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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agoraare not willing to punish the populism and political irresponsibility that has cost their country so dearly over.... Since then, he has been repeatedly accused and cleared of the claim that he orchestrated the fiddling... enjoying strong opinion poll ratings but a consistent exception has been the poor score they have
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Identity crisis in KINAL resurfaces as SYRIZA touts common ground
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the rumour of an unofficial rapprochement with SYRIZA which, it was claimed, has left many... bargains”, in which she dismissed any notion of a deal between the two parties. There has been a great... policy. The notion of a joint anti-ND front of “progressive forces” has been floated by SYRIZA since its
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Government braces for reaction to pension bill
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is due to submit to Parliament on Monday the pension bill it has been working on for the past few months Although New Democracy has billed the draft legislation as a gateway to higher... of these rises has failed to impress in perhaps the way the conservatives hoped. Transport workers’ unions
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Athens strives to build opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as France pledges support in East Med
PoliticsForeign Policyin the region, has a role and a say in the situation in Libya,” Dendias stressed in a written statement... East Med region, the Greek side has not publicly said how it intends to deal from now with the fact... Minister of Greece (1996) proposed a fairly radical option for Greece. Rosakis has always supported
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Sealing our borders, closing our minds
Agorachallenge it has created. We can decry Erdogan’s tactics but the fear, division and cynicism with which the EU has addressed this issue over the last few years has handed the initiative to the Turkish... last summer. He has also faced resistance on the mainland to the idea of creating reception centres
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After the tweetstorm - Tracing the course of #IStandWithGreece
Agorathe attacks we received at Evros”; “#IStandWithGreece has reached Greek trends”; “Guys, I have no words... active account @mercina18, which was opened in March 2020 and only has 2 followers. Monday, March 1.... Several regional accounts of the German AfD party have also tweeted using the hashtag, as has Nick
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Eurobank net profits at 256.7 mln in 2019
EconomyBankingsecuritisations of varying size and loan types which the bank has classified as Cairo I, II and III.... The bank has secured the minimum ‘BB-‘ credit rating, which is a prerequisite of participating... for the full year. Eurobank noted that it currently has around 5,200 properties under its repossessed real
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Economic sentiment at 109.4 in March
EconomyMacroeconomy, the EEI has improved by 7.1 points. Additionally, compared to March 2019, the ESI has increased... has shown an improvement of 15.1 points. During March, deteriorations were noted in most underlying...-on-year, industry confidence has risen by 5.3 points. The services index decreased by 7 points month
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A sudden turnaround that could lead to sharp shock
Agoraand products, has come to a stop. On March 22, the government announced a complete lockdown that limits everyone’s movements to the bare minimum. The Finance Ministry has announced measures to support.... Investments have dropped to 12 pct of GDP. The trade deficit has almost been eliminated at 0.5 pct of GDP
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Gloomy preliminary results for Aegean as state support talk gathers pace
EconomyFeaturesGreece’s national airline, Aegean Airlines, has sounded the alarm over its first quarter (Q1.... Gross cash at the end of Q1 came to 465 million. Aegean Airlines noted that it has secured new working.... However, the company has indicated that it will need further state support in the coming months despite
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