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Varosha move puzzles amid low expectations on Cyprus
PoliticsForeign Policyup Maronite villages and the “ghost city” of Famagusta (Varosha). Government sources in both Greece... informed of any plans by the Turkish Cypriot side to hand over the fenced-off city of Varosha to UN... to discuss the opening of the ghost city as part of confidence-building measures but only under UN
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Greeks consider antisemitism a minor issue despite recent attacks
Societymemorial in Thessaloniki had been vandalised once more, ahead of planned commemorations in the city... was home to a Jewish community of around 60,000 which had been established in the city for over 450 years. Less than 2,000 of the city’s Jewish population survived the Nazi invasion and subsequent
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Athens "Great Walk" plan scaled back amid criticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn ambitious plan to pedestrianise large sections of Athens city centre has been scaled back... strong cross-party support in the city council, but its rushed implementation during the easing... as an experiment to test if reducing car traffic in the city centre was achievable, while he defended
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Govt scurries for effective Covid-19 response as opposition finds more holes to pick
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe last few days and, following a visit to the city by Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced that the city, along with Serres, would go into a stricter... claim that all the ICU beds in the city have been filled over the last few days. Not all
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Reconstruction funds at centre of local elections, as ND makes final push for second round
PoliticsGreek Politicsregions remaining to be contested, as well as the city of Athens where the party’s candidate... as the capital and the second largest city, Thessaloniki. On Thursday morning, the prime minister made... PASOK, pressed Bakoyiannis to account for the cost of the controversial city centre
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Opposition lines up attack on government over wildfires with visits to affected areas
PoliticsGreek Politics, farmland, villages and the suburbs of the country’s third largest city, Patras. The leader of main... on the city of Patras, where the communist mayor Kostas Peletidis was singled out for attacks by government officials after criticising the centralised response to a blaze which encircled the city for 48
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Newsletter 266 -18/09/2020
, declining by 20.6 percent year-on-year (YoY). Apartment prices rise by 4.1 pct in Q2 Increase... to an index of 66.7 in Q1 2020. The rise in the nominal value of apartments in Greece came to 4.1... came to 67 compared to an index of 66.7 in Q1 2020. Old apartments, classified as over five years old
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Newsletter 288 - 12/03/2021
. Apartment prices increase 4.2 pct in 2020 Rise in Q4 slowed to 2.6 pct The latest quarter’s... of apartments in Greece came to 2.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020 from... to an index of 67.5 in Q3 2020. Old apartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices increase
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Moody's explains why it sees SYRIZA win as credit negative
Economyagency stresses that the negotiations with the troika will take place within this backdrop... particularly against the backdrop of looming repayments on T-Bills, to the ECB (bond redemptions) and the IMF
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Sale of defence manufacturer stokes opposition criticism amid bid to bolster regional ties
PoliticsGreek Politicsa backdrop of increasingly vocal criticism of the government’s efforts to build closer diplomatic... for stable alliances in the region. Against this backdrop, Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis
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