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China's bumpy road to Greece
EconomyFeaturesof local firms. Beijing’s “One Belt, One Road” strategy focuses on infrastructure investments to open... and a year of cultural exchange has also been launched. Chinese investment One of the private... investment group Copelouzos, worth up to 3 billion euros. One of China’s biggest investments is Cosco’s 67
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Collateral damage in Europe?
Agorathe established superpower and the rising one is the more reliable and predictable trading partner... and China. One way or the other, EU members states and candidate countries are caught in the trade war... aspects. For one, in Europe the standard operating procedure continues to rest on the separation between
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societywith a widely shared opinion piece, which concluded by inveighing against the Troika of the country... for fighting forest fires well into the years of the crisis paints a subtler picture, and one which... that of Portugal with 37. One of the major differences is that compared to these countries Greece is far more
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SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsnecessitated by exceptional circumstances, which have now ceased to exist. One piece of legislation... this month. The broadening of the scheme is one of seven key changes the government wants to introduce.... The latest development has seen one of the three protected witnesses detained at Athens International
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Domestic factors seen playing role in PM's pick for European Commission
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCommission President Ursula von der Leyen’s request for each country to nominate two candidates – one male, and one female. In his on-camera comments before a meeting with Tzitzikostas following Thursday..., the Greek PM said he would like “a portfolio that highlights on the one hand the progress that Greece
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
Kerameus, whose removal the opposition had been calling for in recent weeks. One of the highest-profile..., with women still holding fewer than one in four posts. However, it is the inclusion of controversial... interview, one bishop said that “the church showed disobedience and the state showed forbearance
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Fight against tax evasion yields results, reveals challenges
SocietyImproving tax collection in Greece has been one of the dominant themes over the past three years... in the eurozone. It was equivalent to 27.5 percent of GDP, making it one of nine euro-area members that has... for public revenues at the Finance Ministry. One of the criticisms the troika had made of Greece’s tax
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EU vote highlights Greek center-left's urgent need for renewal
PoliticsGreek Politicsa “political crisis” by giving SYRIZA a clear mandate. If one overlooks the fact that Venizelos himself... left halved at these European elections. If one goes further back, to the EU vote of 2009... might in a previous piece. It has been reported that invitations are to be issued to DIMAR, To Potami
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The ECB's strict rules apply if you dare not comply
AgoraGreek banks are allowed to hold, one time on Greece's participation in the quantitative easing... stopped accepting Greek government securities as collateral, and one time in respect to the decision... more detailed explanation of the promissory deal you should read this piece from Karl Whelan
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On the Greek crisis and German imbalances
Agoraand of German economic moralism demonizing one side of the trade flows equation, it is generally accepted... of speedy reforms, prompt another often suggested piece of economic advice by American economists... downwards even more to attain competitiveness. One can safely assume that another US economist, Paul
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