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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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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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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... said. In his weekly Sunday post in social media he also stressed that “it is also a strong message... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya
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Budget surplus at 1.94 bln in 6-month, 1.51 bln above target on strong underspend
EconomyMacroeconomyby 1.51 billion, reflecting a strong underspend with primary expenditure coming in 1.16 billion lower... declining by 11.8 percent in May and landed at 3.24 billion. The aggregate figure for the six-month period showed primary expenditure declined by 4 percent to 19.33 billion, still entailing a strong
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Greek primary budget surplus eases to 1.95 bln on back of lower revenues in Aug
Economymillion following an outperformance of 552 million in July. The 8-month figure landed at 31.75... revenue targets included revenues of 884 million euros from the first two instalments of the new
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Eighteen core goods led exports during crisis, NBG study notes
EconomyFeaturescategory, which covered 27 percent of Greek exports and have a strong share in international markets. These include aluminium, marble, olive oil, olives and feta. The second category consists of what... their strong market position.
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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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Greek shares up for the third straight week on strong performance from banks
EconomyThe Greek stock market headed north for the third successive week posting gains of 3.9 percent mainly driven by banks (+18.6 percent), which continued recording strong gains for the third week... the 700-point mark for the first time since August 11 and landed at 712.49 on Friday. Despite
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Strong start for Greek stocks but they end week down 3.4 pct
EconomyDespite a strong rebound on Monday, the Greek equity market traded on negative ground in the following sessions, ending the week down 3.4 percent. The initial positive reaction in the aftermath... October 21 and landed at 677.43 on Friday. This week’s negative performance follows a drop by 1.6
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