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Newsletter 97 - 25/11/2016
by granting social allowances worth 871 million. The government has left its macro assumptions... billion. As a result, the NPE stock has dropped by 1.9 billion since the beginning of the year. NBG... Democracy is a very sensitive subject within the other two opposition parties. Potami has already
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The joke's on Greece
Agorafragile, self-denigrating frame of mind. After seven years of being pummelled by criticism, it has become... that predate the crisis but which have at times being exacerbated by it – play a role in this. There has been... ideological beliefs has created a dangerous mix. In this pernicious environment, Greeks have often lacked
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EU disunity on refugees and its poisonous effects
Agorahas had in the past with the Commission and other European institutions, but the Greek prime..., which has to do with the way in which rules are imposed and consensus is reached within the EU... of the refugee crisis, though, the same iron will has not been on display and this is why, over
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Newsletter 151 -16/02/2018
relations collide The Greek government has been through an intense and very tense week at home... sovereignty has been questioned for many years by Ankara and which Greece and Turkey almost went to war... and the hydrocarbon exploration going on off Cyprus, where ENI says it has discovered gas, look to have put Ankara
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Newsletter 152 -23/02/2018
are due to begin in Athens on Monday, even though the third review has not quite been completed yet... approving the presidential decree for the redevelopment of the former Athens airport at Hellenikon, has..., involved electronic auctions. The attention on this issue has been exacerbated by the government’s
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Whether an "early" or "clean" exit, it's the same old story for Greece
Agoradoghouse and has emerged as an equal partner in Europe and beyond. The promotional video is designed... (ANEL) coalition has been building towards this moment ever since it was re-elected in September 2015... the idea of the exit being oversold and politics being put ahead of practicalities. Greece has been
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Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018
own line Alexis Tsipras’s coalition partner, Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, has been causing... counterpart, Zoran Zaev, while the latter proposal does not represent government policy, which has centred... vote to be held. There has been speculation that New Democracy might make such a move
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Deal or no deal? Greece wrestles with the Macedonia issue
AgoraAnyone who has tried to approach the Macedonia name issue with an open mind since it surfaced... history, complicated geography and ugly politics. This maelstrom has been at its fiercest over the last... kills off chances for reasoned discussion. But to compound matters, the public debate in Greece has
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With June EU Council looming, ND clarifies stance on North Macedonia and Albania
PoliticsForeign Policy. But the developments so far are not positive since France has already sent a clear message that Paris... Zaev of treachery in regard to the Prespes Agreement. For Greece, which has always favoured EU..., Kyriakos Mitsotakis has many times publicly described the compromise as "shameful." ND’s stance has
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No let-up in tension with Turkey as MPs prepare to approve maritime boundary deals
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe belligerent rhetoric from Turkey towards Greece has continued this week as Greek MPs prepare.... New Democracy and KINAL lawmakers are due to vote in favour of the deal, but SYRIZA has decided... stance it should take. The opposition party has been critical of the pact with Cairo because it does
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