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Mitsotakis breaks the ice in Sochi but Russia's wariness remains
PoliticsGreek Politicsclarified to Putin that Greece is a member of both the EU and NATO but in no case holds anti-Russian positions like other member states of both institutions. He also noted that there are elements... member states in Eastern Europe. Nevertheless, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed Moscow’s
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Athens encouraged by agreement on EU's Strategic Compass
PoliticsForeign Policydocument, which aims to get member states to spend more on defence. Athens believes this strengthens its... the EU’s mutual defence commitments to its ‘neutral’ member states that are part of the EU... and unilateral actions against the sovereign rights of EU member states in violation of the International Law
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Turkey and Western Balkans top Greek agenda at European Council
PoliticsForeign Policy. The 27 European Union member states call again on Ankara to respect international law and stability... and territorial integrity of all EU member states. Recalling its previous conclusions and the declaration... Commission’s recommendation for Ukraine’s EU candidacy status. Greece is one of the EU member states
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Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
Agoraexplicitly in its Aging Report that the productivity assumptions for all member states are based... on the political desire to see lagging EU member states achieve this convergence in productivity, which also... outlooks, so higher future growth scenarios, sanctioned by the EU Commission and member states, justify
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Tailor-made Maastricht criteria for Greece?
AgoraThe European Union is discussing how to reform the fiscal rules for its member states. The original..., in principle. They called for the deficit of a member state to remain below 3 percent of GDP a year... separately for each member state, and for the EU27 as a whole. Greece has faster population decline
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Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE
PoliticsForeign Policytake, of course, concerns from our member states extremely seriously. We have safeguards in place in our regulation to make sure that no third country can contravene the interests of one of our member... not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union, and the Member States as established
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Athens balances EU line and opts for observer role in Trump’s Board of Peace
PoliticsForeign Policy.” Greece, as well as Italy, Romania and Cyprus, is to participate as a non-member at Thursday’s... sources. The issue of the Board of Peace has proved fairly controversial within the EU, with most member... in Parliament on January 26, Haris Theoharis said Greece, as a non-permanent member of the UN Security
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Greece positions itself as a pillar of European and NATO security
PoliticsForeign Policystipulates that in the event a member state is the victim of armed aggression, “the other Member... security.” For countries like Cyprus, which is not a NATO member, the need for a more robust EU defence... constrained by divergent priorities, with many northern member states focusing primarily on “economic
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Greece trying to lay 'phantom' pensions to rest
Societythey all had a legal entitlement to their monthly retirement pay. As a result, Greece’s main social... themselves either at an IKA office or at the place they receive their retirement pay from, such as post... pay after the claimant had died. Vroutsis said that the annual value of the unjustified claims
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A third of Greek homeowners fear losing their properties in 2014
Societyexpressed fear about losing their home. Only 61.2 percent of those questioned said they were able to pay their mortgage instalments on time, whereas 22 percent said they often pay late and 16.8 percent said... 1 million Greek households are paying mortgages, meaning that 168,000 owners are failing to pay
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