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Turkey's actions in Cypriot EEZ put Athens, Nicosia on alert
PoliticsForeign Policyside has already tabled relevant documents at the United Nations claiming that the Turkish... of the sea area where Fatih is expected to drill until September has been chosen carefully as Athens.... Traditionally, this has been a period during which the two sides avoid dogfights. This development was a blow
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Building permits drop by 5.1 pct in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomyhas remained subdued in recent years as both private and public construction projects were halted due... permits, the total for 2018 has surpassed the total for 2017 by 1,478 permits. However, the total... points to -49.5 from -48 in March. Compared to the same month last year, construction confidence has
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Athens moves ahead with expansionary measures as it waits for lenders' response
EconomyProgrammeand the primary surplus targets that Greece has to meet over the coming years. In their entirety, the fiscal impact of the interventions is seen exceeding the fiscal space the government has estimated... on Thursday is the proposal the government has made regarding putting 5.5 billion euros from the cash
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New overdue taxes rise by 489 mln in Mar, total legacy and new debt at 104.5 bln
EconomyMacroeconomythe Independent Authority of Public Revenues (IAPR) has shown. The aggregate figure for the first three... was for the large part driven by rises in new debt. Total debt has now remained above... of collectability came to 82.2 percent. The IAPR has set a goal for the collectability rate to reach
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Leaders present voters with stark choices as campaign reaches climax
PoliticsGreek Politicschange has been taken,” he said. “The country will head to elections on October 20 at the latest anyway... dilemma during his speech in Thessaloniki on Wednesday night, playing on the theme SYRIZA has established... that the gap between the governing party and the opposition has narrowed. The poll put the difference
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Tsipras calls snap elections after heavy defeat that puts ND on course for clear majority
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the second round of local elections next Sunday. The campaign has to be a minimum of three weeks... on their own. Pollsters believe that the opposition party has the necessary momentum after Sunday’s result... the convincing victory over its key political rival. “Greece has been through the mill. I am not expecting
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SYRIZA seeks to recover from election shock, ND prepares for power
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA has begun the process of trying to heal the wounds from Sunday’s devastating election result... to ensure that it has a clear and prominent future on the Greek political landscape. Its result... the outcome of the European elections accurately. The credit for the party’s forecasting has been given
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How Greece's electoral map changed radically over 10 years
Agorain younger groups is more modest. Additionally, SYRIZA has lost all occupations apart from the unemployed... doubt that there has been a substantial shift in Greek voters’ views and preferences, which... will be a centre-right government with a clear majority. The last decade has seen Greece’s electoral
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Unemployment drops to 18.1 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomytime last year, the unemployment rate came to 20.2 percent. Unemployment has continued to slowly fall... the peak of 1.35 million unemployed in September 2013, unemployment has shown a fall of around 36.9... to 22.8 percent. This figure has been in decline since the high of 31.6 percent in May 2013
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Mitsotakis focuses on investment and taxes as ND launches election campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader referred to the fact that SYRIZA has “borrowed” a number of the tax policies set out by New... belatedly to the middle class, which has become a key player in this election, turning its back on SYRIZA... the necessary room for manoeuvre it needs to implement the reforms he has promised. “Opinion polls do not count
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