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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agora. Thus, we can now write that S = I + X - M, or: S - I = X - M. The saving-investment balance equals the foreign balance. In balance of payment speak: the saving-investment balance equals the external... to pass through the wringer of recovering the country’s saving-investment balance. How did the Greek
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsof migrants. On Saturday, for instance, he posted on X that: “The illegal immigrants who entered from Libya... to take this emergency action after a massive increase in arrivals from Libya on Crete and nearby... of the pressure that had been put on the government due to the OPEKEPE affair. This was underlined
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Finance Ministry faces balancing act as it starts to draft 2020 budget
EconomyProgrammethe elections. The payment of the so-called 13th pension put an extra 830 million euros in taxpayers... days, will lead to Greeks saving another 1 billion euros. The Finance Ministry hopes that a good deal... in savings to help cover this year’s tax cuts. The biggest saving will reportedly be from reductions
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Newsletter 216 -26/07/2019
. The payment of the so-called 13th pension put an extra 830 million euros in taxpayers’ hands, while cuts... to Greeks saving another 1 billion euros. The Finance Ministry hopes that a good deal of this money will go... and came to -1.90 billion euros. The household saving rate stood at -6.8 percent. Household final
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Newsletter 350 - 09/09/2022
put the total amount earmarked for this year at 10 billion euros, with other sources placing... energy saving. The energy regulator (RAE) is expected to launch an energy saving campaign
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New migration law passes amid questions over Chios tragedy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest legislation put forward by Greece’s centre-right government aimed at making the country... and risk deterring life‑saving operations at sea. Critics further note that an NGO can be removed from... conduct, insisting it is tasked both with protecting Greece’s borders and saving lives at sea. Mitsotakis
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Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019
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... and qualified people. The fact that the government attempt to put the Diamataris controversy to bed
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In Washington, Mitsotakis stresses economic recovery, geopolitical importance as IMF departure announced
PoliticsGreek Politicsa maritime agreement with Libya that infringes on Greece’s sovereign rights. Some commentators... with Libya is “null and void” because it ignores the exclusive economic zones of Greece’s islands, which he... Strategy and Policy Review Department, who has publicly argued in favour of less fiscal pressure being put
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Renewed concern over East Med as Turkey aims to resume drilling
PoliticsForeign Policyput on hold its drilling program in Block 10 until September 2021, while Eni and Total are expected... were not acquired by Greece under international law and that they are Turkish territory. In Libya... and designated to enforce the UN Security Council Arms embargo on Libya in place since 2011.
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