Arias Canete, to Athens
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SYRIZA's move to aid small parties puts spotlight on Kammenos leverage
PoliticsGreek Politicswill have intensified after reading a report compiled by the Public Opinion Monitoring Unit (POMU
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Retail sales suffer sharp YoY drop of 5.1 pct in Dec
EconomyMacroeconomypercent drop in foods and non-food down by 3,3 percent. According to the latest business indicators
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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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