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  1. Athens pleased about new EU-Egypt deal, seeks closer ties with Cairo

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    with flows to the Italian and Greek (from Libya to Crete) coasts. Europe is offering a "strategic... urgently needs Egypt to control migration flows from its borders with Libya and, secondly, to improve its... not control the border with Libya, from where Sudanese refugees and Egyptian migrants cross

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  2. Athens insists maritime spatial planning plans do not obstruct talks with Turkey
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    treaty with Libya in November 2019 was rejected by Greece as unlawful as the two countries... in which the main prize was Libya, and its vast oil resources. Turkey protests that it is being hemmed... of Greece with which it has not signed an EEZ agreement namely, Libya but also Albania. For the latter

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  3. ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of migrants reaching the country from Libya. The measures include a three-month suspension... with Libya are troubled and the EU’s attempt to build ties with General Khalifa Haftar, the military leader of eastern Libya, ended in failure this week. It is expected in Athens that another effort

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  4. Greece, Cyprus and Israel bolster trilateral ties as Turkey looms in background

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    involving Cyprus. Libya also signalled readiness for dialogue. Aguila Saleh, speaker of Libya’s House... disputes stemming from the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum signed in 2019, which Athens deems illegal

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  5. PM gives ESY clean bill of health, prompting opposition backlash
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and an ongoing push toward privatisation. He drew attention to some 6,500 vacant doctor posts and 20,000... halt to any privatisation push. Reports compiled over the last few years by experts at the OECD, World... that hospitals and health centres nationwide have been renovated, that staff numbers are rising alongside

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  6. IMF downgrades Greek GDP and unemployment forecasts
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    year on year compared to IMF’s estimate for a growth of 0.7 percent. The European Commission (EC... of Greece (BoG) has a slightly lower estimate of 2.5 percent, while the OECD foresees a much slower growth.... For 2018, the IMF expects GDP growth to accelerate to 2.7 percent, while its medium-term estimate

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  7. Commission sees lower Greek financing needs, provides timetable for course of programme

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    billion, while privatisation receipts of around 6 billion are also expected to lower financing needs... billion to arrears’ clearance. Deducting privatisation revenues of 1.3 billion and ANFA profits..., and 2.3 billion arrears’ clearance. Privatisation proceeds of 3.2 billion and ANDA profits of 0.3

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  8. ND promotes positive narrative abroad, away from inquiry clash at home

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , business-friendly reforms and privatisations. Staikouras is also reported to have assured investors... suggested that Staikouras was also asked about the government’s intentions regarding privatisations... hoping that some quickfire privatisations and the launch of the Hellinikon project, as well as other

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  9. Clock ticks on bailout review but big gaps remain between Greece, lenders

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    liberalisation of the non-performing loan (NPL) market and the new privatisation fund. Pension... ease the burden on cooperative borrowers and enable banks to unlock tied-up funds. Privatisation Fund... Wolfgang Schaeuble has repeatedly noted that he considers the establishment of a new privatisation fund

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  10. After talks with lenders, Greece returns to list of tasks to secure next bailout payment

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    for the disbursement of those funds. Privatisations On the privatisation front, the most contentious issues concern... from being transferred for national security reasons. Other pending actions on privatisations involve... privatisation and investment fund (HCAP), the voluntary declaration of income and electronic

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