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Finance Ministry faces balancing act as it starts to draft 2020 budget
EconomyProgrammeearlier this year, the European Commission estimated that this year’s primary surplus would be no higher than 2.5 percent of GDP. However, it has been reported the European Commission has reassessed..., European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said that there is no longer a need
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ND tries to stay on top of wildfire as court battle looms over Competition Commission
PoliticsGreek Politicswith European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides. The latter... the help being offered by European partners, having criticised SYRIZA in the past for failing to make... to fight her dismissal at the European Court of Justice, is clearly not intending to accept New Democracy
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Brussels urges Athens to remain on reform path as fourth post-MoU review looms
EconomyProgrammeThe European Commission (EC) marked on Tuesday the first anniversary from the completion of Greece... that provided loans of just short of 62 billion euros via the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). The EC... – and to work closely with European partners – will be essential to supporting stability, growth, job
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New government looks for way to open discussions with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyat the European Council in October, Dendias said "Greece is here to help.” “We are a European country in the Balkans,” he said. “We aren’t a Balkan country in Europe. We will export this European mindset... and Albania want to join the European Union. This is a good opportunity for them to see the European
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Newsletter 218 -06/09/2019
Mitsotakis keeps focus on growth After European tour, PM heads to Thessaloniki to talk tax cuts... to Thessaloniki comes after Mitsotakis completed his mini-tour of European capitals with a trip... of business-positive measures during the week and a mini tour of several European capitals to send
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Newsletter 220 -20/09/2019
in a letter he sent to the European Stability Mechanism on Monday. The previous government had... to the European Commission its final proposal for an Asset Purchase Scheme (APS), which it hopes... the Hercules Project, over to officials in Brussels on Friday. The European Commission will now have
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Athens takes stock after PM's first talks with Erdogan, Balkan leaders
PoliticsForeign Policy, and the role Athens could play at a European Union level so that Ankara could secure more European... of the region’s European perspective but also as a possible investor in several sectors... appears dissatisfied with the government on two issues: migration and the Prespes Agreement. The European
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PM takes to stage in Davos as migration worries persist at home
PoliticsGreek Politicscases to build up. The main target of the Greek premier’s criticism, though, was other European... up with a European compact on migration and refugees… we would envision a mechanism by which... for everyone who gets refugee status and a unified European mechanism for those who don’t and need
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Greece waits for tangible outcome from EU's symbolic backing over border crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be accompanied by top European Union officials when he... in addressing the increased influx of asylum seekers from Turkey. Apart from European Council president Charles Michel, Mitsotakis will be accompanied by European Commission president Ursula von der
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Athens sees diplomatic progress and obstacles on migration
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe high-level visit of the three European Union presidents to the Greek-Turkish border on Tuesday... with the messages of solidarity sent by the European Union. Athens has already managed to get on its side... of around a total of 700 million euros, which was announced when European Council President Charles
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