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

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    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. ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
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    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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  3. Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016

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    percent increase indicated by ELSTAT in its flash estimate on August 12. In addition, Q2 GDP... is the highest reading since November 2006. During a regular press briefing on Thursday, IMF...Slight quarterly rise in GDP Loan quality trends improve at banks Provisional estimates published

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  4. Eurogroup paves way for completion of third review, talks on debt relief

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    estimate foresaw reductions of 20 percentage points and five percentage points respectively over... Finance Minister Mario Centeno for president of the Eurogroup. Tsipras remarked during a trip... estimates that the total package will reduce Greece’s debt-to-GDP ratio by about 25 percentage points

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  5. Newsletter 164 -08/06/2018

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    YoY, while imports of services rose by 7.3 percent QoQ and 13 percent YoY. The MoF’s growth estimate... that Greece’s trade deficit fell by 23.1 percent during the month to 1.63 billion euros. Exports of goods...) provisional estimates revealed this week. The headline figure for Q1 marks five consecutive quarters

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  6. GDP rises by 0.6 pct QoQ in Q3, increases by 2.3 pct YoY
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    euros, increasing by 16 percent year-on-year (YoY). During the first nine months of the year, travel... published in May, compared to a 2 percent estimate in last year’s autumn forecasts. In 2020, the EC...) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2019 after a revised increase of 1.3 percent in Q2, provisional estimates from

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  7. Budget deficit balloons to 8.2 bln euros in July amid measures linked to pandemic
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the target by 3.57 billion euros. The MoF noted that when compared to the updated estimate for the first.... Tax refunds came to 2.84 billion euros, above target by 488 million euros. Expenditure During... the intakes against the initial budget estimates. The underwhelming tourism season in July is also

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  8. FinMin tables recovery budget, foreseeing across-the-board improvement in key numbers
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    that had to be accumulated during the pandemic. Macro On the macroeconomic front, as was widely..., or 0.9 pct of GDP, higher from the MTFS estimate by roughly 1.1 billion euros. The ministry has also..., at 1.1 pct of GDP. Both figures are above the MTFS estimates by roughly one billion euros, where

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  9. Enhanced support package on way to combat inflation, as govt awaits crucial nod from EU
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    for natural gas. Industry sources, however, estimate that wholesale cost rises this month will leave... the VAT reductions on catering and transport introduced during the pandemic into the second half... estimates that the total cost of measures will more than double from 2 bln euros to between 4-5 bln

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  10. Opposition challenges government account of prompt wildfire response
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    the New Democracy administration of arrogance and misplaced priorities. A preliminary estimate puts... that there are on average 50 to 60 blazes daily during the wildfire season. “Statistically it is a given that some... of protecting human lives was accomplished through prompt evacuations. According to official estimates

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