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Newsletter 230 -29/11/2019
opinion poll published before ministers met indicated that voters are highly concerned about... as of the end of October, stood at circa 277 percent of the quota and an outstanding debt of just over 9
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Greece makes first contact with new Syrian leader as PM chases up missile issue in Paris
PoliticsForeign Policyon Sunday, where he met with Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and his Syrian counterpart Asaad... in order to ensure calm and prosperity in the region." Gerapetritis was one of the first European foreign... the country and met with Al-Sharaa. Greece had closed its embassy in Syria in July 2012, just over
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Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsexperienced ministers in key posts and backing them up with a layer of specialists underneath. While... watch as public order minister in Costas Simitis’s government, and his appointment will help bolster Mitstokis’s image as someone who’s serious about law and order. Chrisochodis’s beefed-up ministry
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The challenge in Greece: Funding an emerging economic recovery
Agoraquarter this year. That is indeed a significant piece of good news, all the more when considering.... After 25 consecutive quarters of negative GDP figures, dating all the way back to 2008 in the pre... to highlight them in order to spoil the part; quite the contrary in fact. Any evidence of economic recovery
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Tsipras, against all odds
Agora, populism or hucksterism. Even minutes before the vote on Sunday, Tsipras was scheming his schemes in order... Independent Greeks) for 2017 and 2018 in order to save almost 120 million euros was shelved. He also cast
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Talks on Macedonia name issue to be ramped up but Kammenos unmoved
PoliticsForeign Policyissue, Matthew Nimetz met with the negotiators of the two countries just three years after his last... placed the Western Balkans at the top of their foreign policy agendas in order to secure political.... Nikos Kotzias and his FYROM counterpart Nikola Dimitrov have already met more than three times
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Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE
PoliticsForeign Policyanother layer of strain to Greek-Turkish relations, just weeks after the postponement of a planned..., Libya, and Egypt, according to Kathimerini. Boulos, who met with Mitsotakis last September, is said
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Greece offers to assist in Gaza humanitarian effort
PoliticsForeign PolicyRamallah, where he met with his counterpart Riyad al-Maliki, and was received by Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh. Gerapetritis then met with his Israeli counterpart, Eli Cohen to brief.... “My feeling is that, due to our significant diplomatic capital, we always play a crucial role. All
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Mitsotakis on offensive over Macedonia name deal after Zaev comments
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament. “New Democracy will vote against the agreement and we call on all parties and all MPs to do the same,” he added. “After all, this is what the majority of Greeks demand.” The centre-right... agreement when he met in Athens on Tuesday with Slovenian President Borut Pahor. “We
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agorain the Balkans, leading to the current “all-of-government” approach whose goals range from stopping... Centres) on the Greek islands that would meet all Greek and EU reception standards.” Classroom... and respectfully, but also firmly, appeal to all, to refrain from statements which could directly
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