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  1. Despite sharp increase in Dec, current account deficit improves markedly in 2025 to 14.11 bln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to 7.57 billion euros in December, from 7.01 billion last year. At the same time, total exports came

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  2. The EU decision excluding nuclear and fossil fuels from the Just Transition Fund

    Legal

    coal, peat and oil shale or greenhouse gas-intensive industrial processes. According... and enhance employment, will instead need to transform. Overall, coal infrastructure is present in 108 European regions and close to 237.000 people are employed in coal-related activities. The focus

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  3. From the National Energy and Climate Plan to COP26: What has Greek climate policy learned?

    Society

    of initiatives, Mitsotakis confirmed that Greece plans to end coal-fired generation by 2028, with the oldest... a retraction from previous statements which had committed to end to coal generation by 2025. A pledge... by EU standards. Their exposure to the price hikes is a function not only of reliance on coal, which

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  4. Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
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    Agora

    , first as a cheaper, cleaner alternative to coal and oil, and now more explicitly as a “transition..., in order to implement a rapid phase-out of coal-fired power generation – the so-called “de-lignitisation... is a temporary return to dirty coal – the wisdom of locking in several decades of emissions from natural

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  5. Can the Green Transition be just?
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    Agora

    across Europe were calling for an immediate return to lignite and coal instead of clean energy... dependent until the war broke out. Given that lignite and coal are by far the most polluting fuels... electricity and heat by burning lignite, coal, gas, and oil decreased by 42% and 51% in the EU-27

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  6. HFSF executive board members resign

    EconomyBanking

    were triggered after a non-positive recommendation from the selection panel that conducted the assessment of HFSF's executive board for the first time. The panel was formed in January 2016... with the proposal of their remuneration. The selection panel consists of six members, of which two

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  7. Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy

    Society

    factors have driven up the cost of gas and coal generation, which still make up half the domestic supply... polluting lignite for power generation. Although the contribution of brown coal to the generation mix has... to resort to coal and natural gas at peak demand times. Counter measures The social implications

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  8. Govt searches budget for space to adopt more Covid and energy relief

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on the operation of seven coal-fired power stations run by state-controlled utility PPC prompted a strong... the government narrative. Mitsotakis personally spearheaded the phase-out of coal as one of his first acts in office in 2019. The report noted that the extension of coal-fired generation, which

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  9. Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016

    Newsletters

    company ROSCO. Following a non-positive assessment by a selection panel, the three members of the Hellenic... of the selection panel is to assess the members of HFSF’s executive board and general council as well... panel will have to submit a shortlist to the finance minister, who will then appoint the new CEO

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  10. Slow progress on fiscal, impasse on labour keep review deal on hold
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    year by the panel of “wise men” and wants Greece to be “within the framework of the European social model,” which includes having collective bargaining. The eight-member panel made a series... the sense that Greek workers have a stake in the expected recovery. Specifically, the panel of experts

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