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Greece takes stock of measures to mitigate Covid-19 impact after Eurogroup reaches deal on latest batch
EconomyAfter more lengthy negotiations, eurozone finance ministers arrived at an agreement on Thursday night to add to the measures that have already been announced to combat the economic impact of Covid-19. Although the compromise struck, bridging major diffe...
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Alpha seals bad loans sale deal, lenders brace for NPE management in Covid-19 era
EconomyBankingAlpha Bank announced on Wednesday that it had entered into a binding agreement for the disposal of a mixed pool of NPEs to Greek SMEs secured by real estate assets, code named Neptune. In a statement released by the bank, they said that they had receive...
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Video talk: Removing obstacles for a deal on Next Generation EU
AgoraIn the latest episode of the video discussions organised by Agenda Publica and MacroPolis as part of the Future is Blue newsletter, Eva Valle, former director of the economic cabinet of the Spanish PM and founder of QED Economics, and Pepijn Bergsen, Re...
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Spain's challenges and opportunities in the EU recovery deal
AgoraIn the latest episode of the video discussions organised by Agenda Publica and MacroPolis as part of the Future is Blue newsletter, Jonás Fernández, Member of the European Parliament, and Marcel Jansen, Associate professor at the Universidad Autónoma de...
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What does the EU recovery fund deal mean for Greece?
AgoraIn the latest episode of the video discussions organised by Agenda Publica and MacroPolis as part of the Future is Blue newsletter, MacroPolis editor Nick Malkoutzis speaks to Maria Demertzis, deputy director at the Bruegel think-tank in Brussels. The d...
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Microsoft deal welcomed as Greece vies for more foreign investments
EconomyFeaturesMicrosoft has announced plans to create three data centres in Greece in a much-needed boost for the country’s investment profile as part of its "GR for GRowth" initiative. The development was reported to be nine months in the making and also includes an...
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Greece extends territorial waters in Ionian, hopes for deal with Albania
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe last week of 2020 saw Greece moving ahead with the enforcement of its decision to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles in the Ionian Sea. The presidential decree on the closing of bays and drawing of straight baselines in the maritime ...
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Covid spike forces change in govt plans, eclipsing deal with banks for rollout of RRF loans
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece recorded a record number of new Covid infections on Tuesday, forcing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to cut short a brief holiday in Epirus and the government to bring forward restrictions that were due to come into force on January 3. The ann...
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyLast week Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the initiation of seismic surveys to locate potential natural gas reserves in two offshore blocks southwest of the Peloponnese peninsula and the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Lib...
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PM defends scepticism about name deal as he waits for official position from Skopje
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is waiting for the government in Skopje to take an official position amid the negative mood created by the statements and actions of the newly elected president and the prime minister of North Macedonia. Greece is focusing on the use of the name ...
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