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You've heard the Greek crisis myths, now here are some truths
Agora. They put together a mechanism to provide financing to an insolvent Greece based on bilateral loans... that there is a magic way to close a primary deficit of 10 percent of GDP (25 billion euros) other than to slash... depleted by more than a quarter, it is ludicrous to suggest that there was something lacking
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Athens sweats on outcome of UK referendum
PoliticsForeign Policydeeper than just on a bilateral level, with investors becoming nervous about the eurozone’s future... parties, which could than have an impact on the way the EU deals with the refugee crisis. Immigration
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Greek economy braced for impact from Brexit, hopes effect will be limited
Economyon Greece is expected to be less than 0.5 percent of GDP under the adverse scenario broadly similar... expenditure per trip for UK visitors to Greece stood at 842 euros, around 56 percent higher than... largest trade partner for Greece with the bilateral trade amount at 1.68 billion pounds, of which
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Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016
years. He also expressed the view that each programme review would be easier than the previous one. He... immediately rather than after the next general elections. When the bill was tabled, it appeared that 200..., the government’s attempt to go back on its signature only two months after signing a bilateral agreement
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Macedonia name talks face stalemate as core issues go unresolved
PoliticsForeign PolicyInterim Accord of 1995, as both sides underline the need to modernise and extend the level of bilateral..., rather than one that will apply in all cases international and domestically (erga omnes) as Athens wants... take more than six months. Athens has clarified that without an overall agreement, it will not approve
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What the ECB did next - a tale from another crisis
Agoraas the interest charged by the ECB is much lower than any available commercial rate. The ECB blocked this route however and pressured Greece, Ireland, and Portugal each to seek bilateral rescue loans... than use their banks and ECB credits to finance their deficits. The ECB took the position
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Preparing for a new normal in German politics
Agorathan not to their chagrin and at times with high political costs (see, for example, the experiences... on the policy issues that matter was in the common interest. Nowhere is this better illustrated than...? At the political level the substance of bilateral relations is strong, as evidenced by two recent
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A European intelligence school led by Greece and Cyprus?
Agora), not to mention all existing bilateral agreements between European countries to share intelligence... than “sharing of "operational" information - intelligence on specific threats by specific actors... more important than institutions for intelligence sharing.” Beyond these doubts about the project
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In Skopje, Tsipras focuses on name deal positives as trademark issue looms
PoliticsForeign Policywill be to highlight the positives rather than to become defensive about his decision. Zaev seems to have... Greek names and symbols. The next steps for the enhancement of the bilateral cooperation... of Cooperation whose works were inaugurated on Tuesday with the participation of more than 10 ministers from
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From a tsunami of debt to some sense of normality
Agora. This was due to the fact that the Greek state had built up a sizeable cash buffer of more than 25... to repay any programme loans before 2020, when circa 700 million of bilateral loans from the first... during the first programme, between 2010 and 2013 Greece would have needed more than 50 billion euros
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