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Continuity and priorities
Agora. Energy and ways to put forward the construction of energy projects will be a top priority... at the conference that the agreement “leaves room through our neighbour’s European integration process....” It is no coincidence that after June's European Parliament elections, when ND looked on course for an easy victory
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Finance Ministry faces balancing act as it starts to draft 2020 budget
EconomyProgrammethe elections. The payment of the so-called 13th pension put an extra 830 million euros in taxpayers... earlier this year, the European Commission estimated that this year’s primary surplus would be no higher than 2.5 percent of GDP. However, it has been reported the European Commission has reassessed
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ND tries to stay on top of wildfire as court battle looms over Competition Commission
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom these countries were due to join the effort to put out the blaze on Evia. The response from... with European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides. The latter... the help being offered by European partners, having criticised SYRIZA in the past for failing to make
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Newsletter 218 -06/09/2019
Central Bank president Christine Lagarde, even though Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has put...Mitsotakis keeps focus on growth After European tour, PM heads to Thessaloniki to talk tax cuts... to Thessaloniki comes after Mitsotakis completed his mini-tour of European capitals with a trip
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Athens takes stock after PM's first talks with Erdogan, Balkan leaders
PoliticsForeign Policymessage to the Turkish leader was, put simply: “help me to help you” vis-a-vis the refugee issue, which..., and the role Athens could play at a European Union level so that Ankara could secure more European... of the region’s European perspective but also as a possible investor in several sectors
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Athens sees diplomatic progress and obstacles on migration
PoliticsForeign Policyborders. In the conclusions there is also a reference that “migrants should not be encouraged to put...The high-level visit of the three European Union presidents to the Greek-Turkish border on Tuesday... with the messages of solidarity sent by the European Union. Athens has already managed to get on its side
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Newsletter 252 -29/05/2020
effective it would be. He proposed that the bad bank be prepared and put in front of the government... mediocre The Greek government received a boost this week as the European Commission unveiled its... so far to support struggling Greek businesses and households. European Commission president Ursula
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Athens displeased with EU Council outcome, faces pressure for talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policy(such as Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’s recent interview with Politico). Athens has also put pressure... 10-11 European Council’s conclusions direct references and punitive measures against Turkey’s actions... the idea of punishing Turkey. During talks at the European Council, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro
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PM hopes for return to normality by summer, but vaccine progress remains slow
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the European vaccination programme in the second quarter of the year, his comments put him starkly at odds with recent statements by European officials. Among them, President of the European Council Charles Michel described the chances of achieving the European Commission’s unofficial target
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Newsletter 296 - 14/05/2021
for Greece that the UK put the country on its “amber,” rather than “green” list last Friday. This requires... below the European Union average. Greece is slightly ahead of the EU average (13% vs 11.8%) when... of the tourism sector when other European countries, such as France are Accelerating the vaccination rollout
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