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Athens bracing for fresh tension with Turkey, sends letter to UN
PoliticsForeign Policyurged the US not supply Turkey with the F-16 fighter jets. Ankara has been putting pressure... demonstrate Turkey's revisionist stance.” Athens acknowledges that a new round of tension with Ankara has.... This was Greece's response to Ankara’s letter to the UN last September. Turkey has been criticising
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ND draws battle lines around universities as tensions flare over reforms and policing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s latest education reform bill has been put to public consultation amid tensions..., and were later repealed. The union representing academic staff, POSDEP, has already rejected the new... on university campuses around the issue of policing. This is a divisive issue that New Democracy has promised
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Tsipras talks up prospects of snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has added to the ongoing speculation about snap polls in the autumn by indicating... months ahead of schedule. Tsipras, like his New Democracy counterpart, has been touring the country... has realised that his policies are leading to a dead-end for his party, forcing the PM to prepare
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ND stakes claim on social policy, highlighting referendum anniversary
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has announced that it is launching a debate on social policy, in a move widely... the government believes it has delivered on social issues. The list included a reduction in unemployment from... noting that while New Democracy has a substantial lead over SYRIZA in many policy areas, social
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Newsletter 344 - 01/07/2022
positive surprise. The challenge for the ministry is that it has already allocated all... five months of the year. The total package has reached 8.44 billion euros. Five billion euros of this comes from the Energy Transition Fund and does not hit the deficit. Nevertheless, the budget has
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US amendment on Turkish jets adds new factor in Athens-Ankara ties
PoliticsForeign Policyalso certify to the relevant House and Senate committees that Turkey has not "taken steps... member countries." The issue has prompted reaction in the Turkish media, but no official statements... and the US do not share a view on the extent of Greece’s airspace,” the US State Department has said
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Imminent parliamentary clash over phone-tapping puts PM on alert
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan the agency spying on politicians and reporters. There has been speculation that SYRIZA might..., unless SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has indications that some government MPs might balk at backing... Democracy over the wiretapping has led to speculation that Mitsotakis might try to replace two of his MPs
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Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
Agora) aging effects on GDP from retiring and passing baby-boomers in the Greek population has declined... outlook has improved since 2018, but productivity has disappointed. The difference between the new... assumptions from the EU Commission, even in the face of sequential disappointments? This problem has
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Moody's, DBRS keep ratings unchanged, leave no doubt that fiscal prudence is key for next moves
Economyof the leading agencies and has not taken an upgrade action since the end of 2020. DBRS on the other hand has Greece at ‘BB (High)’ that is one notch below investment grade by its rating table. Greece so far this year has one upgrade by S&P to ‘BB+’ that is also just one notch before the investment
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ND moves to discredit SYRIZA programme, muses over far-right alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has been accused of making empty promises, as government figures react to the SYRIZA programme presented over the weekend. A row has erupted over the costing of the opposition’s... argued that there were still profits to be clawed back from energy companies which the government has
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