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Greece moves step closer to investment grade as Fitch ups rating by one notch to 'BB+'
EconomyFitch became on Friday the latest rating agency to place Greece one step away from investment grade, after upgrading its sovereign credit rating to ‘BB+’ from ‘BB’. The outlook is stable. Most analysts expect the investment grade, which the government has set as a so-called “national goal” for 2023
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Moody's leaves Greece's rating unchanged, one notch from investment grade
EconomyDespite hopes that on Friday Moody’s would complete the cycle of granting the investment grade for Greece and the country would be rewarded by all rating agencies, it left Greece unchanged at ‘Ba1’, which is one notch below the investment grade, and kept the outlook stable. Last September, Moody’s
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
investment grade, keeping it one notch below, after raising the country's rating by two notches last... levels aside, Greece has one of the most favourable debt profiles of not only similar but also higher... by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country's data protection authority, while several
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agorathen sees an opportunity to buy a new piece of equipment, a machine, that can double widget production.... Since this is a “durable” piece of equipment lasting many years, the rate of using up this machine..., with its new high volume machine, uses as one of the inputs a nonrenewable resource—something that we
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Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
Agorahe has had with European counterparts. However, one would have expected that the OSCE Chairperson..., immunization forms a central piece of the electoral promise upon which he aims to salvage his party’s... was granted candidate status within one year of his first mandate in 2014, progress on opening accession
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Left pulls together against ND's labour reform bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsparties very deliberately chose to hold separate events. Reservations have also been voiced by one.... It is the first major piece of legislation tabled outside of lockdown, offering opposition parties... also been voiced by one ruling party MP, Thessaloniki MP Anna Efthimiou, a labour rights expert
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No image availableof debt 06/12/17 Al Jazeera Turkey, Greece and the era of 'Cold Peace' 10/2017 Monocle "Piece by piece... Tsipras calm the Greek public? 22/06/2015 Channel 4 Greece on the edge one last time? 19/06/2015... Mitsotakis conquista la mayoría absoluta en Grecia 07/07/19 Publico Mitsotakis prepara-se para vitória
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Government lines up crackdown on NGOs as next piece in harsher migration policy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is doubling down on the stricter migration policy and harsher rhetoric on the issue, which has intensified since Thanos Plevris took over as the country's Migration Minister. The ruling New Democracy party is hoping that this change of st...
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Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
AgoraIn a recent opinion piece by the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, the EU’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout has been dubbed a fiasco. However, if one looks at EU’s poorest and most corrupt member Bulgaria, one will see a catastrophe. While EU’s vaccination response has been lukewarm, its
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicscalling for in recent weeks. One of the highest-profile casualties of the reshuffle is Labour Secretary... – however critics note that it is still far from representative, with women still holding fewer than one... the deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new
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