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The legal framework and latest developments in international investment arbitration
LegalA much-anticipated judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Slovak Republic versus Achmea B.V. (Case C-284/16), on March 6 this year, ruled that the arbitration clause contained in Article 8 of the 1991 Netherlands-Slovakia Bilatera...
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Mitsotakis to continue advertising change on latest EU trip, at Thessaloniki Expo
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMoving on from Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel last week, the government is focussing on the third leg of the Greek prime minister’s European tour and looking ahead to his appearance at the Thessaloniki Expo this weeke...
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Mitsotakis brushes off latest strike, opposition sides with protesters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government shrugged off Wednesday’s strike – the second in as many weeks – as the action of a small group of unionists rather than a larger protest against its proposed labour reforms. Although public transport came to a halt in Athens on Wednesday,...
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Latest T-bill auction highlights shift in Greek yield curve
EconomyThe flow of positive news in Greece’s sovereign debt market continues as the Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) announced the results of Wednesday’s 26-week T-Bill auction in which the yield dropped to zero. This came just a few weeks after Greece’s d...
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Latest T-bill auction nets near-zero yield, rounding off landmark year for sovereign debt
EconomyGreece is rounding off the most successful year in its sovereign debt since 2010, and after three adjustment programmes, with the successful issue of a 52-week T-Bill on Wednesday that resulted in a yield close to zero. Greece’s debt managers auctioned ...
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ND targets NGOs in latest bid to bring migration under control
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government adopted on Tuesday legislation that paves the way for the creation of an official register for non-governmental organisations that deal with refugees. The move is seen as part of New Democracy’s efforts to get to grips with the migration ...
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Greece takes stock of measures to mitigate Covid-19 impact after Eurogroup reaches deal on latest batch
EconomyAfter more lengthy negotiations, eurozone finance ministers arrived at an agreement on Thursday night to add to the measures that have already been announced to combat the economic impact of Covid-19. Although the compromise struck, bridging major diffe...
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Athens hoping EU diplomatic drive will defuse latest Aegean crisis
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece is stepping up its diplomatic efforts in the hope of securing a united European reaction to Turkey’s action in the Aegean as the Oruc Reis research vessel continued its activity in the area. The ship is still sailing in a sea area comprising what...
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Latest IMF estimates see growth of 2.3 pct, return of permanent primary surpluses
EconomyMacroeconomyThe IMF spring meetings produced some good news for Greece via the World Economic Outlook and Fiscal Monitor. The IMF revised upwards its growth estimates for 2023, which is now seen higher at 2.6 pct in 2023, from 1.8 pct in the WEO of last October. Al...
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Moody's latest agency to up outlook to positive, keeps rating below investment grade
EconomyOn Friday, Moody’s upped Greece’s outlook to positive from stable, keeping the rating unchanged at ‘Ba1’, thereby remaining the only agency that is yet to grant the investment grade to Greece, keeping it just one notch below. After the upgrade by Fitch ...
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