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Athens adjusts foreclosure framework, waits for lenders to give green light
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government is hoping to table in Parliament early next week the new bill for the protection of primary residences from foreclosures after another round of talks with local bankers on Thursday. Reports on Friday suggested that several issues we...
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Athens looks to overcome APS snags as it awaits green light from Brussels
EconomyBankingFinance Minister Christos Staikouras was due to meet the CEOs of Greece’s four systemic banks on Thursday as the government appears to be stepping up its efforts to secure approval for the Asset Protection Scheme (APS) aimed at reducing the giant pile o...
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From the National Energy and Climate Plan to COP26: What has Greek climate policy learned?
Society“Greece despite its small carbon footprint can make a significant contribution in the green... the next six years specifically earmarked for the “green transition”. On the policy front, however... islands energy independent by using “green” technologies; however, little is yet known about how
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
AgoraA play with four actors about hidden liabilities and the green economy The corporate sector Let us.... Suddenly, there is alarm. They launch a plan for “green investments” to clean up the toxic waste... to pay for it at all. This is the new “Green economy.”[1] The kids and the Contemplatives are a bit
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SYRIZA targets broader appeal as ND focuses on next bills
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy. Tsipras also sees a political future in the green agenda and spoke about environmental issues... including the word “green” in it. But this is a decision that may be taken at SYRIZA’s next... to ruling New Democracy. Tsipras also sees a political future in the green agenda and spoke about
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Newsletter 314 - 29/10/2021
building process for the issuance of a 500-million-euro Green Senior Preferred Bond with a 6-year... will use it to enhance its 1.7-billion-euro green financing portfolio with new loans or refinance... and 500 million through the latest green bond. Since the pandemic started, the total amount of bonds
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Who’s afraid of Angela Merkel?
Agoradecision to end the use of nuclear power in Germany removed the biggest obstacle for a black-green coalition. However, after having failed to get more than 10 percent in the elections, the Green party... for the SPD and the Green Party to say yes to her. However, the Germans are not known for their readiness
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Onus on Athens to speed up review after German election result
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU (33 percent) with the FDP liberals (10.7 percent) and the Green... to Greece’s plight and have favoured a debt relief deal. Earlier this year, the Green Party argued..., it is not right,” Sven-Christian Kindler, budget policy spokesperson for the Green Party, said at the time
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Mitsotakis returns from Berlin with warm words but no encouragement on fiscal front
PoliticsGreek Politicsdelegation also presented an ambitious economic transformation plan centred on the green economy. The plan... ten-year “green development plan” to be launched at the forum, with the aim of catalysing investment from across Europe in green technologies. The meeting also covered geopolitics and bilateral
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Mitsotakis to continue advertising change on latest EU trip, at Thessaloniki Expo
PoliticsGreek Politicsaside and, instead, the Greek leader focussed on investment opportunities and a 10-year green growth... for a green investment forum in Athens in November, suggesting that preparatory work is required... that Green parties have been making in other European countries recently. In terms of how SYRIZA
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