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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policythat Greece submitted a letter to the United Nations on September 3 in response to Libya’s May 27... as Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya
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General gov't cash primary surplus to May halves, arrears keep rising
EconomyMacroeconomyin May make up 44.3 percent of total. Since last December they jumped by 416 million or which 74... percent of total arrears. Despite a rise by 42 million in May, tax arrears have slightly dropped by 21... of May corresponding to more than 10 percent of total. Debt The stock of gross debt slightly rose
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Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the government ranks about a spike in arrivals from Libya, particularly on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete... party conference may have acted as a moment of catharsis for the leftists and their supporters... Kroesser, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece
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Greek effort to heal rift with Balkan neighbours may have come too late
PoliticsForeign Policyin Thessaloniki recently may provide a springboard for an improvement in relations that have been severely... (FYROM) to exchange views on the common problems they face. While the atmosphere may have been tinged with suspicion and tension, the foreign and interior ministers of Greece’s neighbours accepted
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Eurobank gears up for crucial but contentious capital increase
EconomyBankingto Greek investors. The new shares are expected to commence trading in the second week of May.... The total amount of the two transactions completed in late March and the two upcoming equity offerings... and PASOK veteran Apostolos Kaklamanis also refused to support it during the March 30 vote. Papandreou
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Confidence vote debate sets tone for Greek political clashes to come
PoliticsGreek Politicsdo have evidence that they can produce, they may choose to do so closer to the presidential vote... former MP Nikitas Kaklamanis on Thursday. The independent lawmaker’s return takes the number of conservative deputies to 127 and the coalition’s total to 155 out of 300. However, the cracks in PASOK
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New overdue taxes rise continues to decelerate, total debt at 104.73 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyperiod last year by 30.5 percent. In May, the total stood at 3.14 billion euros. New unpaid obligations from tax categories showed a rise of 431 million month-on-month in June, bringing the total to 3.36 billion euros compared to 2.93 billion in May. The VAT collectability rate came to 85.9 percent
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Renewed concern over East Med as Turkey aims to resume drilling
PoliticsForeign Policythan the usual statements condemning Turkey’s actions. They may even consider the matter of less... put on hold its drilling program in Block 10 until September 2021, while Eni and Total are expected... and Total were to carry out exploratory drilling in Block 6, Yavuz’s planned area for drilling works
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Newsletter 210 -07/06/2019
. Car sales for the month came to 23,010 compared to 19,977 in May last year. Out of the total... last year, the increase came to 28.9 percent. From January to May 2019, a total of 88,488 car sales... for New Democracy following its significant victory in the May 26 European Parliament elections
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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