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  1. Sparks to fly as coalition and SYRIZA clash over electricity sell-off

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    discussion at committee level was due to begin on Wednesday. PPC workers’ union, GENOP-DEI, is opposed.... SYRIZA sees this as an opportunity to strengthen its relationship with GENOP-DEI, one of Greece’s

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  2. Electricity strike nipped in bud, leaving political loose ends

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    threatening the strikers with arrest if they did not return to work. Their union, GENOP-DEI, announced... to end the protest. This swift move to nip GENOP-DEI’s action in the bud seems to have been due

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  3. Privatisation of power transmission firm ADMIE a key challenge among prior actions

    EconomyProgramme

    unions at PPC, particularly the vociferous GENOP group, are strongly opposed to public control of the electricity production and transmission being lost or diluted. GENOP’s allegiance has switched from

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  4. Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    actions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia

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  5. Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019

    Newsletters

    reaching an agreement with Libya last week to delineate maritime borders in the Mediterranean. Athens has labelled the deal “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal... after a revised increase of 1.3 percent in Q2, provisional estimates from the Hellenic Statistical

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  6. Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the spat with Turkey over its signing of an agreement with Libya regarding the delimitation... is in control of all of Libya, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly told Turkish President... with disabled children under the age of 24. The total outlay is estimated at 175 mln euros “The one-off

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  7. Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    estimates released in early November, which saw a GDP contraction of 1.4 percent. For next year, the EC and OECD expect a recession of 1.3-1.4 percent above the budget’s estimate. The upgraded MoF forecasts..., nominal GDP is now expected at 175.66 billion in 2015 (up by 1.92 billion from previous estimate

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  8. Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    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... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s

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  9. Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Gerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis

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  10. If you think it's bleak for Greece now, wait until tomorrow
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    Agora

    productivity growth since 1970 has been averaging 0.7 percent, by far the lowest in the euro area, which

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