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Athens pleased about new EU-Egypt deal, seeks closer ties with Cairo
PoliticsForeign Policywith flows to the Italian and Greek (from Libya to Crete) coasts. Europe is offering a "strategic... urgently needs Egypt to control migration flows from its borders with Libya and, secondly, to improve its... not control the border with Libya, from where Sudanese refugees and Egyptian migrants cross
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Athens insists maritime spatial planning plans do not obstruct talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policytreaty with Libya in November 2019 was rejected by Greece as unlawful as the two countries... in which the main prize was Libya, and its vast oil resources. Turkey protests that it is being hemmed... of Greece with which it has not signed an EEZ agreement namely, Libya but also Albania. For the latter
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ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
PoliticsGreek Politicsof migrants reaching the country from Libya. The measures include a three-month suspension... with Libya are troubled and the EU’s attempt to build ties with General Khalifa Haftar, the military leader of eastern Libya, ended in failure this week. It is expected in Athens that another effort
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Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelations with Libya and the submission of two note verbale by the Tripoli-based government... deems not be in line with international law. In the notes, Libya claims that Greece’s maritime agreement... spokesman Stelios Petsas. The centre-right MP called for Athens to “toughen its stance” regarding Libya
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Greece, Cyprus and Israel bolster trilateral ties as Turkey looms in background
PoliticsForeign Policyinvolving Cyprus. Libya also signalled readiness for dialogue. Aguila Saleh, speaker of Libya’s House... disputes stemming from the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum signed in 2019, which Athens deems illegal
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SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive
PoliticsGreek Politics29.5 ND 26 PASOK 5.5 Potami 5.5 G Dawn 5.5 KKE 4.5 Ind Grks 3 Papandreou 2.5 Other 4 Undecided 8.5... SYRIZA 31 ND 25.5 KKE 5.5 Potami 5.5 G Dawn 4.5 PASOK 3 Ind Grks 2 Papandreou 1.5 Undecided 18... for Avgi SYRIZA 38 ND 30 Potami 7 PASOK 5.5 Golden Dawn 5.5 KKE 5 Independent Greeks 3 Others 6
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C/A balance positive by 1.4 bln to Nov, 2013 surplus in sight
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's November current account (C/A) balance showed the deficit marginally shrinking to 744 million euros from 753 million last year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). The 1.1 percent year... surplus by 175 percent to 3.87 billion euros, mainly owed to higher general government net transfer
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Greek primary budget surplus doubles to 835 mln in Jan but below target
Economytaxes by 34.3 percent. In contrast, indirect taxes slightly eased by 1.1 percent to 2.39 billion.... As a result, net revenues remained almost flat year on year at 4.39 billion, falling short of target by 274
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Central government primary cash surplus at 1.7 bln to February
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government net balance to February on a cash basis showed a surplus of 221 million from deficit of 1.4 billion last year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). At the same time... - shows a moderate drop of 1.1 percent. Interest payments rose 14.8 percent to 1.49 billion, slightly
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Central gov't cash deficit shrinks to 1.27 bln in April
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government net balance to April on a cash basis showed the deficit shrinking to 1.27 billion euros, 4 billion lower than a year earlier, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG... of preference shares (by Alpha Bank in April) worth 940 million stands at 13.49 billion, implying a 1.1
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