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Newsletter 485 - 21/11/2025
Beijing’s influence by boosting its own capabilities in other regions. Her remarks, which echoed the Trump... the 2.2% estimate for this year. Private consumption is expected to remain robust, though slightly more... of the RRF, roughly split in half. At the same time, bankers estimate that the loans component of the RRF
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The ins and outs of the Greek bank recapitalisation process
EconomyAs the dust settles from Greece’s whirlwind agreement with lenders in August, attention is falling on the recapitalisation process for Greek banks. The Eurogroup statement of August 14 sprung... before growing by 2.7 percent in 2017, in line with the institutions’ latest official estimates
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Newsletter 505 - 22/05/2026
understand Greek concerns about Turkey’s revisionist rhetoric, instability in Libya and migration flows... growth of 1.9% and raising its inflation estimate to 3.1%. Last week, in the progress report for 2026...%, with a particularly worrying estimate for investment in 2027, rising by just 1.3% — a strong indication
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EastMed, defence and energy dominate Pompeo's visit, leaving Athens satisfied
PoliticsForeign Policyis especially important as Russia continues to destabilise the region, especially in Libya,” Pompeo... of State Mike Pompeo’s remarks regarding Turkey and Eastern Mediterranean tension and the secretary’s
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Greece makes first contact with new Syrian leader as PM chases up missile issue in Paris
PoliticsForeign Policy, as was the case with the maritime memorandum between Libya and Turkey in 2019. Turkish officials have... remarks on Sunday the significance of international law and, in particular, the Law of the Sea. He also
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Newsletter 480 - 17/10/2025
of criticising the current government directly, though many interpreted his remarks as a veiled rebuke... published its second estimate for Greece’s annual GDP in 2024, including revisions for 2023 and 2022... in the previous March estimate. Growth for 2023 was confirmed at 2.1 percent, while the economy expanded
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EC revises growth estimate upward to 4.1 pct this year, 6 pct in 2022
EconomyMacroeconomyThe European Commission updated its economic estimates for Greece in the context of the 2021 Spring Forecasts, where the estimates are slightly improved from the previous forecasts in February... estimates assume the relief measures that have so far cushioned the blow on the economy will not be cut
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IMF upgrades Greece’s GDP and unemployment rate estimates
EconomyMacroeconomyto an estimate of a 0.6 percent GDP contraction in the previous WEO. It is worth noting that this is the most... with the European Commission (EC) estimate, while OECD expects Greek GDP to slip 0.2 percent this year... 2.7 percent previously. The government and the EC estimate the Greek economy will recover by 2.7
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Finance Ministry costs new support package, but questions remain over electricity subsidies
Economyfront and regarding electricity subsidies. In his opening remarks, Staikouras presented the first official revision of the growth estimate for this year. GDP is now seen rising by 5.3 pct, from 3.1 pct... roughly 20 pct below the 2010 levels. The Finance Ministry admitted that in the latest estimates the cost
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