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Demands for public space put New Democracy under pressure as local elections approach
PoliticsGreek Politicspressures and authorities would be less reluctant to act on infringements. There can be little doubt though... Minister Yiannis Economou returned urgently to Athens from an official visit to Albania to deal with the crisis. This is the latest policing failure to taint the New Democracy administration, which has
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It's the hope that kills you
Agorathat kills you.” *You can follow Yiannis on Twitter: @YiannisMouzakis Yiannis Mouzakis... the tourism season. Based on the latest available data and estimates, travel receipts will barely exceed 3
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Greece to sign augmented defence deal with US, buy more Rafale jets
PoliticsForeign Policyand stationing. The agreement will probably be signed during Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’s visit... (TIF) on Saturday. “Excellent news. Greece has just announced its intention to buy six extra Rafales
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Sino-Greek engagement: Path to 'win-win cooperation' is not always linear
AgoraNext week, the Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Athens. It is his first official visit.... During his visit to Athens and the Port of Piraeus in June 2014, he called Greece “China’s Gateway... by 2021. The price for the 51 percent shareholding was €280.5 million. The additional 16 percent can
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Athens and Ankara face bumps in the road as they prepare for political dialogue
PoliticsForeign Policytoo naive as regards your long-term planning can actually lead you, in a few years, to find yourself...Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou is due to visit Ankara on March 11 for the second... are also designed to prepare the visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Turkey in May
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Latest data highlights tough day-to-day economic conditions, giving opposition ammunition
Economyissues as they believe it can deliver them votes. Another round of opinion polls published...’s terms and daily life is challenged by affordability. With the latest available for 2023, Eurostat... of affordability in Greece is also captured in the latest Housing in Europe report, also with 2023
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I know what you did the summer before last
Agoraof 2015. Then, perhaps, Greeks can look back on the long, hot summer of 2015 and see it as a watershed moment rather than a recurring nightmare. *You can follow Nick on Twitter: @NickMalkoutzis Nick... paradox in lambasting Tsipras for adopting the tax hikes and pension cuts attached to the latest
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PM's Washington visit looms over domestic politics, review schedule
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras’s visit to Washington. The highlight of the Greek leader’s trip to the USA, which... been completed so far. The coalition is hoping that it can conclude around 80 of these key... of the month so that it can claim the pending bailout sub-tranche of 800 million euros. Authorities
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How Greek banks can balance on the collateral tightrope
Agoraan agreement with its lenders. *Manos Giakoumis is the head analyst at MacroPolis. You can follow him... (ELA) funding. Based on the latest official BoG figures, Greek banks used ELA funding of 74.4 billion... collateral pool, banks can theoretically further use another 70-75 billion of collateral almost equally
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How 'clean' can an exit be? Athens snared between Rome and Berlin
Agorabut all participants would be advised to heed the lessons learned from three years ago. *You can follow... knife fight. However, given Scholz’s latest statements regarding Greece, it is not far-fetched... for Greece. How “clean” such an exit strategy can be for the Greek authorities and what degree
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