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Turkey closes borders, Greece keeps up pressure
PoliticsForeign Policymay have been the result of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s failure to achieve a new agreement... in Libya. Dendias reportedly briefed Raab on the Greek positions and “on the dangers that are being created... as decisions may be taken that affect Greece. Athens may have been excluded from this conference
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Speculation about May elections revived by SYRIZA officials' comments
PoliticsGreek Politicspolls in May. SYRIZA MP Nikos Fylis became the latest high-profile member of the leftist government... be on another date [apart from the end of the government’s four-year term], by which I mean May.” His comment... Skourletis that were also seen as talking up the possibility of elections being held in May along
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Of symmetry and adjustments in the eurozone
Agora, reforming their economy and making it competitive in international markets, may limit themselves... across countries. Still, they may convey some information when we observe their evolution across time... to ensure their prosperity. It is now U.S. imports; it may be China’s tomorrow, and who knows who the day
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Mitsotakis looks for fresh start as PASOK and Potami ponder way forward
PoliticsGreek Politicsinterior minister Yiannis Michelakis penned a critical newspaper article concerning this issue, while ex-health minister Nikitas Kaklamanis suggested that New Democracy should issue a statement on the matter. Kaklamanis played down claims of a rift within the party over this matter but New Democracy
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Why is Europe worrying about SYRIZA?
Agorathe accounting tricks of the Juncker plan. SYRIZA may seem radical to some German economists. But it is in good... and at the Jakarta School of Public Policy, Indonesia, where he is also head of the Economics
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policythat Greece submitted a letter to the United Nations on September 3 in response to Libya’s May 27... as Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya
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Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the government ranks about a spike in arrivals from Libya, particularly on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete... party conference may have acted as a moment of catharsis for the leftists and their supporters... Kroesser, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece
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Greek effort to heal rift with Balkan neighbours may have come too late
PoliticsForeign Policyin Thessaloniki recently may provide a springboard for an improvement in relations that have been severely... (FYROM) to exchange views on the common problems they face. While the atmosphere may have been tinged with suspicion and tension, the foreign and interior ministers of Greece’s neighbours accepted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policyand may proceed with other actions of this kind. Athens and Nicosia intend to bring up the issue once..., in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s
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With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomyprimary surplus for both years was reaffirmed, at 812 million in 2013 and at 2.95 billion in 2014.... Excluding the aforementioned items under EAP rules, gg primary surplus is seen at 812 million (0.4... targets may stay unchanged, we should expect adjustments in the revenue and expenditure figures, which may
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