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FM rallies opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as Athens prepares for EastMed signing
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom Ankara’s side, especially following the signing of two memoranda with Libya. In this context... announcement said that talks centred on the situation in Libya and prospects of ending the civil
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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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Storm fallout sweeps PM to crucial juncture early in second term
PoliticsGreek Politicsstrain on public finances, with some estimates putting the total figure as high as 4 billion euros... in Thessaly as only four of the 12 Super Pumas that Greece possesses are in a condition to fly
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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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Newsletter 205 -10/05/2019
to pay their dues in up to 120 instalments after being granted a reduction of the original amount... of their monthly retirement pay. For those earning 501 to 600 euros, the amount paid out will be 70 percent... that the bonus would be paid out to around 2.5 million pensioners in total (around 600,000 of these earn
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Stournaras in firing line for arguing Greeks can pay more taxes
PoliticsGreek Politicsand indirect taxes should increase, in fact what he meant was that Greeks as a whole do not pay enough tax. He... had already been done. His original comment was interpreted as a suggestion that Greeks should pay... Antonis Samaras described 2013 as the worst year on record in terms of the taxes Greeks had to pay
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If you think it's bleak for Greece now, wait until tomorrow
Agoratrack record over the last 40 years is not a source for great optimism. Greece’s total factor productivity growth since 1970 has been averaging 0.7 percent, by far the lowest in the euro area, which... that will endanger its clientelistic interests, total factor productivity in Greece is not seen
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Quo vadis Germany? Sunday's elections leave many questions in need of answers
Agora, a record number of postal ballots (over 48 percent of the total) was cast in the weeks ahead of Sunday’s vote. A total of 24 parties were on the ballot. Eight of them will be represented in the new... at the state level in Rheinland-Palatinate and previously governed in the state of Brandenburg
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe spat with Turkey over its signing of an agreement with Libya regarding the delimitation... is in control of all of Libya, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly told Turkish President..., as well as the articles of the Lausanne Peace Treaty which sentenced Greece to pay compensation
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Greek primary budget surplus eases to 1.95 bln on back of lower revenues in Aug
Economyto 300 euros were obliged to pay this amount by the end of July and not in instalments, which... if all taxpayers pay their income tax as budgeted, the respective revenues target for 2014... revenue targets included revenues of 884 million euros from the first two instalments of the new
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