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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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Name deal and Beleri case test Greece's relations with North Macedonia, Albania
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is facing a testing period in its bilateral relations with its neighbouring countries North Macedonia and Albania, respectively. The new leadership in North Macedonia is attempting to de-legitimise the Prespes Agreement. Its new Prime Minister Hr...
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Ministers dispatched to deal with disgruntled MPs as cost of living complaints dog ND
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinisters have been tasked with addressing the mounting complaints from rank-and-file MPs as PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis strives to reconcile his reform agenda with managing the political wear-and-tear from so-called “everyday” challenges associated with the...
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So far and yet so near for Greece and eurozone after second abortive Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsand, in essence, the two sides do not seem to be far apart from a deal. The early break-up... to be overcome for there to be an agreement as Athens feels it will not be able to pass the deal..., it appears it is not ready to sign up to even a temporary deal committing it to the existing fiscal
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Tsipras gives air of resistance but leaves door ajar for agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the moment in terms of the concessions needed to reach a deal. Tsipras issued a defiant message... that the Greek government is willing to edge closer to lenders’ demands in an effort to secure a deal, despite... to Theodorakis that he would only accept a deal that includes a commitment to debt relief. The prime
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EU-Greece island containment policy slammed as refugees endure squalid winter camps
Societyand having adequate time to winterise the camps, the Greek government appears to have done little to deal... to share tents with unrelated men, putting their privacy and safety at risk.” they said. EU Turkey deal Deportations under the EU-Turkey deal, which was designed to send back failed asylum seekers
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