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All-round concern about Greek-Turkish tension in run-up to referendum
PoliticsForeign Policyfor foreigners who have entered the country illegally. However, according to Greek officials... to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." Subsequently, the Greek authorities... threatened Greece. Speaking to his party’s parliamentary group on February 26, he commented on Greek
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Border furor highlights brittleness of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policyof a mostly technical nature can throw relations between the two countries off balance. This issue... among the Greek public as well as political controversy. Athens recently decided to extend a border... of migrants to the Greek–Turkish border when the coronavirus crisis is over. Building the extension
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Credit contraction of 0.5 pct in Dec, balance at 154.29 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyCredit contraction in the Greek market came to 0.5 percent in December from 0.2 percent in November... from inflows of 267 million euros in November. The latest month’s reading took the balance to 67.35... ago. This led the overall balance for the month to stand at 16.26 billion. The Greek market has been
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First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Greek politics is heading in. SYRIZA’s pulled off surprising results in Athens but made little... gives the leftist party a prime opportunity to present itself as an untarnished, fresh force in Greek... is not such a new development. Nevertheless, with around a third of Greek voters living in this region
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In the absence of light, darkness grows
Agoraof Greek politics. Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn went up from 6.9 percent to 9.4 percent, ultranationalist... no longer be regarded as just frustrated citizens letting off steam. Nor can our understanding of what... in the open. Now, with presence in the Greek and European parliaments secured, they can be brazen
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Athens gears up for deal with lenders, pending news from IMF
PoliticsGreek Politicsfuture role in the Greek programme. The fact that the Greek government is not expecting the Washington... to swallow but as long as there is a feeling that there has been a fair trade-off with the lenders... this year that if the IMF decides not to join the Greek programme, this would signal the end
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Lenders' proposal not yet enough to convince Athens, banish snap poll option
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEuropean director, Poul Thomsen, that Greek pensioners are better off than their German counterparts... for the total in new measures to drop to between 2.5 to 2.7 billion euros. The Greek government... demanded, the post-2018 fiscal targets and medium-term debt relief, the Greek prime minister will have
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Sub-tranche released but PPC poses key challenge in review
EconomyProgrammeThe European Stability Mechanism (ESM) disbursed the 800-million-euro sub-tranche from the Greek...-tranche is destined for the same purpose. The Greek government is to add 400 million euros from its... financial difficulties could pose to the Greek economy.The company is owed 2.4 billion euros by its
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Security, prices and stability top political agenda as government deals with Iran fallout
PoliticsGreek Politics, prompting Spain and Italy to join. What began as a Greek initiative has now become a coalition of willing... anchored off Crete - underscored France’s determination to display its strategic presence in the Eastern... instability, while 73 pct support the deployment of Greek frigates and F‑16s to Cyprus. A similar
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Greece lays out plans for debt relief from eurozone
EconomyProgrammein Brussels today. The Greek government sees it as the perfect time to launch the discussion on how to reduce... further steps to make Greek debt sustainable. The first post-PSI measures easing the country’s debt... rate on the first programme’s bilateral loans (the so-called Greek Loan Facility – GLF) of 52.9
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