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Attention turns to next steps in solidifying Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policydialogue has as its final milestone the visit of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Ankara in April.... It has to do with the Muslim minority in Western Thrace. According to media reports, he said in his... Foreign Ministers Alexandra Papadopoulou and Burak Aksapar will hold new talks within the framework
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Greece secures F-35 jets as US tries to appear even-handed following F-16 deal for Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policy(Pentagon, State Department, Congress) has been completed. The process aims to ensure at multiple levels... year’s earthquakes, tension between the two countries has eased. He stressed the necessity... of Greece and is expected to meet with her counterpart Burak Akçapar on March 11. The two ministers
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Greece and Turkey edging forward with political dialogue
PoliticsForeign Policy, and the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tereza Aggelatou. Each party has nominated two members, while a group of nine academics has been invited to attend the meetings as experts.... Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou will meet her Turkish counterpart Burak Aksapar in Ankara
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Farmers roll back into Athens as government fails to resolve long-running dispute
PoliticsGreek Politicsfinancial misconduct. It has become a revealing X‑ray of Greece’s labour‑political networks... on the capital, marking the newest chapter in a dispute that has dogged the conservative administration... argue that compensation has been insufficient and that the government’s reasoning on vaccination
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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeaturesSince its launch in 2014, the Greek citizenship-by-investment scheme known as the “golden visa” has... of July 2018, the number of “golden visas” issued to property investors reached 2,968. This has... 3,644 Russia 429 990 Turkey 308 811 Egypt 109 265 Lebanon 109 310 Iraq 84 320 Ukraine 83 181 Syria
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Greece's primary surplus: Much ado about nothing?
AgoraThere has been some confusion about Greece's fiscal statistics this week after the size.... The latter shows the Greek deficit has narrowed by 21.1 billion since 2010, of which 9.3 billion..., the focus has been on the primary surplus target. This is an extract from the statement issued after
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Newsletter 285 - 19/02/2021
because such incidents have been more limited in scope and impact, the centre-right government has... has sought to distance the political leadership from the allegations, insisting that no named... complaints within the cultural institutions has allowed the minister to distance herself from
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I know what you did the summer before last
Agora. Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has provided his interpretation of the events in his book, Adults in the Room. His account has received some complimentary reviews from respected figures outside... should not forget how often it has been said that much of Varoufakis’s analysis was correct but that his
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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
Agorastruggle in a framework that’s too complex to authoritatively read through. While nobody has a crystal... and a clear-cut Trump 2.0 China policy has yet to take shape. Being highly unpredictable, the U.S. president himself has toggled at times between positive signals and threats to China, though his statements
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Government feels pinch from public's fears about high cost of living
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe growing concern among Greek households about rising prices, particularly for basic goods, has... the social media platform X. Lianos, who was appointed by the current government, clarified... also indicated that his organisation has the highest number of raids on businesses (37) in the EU
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