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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policycountries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its.... Greek-Turkish relations remained stagnant and poor. However, unlike 2020, there were no major crises... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including
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Return to sender: Post office closures being reevaluated in wake of political uproar
PoliticsGreek Politicsas “difficult but necessary,” emphasising that postal services would continue via couriers, rural... CEO Grigoris Sklikas and criticised Digital Governance Minister Dimitris Papastergiou for poor...-month consultation period. Rural challenges Beyond political infighting, the closures raised urgent
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Cat and mouse: Greece and Schaeuble
Agorapoor at interpreting the mood and motivations in Europe. Let’s ignore that Greece is currently..., German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble mentioned in an interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung... in his Suddeutsche Zeitung interview. Finally, Schaeuble (the man who recommended Greece take a time
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Newsletter 40 - 28/08/2015
not necessarily translate into votes at polling stations on election day. Most opinion polls can be ignored... difficult to trust such electoral projections, and many polling companies have repeatedly had egg.... Another critical factor involves the amount of deferred tax assets (DTAs) that would be recognised
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
to frame the mobilisation as disjointed and bent on disruption. Yet polling data released on Wednesday... sympathy for rural grievances. Opinion was divided on tactics: 46 percent opposed road blockades, while... agency OPEKEPE, criticising delays and high production costs. At a marathon meeting on Wednesday, rural
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Newsletter 472 - 25/07/2025
scrutiny following a series of diplomatic setbacks. Relations with Libya have soured, culminating in two... stance on Libya, reflecting broader unease about the state of Greek diplomacy. Current government.... On Libya, Mitsotakis reiterated his rejection of the Turkey-Libya maritime deal, describing it as legally
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Higher education in Greece needs radical overhaul to create labour-relevant workforce, study says
Societythat the education system as it stands is ineffective and offers poor returns on investment. It points... sector was 884 euros in 2016 compared to 1,054 euros in 2008. In the public sector, despite falling
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Value of HFSF participation in Greek banks falls to 17 billion
EconomyBanking, the outcome of the warrants’ exercise remains rather poor. For Alpha, only 7.3 percent... of 859 million was recorded due to the drop in the valuation of bank warrants. The highest negative
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Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsof farmers who have turned against the government in rural constituencies. Feeling the heat from among its... a resolution over the coming days. In a marathon meeting on Wednesday, MPs from rural districts vented their frustration to Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras and the officials tasked
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ELSTAT survey finds 2013 household budgets devastated, inequality persists
Societyin the rural than the urban areas. The average monthly expenditure in the urban areas fell 7.1 percent in 2013 and 28.6 percent since 2009. In contrast, the figures for the rural areas posted almost the half... is consistently above that in rural areas, yet the deviation significantly narrowed over the past
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