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Greece tries to navigate through uncertainty in Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe political crisis in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has been a cause..., triggering a political crisis in the country. The Greek government’s initial reaction has been.... Yee's meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov, who has directly opposed the formation of a government
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Eurosystem funding down by 535 mln in April, ELA falls for second straight month
EconomyMacroeconomyof stabilisation of private deposit flows. Eurosystem funding has dropped by 7.47 billion euros since... review, the central bank funding has been slashed by 36.56 billion euros, with the bulk (22.71 billion) related to lower ELA funding. Overall, Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding has been reduced by 67.43
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Church, democracy and the evil eye: survey reveals Greeks' beliefs
SocietyA Pew Research Centre survey looking into the religious beliefs of Eastern Europeans has painted a detailed picture of the role and influence the Greek Orthodox Church has in the Greeks’ lives.... Abortion has been legal in Greece since 1984, but 45 percent of those surveyed said abortion should
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The SEKAP case and extrajudicial debt restructuring
Legalspecific conditions has been the cause of much discussion. The government has been accused of integrating... of the Treaty. As the Greek State has not submitted the above provision to the European Commission before
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Athens goes over energy plans, eyes enhanced role
PoliticsForeign Policythe last 12 months, approximately 49 percent of TAP’s project route in Greece and Albania has been... through the diversification of sources and routes. The project design capacity has been upgraded... Yiannis Maniatis said he has come to the conclusion that, “The current government seems eager
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Office prices rebound 0.6 pct in 2016 for first time since 2010, retail space prices edge down 0.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyreading since H2 2013. Since the low of 70.9 in H2 2014, it has rebounded modestly by 1 percent... price index of 101.6 was recorded in H1 2010. Since then, the index has dipped by 29.8 percent... of 100.7 in H1 2010, the retail space rent index has plummeted by 38.3 percent. The rebound in H2 fully
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Full backing for multi-bill from coalition MPs, Tsipras looks to lenders for next step
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat dominant position that Tsipras has within his party after he convinced both party members and MPs... are deeply unpopular and that this has already taken a toll on his government’s ratings. He will want... to an arrangement on debt relief, if not on Monday then by early June. The government still has its eye
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No certainties for Athens before Eurogroup as lenders try for debt deal
PoliticsGreek Politics. The Europeans have a more optimistic forecast but the difference between the two is substantial and has... the weekend claimed that one of the documents the IMF has handed to the eurozone creditors suggests that Athens will not pay off the loans it has received from the European Stability Mechanism until 2120
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The wit and will of men
Agora, which has been pending since 2012, when a Eurogroup in November of that year first suggested.... The government has already reduced its GDP forecast from 2.7 percent to 1.8 percent... a Eurogroup with its back against the wall has happened numerous times during the crisis and always
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Newsletter 120 - 26/05/2017
as the measures Athens has to adopt are concerned, but state that until a way is found to make Greece’s... after rebounding by 0.3 quarter-on-quarter in Q4 From its peak of 102.2 in Q3 2008, the index has... peak of 102.2 in Q3 2008, the index has recorded a fall of 42.2 percent. Apartment prices remain
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