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Athens hoping for de-escalation in Aegean as it seeks pension backpay solution
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere was a slight de-escalation in Greece’s latest stand-off with Turkey in the Aegean over... that Greece felt covered an area of its continental shelf. Germany’s attempt to mediate and Greece’s swift... that if the survey ship’s cables came into contact with the Greek continental shelf, dramatic developments could
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Govt offers pensioners 1.4 bln in backpay, opposition questions decision
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Greece’s highest administrative court was unveiled by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Parliament... claims and bring to close a matter that had been hanging over the government’s fiscal planning.... These expectations were quashed by yesterday’s announcement. The total amount earmarked for the award is much less
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PM makes minor changes to cabinet, with focus on handling of EU funds
PoliticsGreek Politicseye on Greece’s public finances, as was the case until now. In a related move, Deputy Development... selection is in keeping with Mitsotakis’s tendency to pick experts and technocrats for such positions at important ministries. Tsakloglou has extensive knowledge of Greece’s labour market. Again
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Athens hoping EU diplomatic drive will defuse latest Aegean crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyto Turkey’s action in the Aegean as the Oruc Reis research vessel continued its activity in the area... Greece and Egypt. Significantly, the Oruc Reis has not incurred into areas above Egypt’s... Council. Greece’s main goal is for the EU to take a political decision regarding possible economic
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School re-opening decisions postponed amid opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politics, the minister defended the government’s decision to reopen schools with the children’s best educational... committee in Parliament on Tuesday. The opposition have been highly critical of the government’s apparent... and secondary school teachers are planning a demonstration to coincide with today’s session. Meanwhile
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PM seeks fine balance as he prepares to unveil latest set of fiscal measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor businesses and individuals affected by the coronavirus outbreak, fulfilling some of New Democracy’s... even though the eurozone’s fiscal rules have been suspended for the time being. It is thought... in an interview given by the prime minister’s chief economic adviser, Alexis Patelis, to To Vima weekly
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H1 results for Greek corporates show signs of pandemic biting
EconomyCorporatesGreece’s largest power company, the majority state-owned Public Power Corporation’s (PPC) first... million euros compared to a loss of 274.8 million seen in the same period last year. PPC’s average... million euros, a decrease of 23 percent against last year’s sales of 207.3 million euros, which
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Greece buoyed by diplomatic progress on Turkey ahead of EU summit as it plans to reduce refugee camps
PoliticsGreek Politicswhere the response to Turkey’s recent actions in the eastern Mediterranean is expected to form... officials and business interests, as well as a strongly worded statement condemning Turkey’s incursions... has been digesting the proposal made last week by the European Commission to overhaul the EU’s
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PM tries to draw line under Golden Dawn affair, defends handling of second Covid-19 wave
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis seeks to draw a line under the Golden Dawn affair and defends his government’s... think that it ends a cycle that wounded the country,” was the premier’s response to the court’s... in last year’s elections. “History will show that New Democracy played a decisive role in bringing
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Greece to press for EU sanctions roadmap on Turkey as domestic pressure builds
PoliticsGreek Politicscontinental shelf days later. This, combined with President Erdogan’s support for the re-opening of Varosha... miles or lose all credibility in negotiations. Tsipras’s statement marked a departure for SYRIZA... Giorgos Gerapetritis describing Tsipras’s call as “easy bravado”. Gerapetritis insisted
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