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Athens looks to bolster ties with African states, beyond Libya
PoliticsForeign Policyof the continent, where it could potentially have a strategic footprint. One of the consequences... minister to the African country. Rwanda is one of the countries that Greece is seeking to build..., as it serves as an example in many ways. “Rwanda has recovered from one of the worst genocides in human history
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SYRIZA squeezes govt over relationship with media
PoliticsGreek Politicsa 270,000-euro public contract via one of his other firms. During his speech, Tsipras suggested... for the law to be revoked and be replaced by a more specific one. The vote was also significant... (KINAL). Loverdos is one of the frontrunners for the party leadership and has made no secret of his
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Greek fiscal deficits and debt since 2000
Agoraare constantly talking to one-another and to Eurostat to agree on what operations, and when, go... the annual deficits (Line 3a.). We highlight two important factors. One is the placing of debt... to the narrower concepts of deficits and debt. [2] For instance, one area where the time difference between
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Covid dominates start of 2022 but PM looks ahead to growth
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe new year begins much like the previous one in political terms as Covid is again the dominant... led to even more intense scrutiny of the ruling conservatives as 2022 gets underway. One of the key... the health service. Perhaps with one eye on possible snap polls in 2022, Tsipras called
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Piraeus seals 400 mln NPE sale as banks gear up for more balance sheet transactions in 2022
EconomyBankingthe NPE ratio by one percentage point to roughly 15 pct, compared to 16 pct at the end of Q3 and the coverage ratio of NPEs also pushed by one percentage point to 40 pct. The transaction will have an impact... and by the end of 2024 at just one billion euros. Eurobank has managed to bring its NPEs down to 2.9 billion
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Govt confident about school return, but faces doubts on post-bailout review
PoliticsGreek Politicsby saying that it would ensure self-tests are provided to schools so all pupils can take one before... is found to have contracted the virus. The conservatives argue that this is one of the most rigorous... not be the first time that the government’s enthusiasm is not shared by EU policymakers. One of the pledges
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Govt hails success of vaccine mandate amid continuing surge in 'hard' indices of pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Greece have had one dose of the vaccine, and 85.4 pct are fully vaccinated. The epidemiological... criticism from one of New Democracy’s own MEPs. Kostas Vaxevanis, publisher of weekly investigative... with Poland and Hungary. Kyrtsos, an experienced political operative and one of Mitsotakis’s key supporters
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Newsletter 325 - 28/01/2022
of the so-called “executive state”. One of the main election pledges made by Mitsotakis was that he...’s full backing this week, but was one of several ministers that the opposition parties pointed... is measured against the latest, revised targets. When one compares the fiscal performance of last year
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Govt mulls Easter bonus as cost-of-living crisis causes public concern
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWorsening inflation date on the one hand and ebbing polling figures on the other are creating... a one-off benefit payment to vulnerable groups before Easter. Chief government spokesman Yiannis... they stressed would be a one-off measure strictly targeted to those most in need. The Finance Ministry
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agora, with its new high volume machine, uses as one of the inputs a nonrenewable resource—something that we... is beautiful, the big car is luxurious, and the standard of living is high, but there is one drawback... and residues from the disposals and garbage that has not been properly treated, and for which no-one has ever
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