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Is the Greek green transition running out of power?
AgoraWe are pleased to share the latest briefing MacroPolis has authored on behalf of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES). It is titled ‘Is the Greek Green Transition Running Out of Power?’ and was written by our energy expert Georgia Nakou. It is an in‑depth assessment of Greece’s progress toward its
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Mitsotakis, Erdogan keep distance at UN as summer moratorium draws to close
PoliticsForeign Policyon the issue of Libya which will take place on the sidelines of the UN Assembly under the initiative of Italy...” by its agreement with Libya. Greece says that its agreement with Egypt annuls the Turkey-Libya... with a new, legal and permanent government in Libya and sign a maritime agreement with its southern
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora($310 billion) from its bailout is going towards repaying existing debt means the amount Greece owes... Mechanism (ESM) – a permanent crisis fund – has been given the green light, stricter budget rules... green shoots of a slow recovery. From Greece’s perspective, it must continue with structural reforms
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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
AgoraIt was the house that did for him. Former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos succumbed to the base desire of enshrining his wealth and potency in real estate. Hubris, however, blinded him.... Tsochatzopoulos lost his apartment but it is the house of cards that must be brought down. Nick
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Mitsotakis sets aside talk of next Greek president to meet Trump at White House
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, just days after Greece, Cyprus and Israel signed the EastMed pipeline accord, a project... with Alexis Tsipras at the White House when the SYRIZA leader was prime minister, the timing of his meeting
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Athens pleased about new EU-Egypt deal, seeks closer ties with Cairo
PoliticsForeign Policywith flows to the Italian and Greek (from Libya to Crete) coasts. Europe is offering a "strategic... urgently needs Egypt to control migration flows from its borders with Libya and, secondly, to improve its... not control the border with Libya, from where Sudanese refugees and Egyptian migrants cross
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Athens insists maritime spatial planning plans do not obstruct talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policytreaty with Libya in November 2019 was rejected by Greece as unlawful as the two countries... in which the main prize was Libya, and its vast oil resources. Turkey protests that it is being hemmed... of European strategies, such as the Green Deal and the European Maritime Security Strategy (EUMSS
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Greece, Cyprus and Israel bolster trilateral ties as Turkey looms in background
PoliticsForeign Policyinvolving Cyprus. Libya also signalled readiness for dialogue. Aguila Saleh, speaker of Libya’s House... disputes stemming from the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum signed in 2019, which Athens deems illegal
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Newsletter 234 -10/01/2020
meeting with Mitsotakis, there was a positive mood going into the talks at the White House. He described... with Ankara, which escalated following Turkey’s decision to sign a maritime agreement with Libya... irked Ankara. The official statement released by the White House on Tuesday night stresses the need
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Pension outlay still falling, 40.4 pct of main monthly payments below 500 euros
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros a month stood at 310 individuals. From the total pension claimants, roughly 1.2 million... ministers gave Greece’s 2019 budget the green light in December. The budget had included scenarios
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