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Tusk proposals over refugee quotas puts Athens on alert ahead of EU summit
PoliticsGreek Politicsto put off plans to scrap the 30 percent discount on VAT that has been in place on many Aegean... the European Union over the fate of refugees, which has also been causing domestic problems of late. Athens is readying for this week’s EU leaders’ summit after reports that European Council President Donald
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Collateral damage in Europe?
Agoraparts of the world. Put otherwise, negative spillover effects can materialise in certain product... in European capitals from Athens to Berlin, Budapest and Belgrade concerns the question of who among... in and credit provider for major infrastructure projects across the European continent. Flagship initiatives
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Athens on diplomatic drive to secure support over migration flare-up
PoliticsForeign Policyfollowing Turkey's decision to “open the gates,” as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put it last Friday... it calls an "asymmetric threat." The visit on Tuesday of the three heads of the European... message of European support and solidarity and an outcome of the government's constant diplomatic efforts
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Newsletter 208 -31/05/2019
revenues put surplus above target by 2.31 billion euros The budget primary balance recorded a surplus.... In terms of how the 21 seats allocated to Greece in the European Parliament are shared out, eight go to New... seat. The crushing defeat for SYRIZA prompted Prime Minister Alexis Sunday’s European Parliament
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Greece's EU journey: Solidarity hard to come by, but two-way approach also lacking
Agorawith North Macedonia, while the government is also swayed by populist media that always put... for Greece’s accession to the European Economic Community in 1975, often used to point out to his European... civilization, naturally belonged to a union of European countries. Karamanlis felt he had to convince
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Five things to take away from the first round of Greek local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsmean in the EU elections. He has argued that this would put stability at risk and it is certain... but few definitive answers about how the country will vote in the European Parliament polls on May 25... it a convincing enough victory in the European vote to raise doubts about whether the coalition can survive
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Newsletter 18 - 06/03/2015
made by the prime minister and his office often sound like the statements SYRIZA put out while... joke. “And now for one member state, all the men need to take off their ties,” said European... the cause of lightheartedness from the moment SYRIZA came into power. European Parliament President Martin
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Tsipras makes his point in Moscow but leaves with nothing tangible
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Moscow on Wednesday failed to produce the kind of developments that would put relations between... comments from international media and European politicians but Putin and Tsipras did not agree... their press conference included that of the European Union – a clear indication of which camp Greece belongs
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Differing views on refugee crisis at heart of Greek-German relations
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe AKP’s resounding win in Turkey’s elections on Sunday is likely to put extra pressure on Greek.... “The return to growth and prosperity is not a European interest. Of course, on a European level we want Greece... that also includes solutions. And to this end, financial support from the European Union is also
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Newsletter 65 - 04/03/2016
days before he unveiled plans to put New Democracy through its own economic adjustment programme... a press briefing on Thursday, the European Commission (EC) refrained from commenting on the talks... for a crucial European Union summit with Turkey in Brussels on Monday. The Greek government hopes that over
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