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Newsletter 296 - 14/05/2021
below the European Union average. Greece is slightly ahead of the EU average (13% vs 11.8%) when... of the tourism sector when other European countries, such as France are Accelerating the vaccination rollout..., but that overall the country lags many of its European peers and is probably slightly behind where
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Stock taking: Where is the Greek economy now?
Agoraproductive capacity. And so it is with Covid-19. Both the European Commission in its evaluation reports... to provide liquidity and flexible conditions to the European economy, in general, and the European... at the European level--the European Recovery Fund. This is seen by some as a “breakthrough” of fiscal
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ND anxious about impact Afghanistan tumble will have on migration
PoliticsGreek Politics, and that Turkey will be in a more powerful position to exploit fears in the European Union about a sizeable... and mainland, mostly on their way to other European destinations. The same motto about not repeating 2015 has... a “European problem” and that there will be a need to guard the EU’s outer borders. SYRIZA reaction SYRIZA
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Govt presents menu of energy proposals in Brussels as power subsidy cost balloons
PoliticsGreek Politicsat a European level, this time trying to present alternatives to the European Commission’s “Save... pct. Greece, along with an emerging bloc of southern and central European countries, is opposing... to households and small businesses. The plan, which he has outlined in a letter to European
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Greece beefs up border security to counter migration flow
PoliticsForeign Policyif there is no European funding, which appears likely given that the government has already submitted a relevant request to the European Commission but has yet to receive a response. The Greek government is expected to insist in its relevant request to European authorities that it is under a hybrid
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PM sees progress on lasting dispute with Albania after Tirana visit
PoliticsForeign Policyof even greater rapprochement". The prime minister underlined Greece's support for the European... at the EU-Western Balkans Summit. "Greece will continue to support the European perspective of all Western Balkan countries, obviously including Albania. I am particularly pleased that the European
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China-EU: Navigating an increasingly complex relationship
Agoratravel restrictions and absence of in-person meetings for more than two years. Several European... European markets, hefty subsidies and price distortion, Beijing’s preferential treatment of domestic... hopes that the European side would be “prudent in introducing restrictive economic and trade policies
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PM claims victory as marriage equality law passes despite dissent in govt, opposition ranks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece became the first Christian Orthodox country and the 16th in the European Union to legislate..., passionately committed to European values,” PM Mitsotakis posted on X after the vote. During the debate he... necessary to ensure that Greece establishes itself as a modern, progressive European country. The impact
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EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an occasion to hit back at the recent resolution passed by European... “get out the vote” tour to encourage participation in June’s European Parliament Elections
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Greece firms up participation in Red Sea mission, rules out sending troops to Ukraine
PoliticsForeign Policywith regard to Ukraine's European future, and how it intends to continue to help the Ukrainians... hosted President Zelensky in Athens and expressed our support for his country's European perspective. More recently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the European Investment Bank
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