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After reaching name settlement, Skopje and Athens face more hurdles to ratify deal
PoliticsForeign Policyas internally. This is clearly a diplomatic success for the Greek side, analysts note, as this pre-condition has never been accepted before by other governments in Skopje. The Greek government believes... with a national Greek line that has been in place for almost 20 years and demanded that Skopje accept a composite
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Newsletter 369 - 10/02/2023
for this, possibly dating back to the positions held by Greek leftists in decades gone by. The left-wing party... loans and how these are treated in the context of the public debt. The Greek authorities and Eurostat... the Greek state has offered to the Hercules APS, which the banks used to securitise some 48 billion euros
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European Commission keeps DSA broadly same, stresses need for relief
EconomyProgrammeof Greek public debt.” The main parameters in the Commission’s baseline scenario remain broadly... in 2017, with the long-term growth seen levelling off at 1.5 percent after 2022 due to the output gap.... On the assumption that Greek banks will not require another state-assisted bank recapitalisation, the Commission
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UN steers clear of Cyprus blame game as focus moves to hydrocarbons
PoliticsForeign Policythe importance of a cooling off period and very much underlined the mental idea that it's up... the failure to reach an agreement on the Cyprus issue was the main topic of discussions held by Greek... and of not allowing the necessary preparation at the conference in Switzerland,” he said. The Greek
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Promises and challenges of Greece's "green new deal"
EconomyFeaturesRecent announcements promise a radical shake-up of the Greek power sector, with the government... to a transformation of the Greek power sector. The plan revolves around the closure of all... and Climate (abbreviated in Greek as ESEK), which amends the plan put forward by the previous government
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Newsletter 244 -20/03/2020
Govt reels off new interventions PM says up to 9.8 bln to be spent on economy after Eurogroup, ECB decisions Faced with The Greek government rolled out this week more measures aimed at containing... the seriousness of the downturn facing the Greek economy. Finance Minister Christos Staikouras, who
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Bad news
Agoramore broadly. A case in point is the way in which an interview given by Greek Finance Minister... is too high. However, soon after the interview aired on Thursday stories started appearing on Greek news... minister admitted to an international network in an interview, not in off-the-cuff off-camera remarks
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Newsletter 396 - 06/10/2023
to gain more than 43 pct to be elected immediately. Otherwise, a run-off vote is held the following... to 9.5 pct, just two points short of third-placed PASOK, and ultra-nationalist Greek Solution, whose..., according to ProRata. It looks unlikely that his lead could be overturned in a run-off vote even
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Credit standards for corporate loans tightened again in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomy) of 2015. BoG attributed the increased tightening Greek bank issues related to their liquidity conditions... standards led to stricter terms and condition for both corporate and household loans in Q3. BoG started publishing the Greek quarterly BLS for the first time this year and largely involves data related
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Capital controls to be loosened further, restrictions on foreign cash removed
EconomyMacroeconomyDecember 1 to withdraw 100 percent of a cash amount transferred into current accounts held with Greek... confidence on a macroeconomic level, a recent survey also showed that consumers’ faith in the Greek.... The condition for the opening of such an account is the absence of any existing account with any
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