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After Q3 results, what next for Greek banks?
Agora’ management refrained from providing any clues on the hot issue of the outcome of Blackrock’s... percent over the same period. Alpha’s was the only bank stock that recorded a positive performance (12... above the market average. In contrast, National Bank’s group NII was dragged down by Finansbank due
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesDemocracy blames SYRIZA’s tax policies for “overburdening” hard-working middle-income earners in order... the distribution of the so-called “social dividend” in 2017, SYRIZA’s Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos argued... to hear the numbers, but they do in fact conform to ELSTAT’s middle 50 percent. However, pressed
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Newsletter 370 - 17/02/2023
Mitsotakis sought to step up his government’s charm offensive by offering further handouts. His... than the two bouts that most analysts expect. The opposition chief’s reason for arguing that voters... elections. SYRIZA’s backing is at 28.9 pct, which would mean 94 seats, PASOK’s 12.2 pct would win the centre
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Positive mood but little substance in Tsipras's Turkey visit
PoliticsForeign Policyat the end of his trip. Bilateral issues There appeared to be no movement on the various unresolved bilateral issues during Tsipras’s visit to Turkey. The Greek side seems pleased that Tsipras raised... breakthrough on Wednesday either with regard to the refugee crisis or the crucial issues related to bilateral
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Athens eyes enhanced diplomatic role after hosting Zelensky and Balkan leaders
PoliticsForeign Policyto strengthen one of Greece’s main diplomatic aims, which is to regain not only its role as a bridge... and humanitarian aid. Five important key takeaways came from the bilateral meeting between the Greek PM... the recent G7 declaration in support of Ukraine, Athens will move ahead with bilateral talks with Kiev
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Supreme Court ruling casts doubt over property tax revenues
PoliticsGreek Politics’s fiscal plans. Now a Supreme Court verdict is threatening to create an even bigger shortfall in Greece’s public finances. Last month’s judgement is likely to lead to the coalition repaying about 500...-ditch attempt to meet the troika’s fiscal targets despite concerns about whether it would stand up
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Newsletter 247 -10/04/2020
of the country’s population. The Commission has urged Greece to accept offers of EU assistance to rehouse... health system’s capacity to deal with a crisis, even though the current outbreak seems to have been...’s permanent ICU capacity, which currently stands at half the European average per head of population
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Newsletter 493 - 06/02/2026
by a single, high‑stakes initiative: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s relaunch..., governing ministerial liability, is another priority: the proposal would reduce Parliament’s..., Karystianou’s appeal rises to 37%, compared with 24% for Tsipras. Long game Mitsotakis insists he
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Greece steps up effort to bolster relations with Iran
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece’s bilateral relations with Iran as well as to prepare the ground for the visit of Prime Minister... diplomatic openness towards Tehran is part of the government’s “multi- dimensional” foreign policy. Kotzias... of the prime minister) visited Tehran in February 2015, a few weeks following SYRIZA’s victory. Despite
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
Societyparty in opposition, SYRIZA has been critical of New Democracy’s handling of migration, accusing... at the end of 2017. One notable exception has been a bilateral agreement to relocate 1,000 refugees... and the bilateral protocol adopted in March 2019, just under 2,500 people have been deported from
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