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Tsipras re‑enters political arena as battle for centre‑left heats up
PoliticsGreek Politicsweeks - before the summer lull – could be critical. ELAS will begin collecting signatures under its founding declaration, aiming to demonstrate organic support. Tsipras will embark on early grassroots
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China’s Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agora, China’s Export-Import Bank agreed to fund 85 per cent of the bilateral project. However... since the signing of a strategic partnership agreement in 2009. The bilateral cooperation agreement... to Serbia was 3.1 per cent in 2015 and rose to 9.2 per cent in 2016. This increase is primarily
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Athens and lenders left with gap to bridge ahead of Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsif the primary surplus target is beaten. There has been no indication that Athens and its lenders... require annual transfers from the state budget of around 11 per cent of gross domestic product in Greece compared with the eurozone average of 2.25 per cent. This comparison is misleading. “Following
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Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
Agoravaccines in stock, although they are not ready to used them in the next few days or weeks, instead... an explanation that his criticism was not directed to France per se, but rather to the general exclusion... and key member states were already few and far between, as illustrated by the lack of bilateral meetings
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass... than 15,000 per year should pay a monthly mortgage payment of 10 percent of their net monthly income. Those earning between 15,000 and 35,000 per annum are to have monthly mortgage payments that amount
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China's footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agoraand Slovakia represented 95 per cent of total Chinese FDI within the 16+1 framework in 2016. Greece... 2016, COSCO acquired 51 per cent of PPA for the price of Euro 280.5 million. The Chinese investment..., the world's biggest utility, purchased a minority stake (24 per cent) in Greece's power grid operator ADMIE
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New Democracy and PASOK ponder next moves after election defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsparties over the next few weeks. Despite Antonis Samaras’s attempt to put on a brave face when... is not in a rush to step down. He is likely to wait for the next few weeks to see if the SYRIZA-led... (with 4.68 percent it was beaten by Independent Greeks into seventh place among the seven parties
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Tsipras faces heavy lifting to finalise deal and get party approval
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat may be used by Alexis Tsipras to rally his MPs in the weeks ahead. The amount of work... that gained political prominence in the last few weeks due to a change in the way their contributions... surplus target is beaten. On the issue of fiscal goals, Tzanakopoulos called on Berlin to temper its
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Lenders appear at ease with Tsipras pledges, cautious on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeinsists that the 3.5 percent of GDP target will be beaten. The visiting experts have also... and weeks. “This week the institutions are in Athens for their first post-programme mission within... an indication of the way that Athens will approach the issue in the coming days and weeks, trying to make
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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered... a few weeks ago, to 17.8 pct (48 seats). PASOK built on its 11.5 pct in the first election... Stournaras went as far as suggesting that the much-coveted credit rating could be a matter of weeks
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