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The case for a general government balance sheet
Agorathat both the Greek and the euro area governments tend to increase their liquidity holdings in times... decade of this century and more in the second. It is noteworthy that in 2020, the Greek government... cushion of deposits with debt at the ESM to keep capital markets assured of Greek debt servicing ability
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Podcast - Losing game: Greece's weak defence against hooliganism
Agora, the Greek government has announced new measures aimed at reining in hooliganism. However, we've been here... in hooliganism, crowd management and policing. To discuss Greek football's particular ailments, we spoke..., among others. He recently wrote an article for the BBC about the sad state of Greek football. Useful
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Deal with Germany over arms to Ukraine irks opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government has come under fire from opposition parties at home after it was announced... in return. According to the Greek Defence Ministry, the BMP-1s were made in East Germany and supplied... possible. This position chimes with a significant part of the Greek population that is sceptical about
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Athens prods EU to resume enlargement process for Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign PolicyMacedonia and Albania,” noted Mitsotakis in his article. Despite the Greek PM’s ambitions... not change its stance regarding the status of the Greek islands in the eastern Aegean, Ankara could act. He followed this up by taking the unusual step of tweeting his statements in Greek. “We warn
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Turkish truculence added to factors being considered as PM weighs up snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsas an unreliable interlocutor. This was the latest outburst against the Greek PM from Erdogan, who... Greek voters see him as being best placed to handle such sensitive foreign policy issues than his... to the flow of migrants two years ago received overwhelming support from the Greek public. New Democracy
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Questions linger following PM's statement on surveillance of political rival
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday, Mitsotakis said he wished to speak openly with the Greek people in order to dispel any shadows... to the evidence for the use of spyware on Greek targets, which the government had previously denied any... on a similar level to that of members of the Greek Parliament, which would make surveillance by EYP
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Government seizes crisis moment to boost investment in energy infrastructure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe plans by successive Greek governments to promote the country as a regional energy hub have been... Pipeline to the gas fields of Azerbaijan. The project was a joint venture between Greek, Bulgarian... supply, and has lately been taking delivery of LNG from the terminal of Revithoussa via the Greek gas
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New Democracy faces fresh turmoil after ousting MP
PoliticsGreek Politics-performing loans from Greek lenders and pursued borrowers for collection. It was reported that these firms... to be party to foreclosures for loans that they have acquired from Greek banks through... raised by the revelation that the Greek Post Office (ELTA) had awarded a contract to foreign law firm
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Athens content with Scholz's first visit, looks for US backing on Libya
PoliticsForeign Policyto do so, and we can, and should, trust in this.” Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated the Greek... an opportunity for a relaunch of Greek-German cooperation in many areas. In his effort to underline...: “the development of a common Energy policy is of an absolute priority.” The Greek Prime Minister
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Surveillance claims continue to bug New Democracy
PoliticsGreek Politicsovercome any political damage from the surveillance scandal and that the Greek public had mostly... about the latest allegations in Monday’s regular briefing. He gave the stock answer that the Greek state... by the Greek Parliament, which saw New Democracy reject opposition requests for Dimitriadis and others
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