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Balance of payments shows shipping on course for bumper year, but economic benefits unclear
EconomyFeatures2021 was a record year with close to 11 billion euros in payments. The Russia factor Greek shipping has... and the resulting energy crunch, as well as from the more acute energy crisis which has followed the Russian..., the window is not completely closed even if it has been highlighted as an area of moral ambiguity
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PM prepares response as pressure over spying scandal mounts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAndroulakis in the run-up to him taking over at the helm of the centre-left party, has added fuel... office, Nikos Romanos, suggested in an interview with Skai radio that Androulakis is the one that has... response would come on Monday via his official statement. Androulakis has called
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Androulakis positions PASOK as alternative to leading parties against phonetapping backdrop
PoliticsGreek Politicson the surveillance scandal which has thrust Androulakis into the spotlight and led him to adopt a more... to a degree, it has also allowed New Democracy to paint him as a political opportunist with no substantive... administration, a fresh row erupted over historic surveillance programmes. ND, which has held a tight rein
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Cost-of-living, surveillance developments encourage ND to target majority in 2023
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has so far suffered minimal damage from the surveillance scandal, Prime Minister Kyriakos... environment. The conservative administration has consistently pointed to the positive response from hedge funds and other financial players as a sign that Greece has rebuilt trust with the investment community
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Tailor-made Maastricht criteria for Greece?
Agora. It has proven less capable of looking forward to anticipate risks. A growing criticism of the EU fiscal rules, then, is that the system has become so complex and by extension unrealistic..., has further sealed this sentiment. To assess options for reform, we need to understand the context
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyMonday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya... that has denounced the new Turkey-Libya memorandum that would allow Turkish companies to proceed... countries, but also US, Germany, France and of course, Egypt. In fact, the UN Security Council has recently
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Privatisation of key northern ports on hold amid strategic rethink
PoliticsGreek Politics, enabling HRADF to develop it and exploit its potential to the full. HRADF has now been tasked... close to the Turkish and Bulgarian borders, has become evident in recent years when it began... of the recently renewed US-Greece Mutual Defence Cooperation Agreement. Alexandroupoli has seen heavy use
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In full campaign mode, PM ventures forth to rally support
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the PM set out in his Thessaloniki International Fair speech in early September, and which he has... to a situation where SYRIZA has an outside chance of putting together a governing coalition before second... indicated that a percentage point has been shaved off New Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA as support
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Tsipras pushes for more thorough probe into mounting wiretap allegations
PoliticsGreek Politics’s armed forces chiefs, raising concerns about national security. As has become its standard practice... national security at risk. The opposition leader underlined the responsibility the judiciary has... that the government has full confidence in the judicial investigation. The surveillance issue is also
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 1)
Agoraare not significantly different in the Figure above. The new Book has a slightly more extended... in the EC Report that, for example, Greece, which has been struggling with average productivity growth... to the Commission and say that they have done what the Commission has calculated and what
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