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Banks end year with continued bad loan sales
EconomyBankingthat it has entered into a definite agreement with Bain Capital Credit for the disposal of a Romanian... Mechanism (“SSM”). The transaction has a neutral capital impact to the bank. The closing.... The first APS runs out in April 2021 and its stock of guarantees has been used up after NBG approved
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New political clash over police violence, but ND seems unperturbed
PoliticsGreek Politicsin such confrontations. Opinion polls since the 2019 elections tend to show that the government has strong backing... with Koufodinas regarding his transfer. This may explain why the prime minister has personally steered clear..., the GPO poll indicates that little has changed over the last two months, with New Democracy leading
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Greece set to reopen embassy in Libya as it seeks better ties with Tripoli
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece is due to reopen this Tuesday its embassy in Libya's capital Tripoli, which has been closed since 2014 amid the civil war that has torn apart the North African country. Prime Minister Kyriakos... in Tripoli, Athens in close co-operation with Washington has begun to support Aguila Saleh Issa
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Vaccination weak spots still a concern as govt aims for better summer
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has assured an international audience that the Covid-19 situation in Greece will be much better over the coming months even though there has not been a significant... the online platform has been open for several weeks to these groups, who are also at higher risk from
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Move to legislate on climate change offers opening to bolster environmental laws
PoliticsGreek Politicsinstance has been flagged up as a possible violation of the rights of vulnerable women and children. The government has promoted the legislation as a modernisation of family law which puts the child’s... for parenting to be shared on an equal basis. However, Amnesty International has called the change a potential
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Vote on child custody bill reveals rifts within ND, KINAL
PoliticsGreek Politics, as well as all over-18s in the islands, healthcare workers and teachers. The government has set a target.... The top country, Malta, has administered more than twice that number, at 102 per 100 adults, while Hungary in second place has administered just under 88 doses per 100 adults. The authorities
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Launch of new insolvency process may carry political significance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis as the most comprehensive scheme there has ever been to settle debts, not just arrears, over... impact but growing private debt has been a problem in Greece for more than a decade. The total owed... in the months ahead as the opposition tries to convince voters that New Democracy has little interest
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Govt on defensive over property tax tweaks and labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politics. It only has to look at the last decade to see how its predecessors suffered politically as a result... instalments, from the current six. The minimum monthly payment will be 50 euros. SYRIZA has countered... has managed to create a rare moment of unity among the opposition parties as SYRIZA, KINAL, MeRA25
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PM looking to build on RRF approval to augment profile as moderniser
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCommission has indicated that it expects 1 percent of GDP to be added this year, 2 percent next year and 2.5... with middle-aged and, particularly, older voters, while SYRIZA has more appeal among young Greeks, convincing the electorate that the left-wing party has nothing new to offer is a key part of the centre
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Growing Covid threat foils government's attempt to look ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicsupwards. This latest development has fuelled concern in the tourism sector that this summer will be another damp squib. This fear has also been exacerbated by Germany placing Greece on the list of high... since Germany has now joined another key market for visitors to Greece – the UK – in imposing
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