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Fire on outskirts of Athens puts PM's crisis strategy under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsto bring the change that is necessary. One of the other issues that Stylianides has been tasked... about the “unprecedented bureaucracy” he has encountered since taking up the job in Greece, which he... overall approach to natural disasters. Political fallout So far, New Democracy has deflected any
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Progress rather than breakthrough the target at Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the volume of measures (3.6 billion euros) demanded by the creditors to be reduced. Athens has been pushing... that the government has in mind include reducing VAT, corporation tax, the ENFIA property tax and increasing social.... A report emanating from Cyprus claimed over the weekend that the Eurogroup has prepared a document
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Breaking up is hard to do
Agorafor more than four decades. The thorniest issue, which has haunted the process from the beginning, is related to the status of the Irish Border post-Brexit. Theresa May has insisted that the result... will be leaving both the EU single market and the customs union. At the same time, May’s government has
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Mitsotakis targets rivals as Androulakis tries to shrug off doubters
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be preparing a political re‑entry after leaving SYRIZA late last year, has become the government’s preferred foil. The conservative administration has seized on allegations by Bank of Greece governor.... The government has highlighted the party’s stance on constitutional reform, the OPEKEPE affair
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Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsbefore the EU elections, it has the potential to set the tone for the next few days and give certain... municipalities. Judging which of the national parties has done well or badly will be a tough job...-backed Stavros Kalafatis. SYRIZA’s Triantafyllos Mitafidis has little chance of making it into a second
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Greek banks' NPL selloff gathers speed
EconomyBankingbalance sheet, announced recently that it has signed a binding agreement with B2Holding group... for strategic defaults, means that today, European Commission figures estimate that Greece has the highest..., as of June 30, 2017. The bank announced that the consideration of the transaction has been agreed
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Newsletter 250 -11/05/2020
for member-states to begin developing their own policies towards opening their borders. The Commission has... at least mid-June but has not endorsed the blanket imposition of 14-day quarantines across member.... More broadly, however, Greeks still seem satisfied that the centre-right party has handled
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Newsletter 314 - 29/10/2021
-right party in an unassailable position. Over the shorter-term, Mitsotakis has to deal with a resurgence... campaign has been effective enough. Hospitals in Thessaloniki started to overflow this week... for a combined 4 billion euros of funding in 2021, which has been surpassed by the 3.1 billion euros
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Dendias's Libya tangle cuts off Athens-Tripoli communication
PoliticsForeign Policygovernment has expired, and it cannot legitimately sign international agreements that are binding...The diplomatic incident that took place last Thursday morning at Tripoli airport has stoked a new... energy exploration deal with Ankara based on the 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum, which Greece has
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Greece positions itself as a pillar of European and NATO security
PoliticsForeign Policy.” Despite the strength of this wording, the clause has historically remained more declaratory than operational. However, the recent mobilisation of support for Cyprus — led by Greece — has prompted... institutional defence integration. Within this fragmented European landscape, Greece has capitalised
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