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Newsletter 470 - 11/07/2025
—spurred by a diplomatic debacle in Libya. On Tuesday, a high-level EU delegation, including Greece’s newly... on curbing Mediterranean boat crossings. But the meeting with General Khalifa Haftar, eastern Libya’s de
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsof migrants. On Saturday, for instance, he posted on X that: “The illegal immigrants who entered from Libya... to take this emergency action after a massive increase in arrivals from Libya on Crete and nearby
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Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE
PoliticsForeign Policy, Mitsotakis last week proposed a new initiative involving Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, and Libya during..., Libya, and Egypt, according to Kathimerini. Boulos, who met with Mitsotakis last September, is said
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Newsletter 495 - 20/02/2026
to explore for gas south of Crete was “unlawful”, arguing that it violates the 2019 Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum and Libya’s declared maritime claims. Greece considers those claims null and void
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Athens balancing diplomacy and defence amid Middle East turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policy. Greece is also maintaining active engagement in Libya, with scheduled visits by the Foreign Minister... in Libya, promote stability and address pressing issues such as migration, while reiterating Greece’s
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How Greek banks could cut 2014 financing gap with a bond rollover
Economygovernment bonds (GGBs) that mature in 2014 with a total nominal value of circa 15 billion... and recognised in EBA core Tier I, Tier I and total adequacy capital, while being excluded from core Tier I...) for the Greek state. Furthermore, they would have to pay increased interest trimming their anticipated
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A fierce political clash over medicine prices in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicslast year a total of about 5.5 billion euros on some 6,800 drugs available on the local market... in 2010 and has come about through patients being forced to pay more, lower margins for wholesalers.... Of the 5.5 billion spent in total last year, more than 900 million (almost 17 percent) was on generic
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How Greek banks moved into a new era
Agora. They successfully raised a total of 8.31 billion (Alpha 1.2 billion, Eurobank 2.86, National 2.5... and 425 million respectively) determined by the BoG, enabled the two banks to pay back their state..., the four banks had accumulated LLRs of 43 billion corresponding to 16.6 percent of the total loan book
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In Greece, number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion rises to 3.9 mln in 2013
Society) to pay rent or utility bills, ii) keep home adequately warm, iii) face unexpected expenses, iv) eat... of population at risk of poverty or social exclusion, 2004-2013 Year % of total population 2004 30.9...: percentage of population materially deprived, 2003-2013 Year % of total population 2003 16.9 2004 14.1
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Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014
will not pay off. However, there is enough doubt about the outcome of the three rounds of voting to preclude... that the HFSF capital buffer – the unused amount of the fund’s total capital of 49.7 billion that has... cooperative) were resolved in 2012 and 2013 and are currently under liquidation. The bulk of their total
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