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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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Newsletter 241 - 28/02/2020
. Images in the media of riot police confronting citizens in rural communities are causing disquiet, even... with the Council of State (CoS) ruling and the clearing of state guarantees for bank loans, at 1.1 percent of GDP...’s three securitisations under the code name Cairo, with a total value of 7.5 billion euros
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CPI rises again in November, at accelerating rate of 1.1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.1 percent in November, accelerating from the 0.7... for the 12-month period from December 2016 to November 2017 was 1.1 percent. The core index edged up... by 1.1 percent in November following a rise of 0.5 percent in October. The main driving force behind
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Arrears payments of 915 mln in Aug bring total to 1.4 bln over two months
EconomyMacroeconomypublished on Friday. This means Greece has cleared a total of 1.36 billion euros of arrears... in the 2-month period, while total transfers reached 586.8 million. Social security funds follow with payments of 407.4 million euros out of the total of 501.8 million transferred. The majority
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Higher education in Greece needs radical overhaul to create labour-relevant workforce, study says
Societyof higher education came to 1.1 million compared to 1 million for Greek males. Despite this, women... sector was 884 euros in 2016 compared to 1,054 euros in 2008. In the public sector, despite falling
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Where is the EastMed pipeline heading?
AgoraZone, the decision to send troops to Libya, the maritime agreement with the Tripoli-based government...Almost a decade ago, in February 2010, the Greek prime minister at the time, George Papandreou, and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu had a chance encounter in a Moscow Restaurant
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Energy tops agenda as FM heads to Israel
PoliticsForeign Policyas well as the Turkish-Libya memorandum. “We will continue to deconstruct calmly and soberly...Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias was due to visit Israel on Tuesday with the aim of reaffirming Greece’s strong ties with the new government led by Benjamin Netanyahu. He is the first European
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Greece aligns with EU on Israel-Iran conflict, keeps close watch on Turkey as Ankara submits maritime plans
PoliticsForeign Policy-Libya memorandum, which provoked tension with Greece. Athens reacted to the publication of Turkey’s MSP... relations with Turkey. The Greek side is assessing what appears to be Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
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Greek gg primary cash surplus at 2.2 bln in 2014, arrears down to 3.75 bln
EconomyMacroeconomysettling at 1.77 billion making up 47 percent of total arrears. Tax refunds were the only subsector... percent of total. Hospitals’ arrears are the third key contributor with the outstanding figure at 606 million at the end of 2014 corresponding to 16 percent of total. The other three subsectors make up
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Public investment under spotlight amid arguments over budget execution
EconomyMacroeconomyholding back 1.1 billion in investment spending, the opposition party argued. Haritsis argued that local... funds 166 million and 859 billion by other legal entities, to make up the actual spend of 4.97
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