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Deposit inflows of 1.07 bln in June, highest in first half of 2016
EconomyMacroeconomydeposits includes gg and other euro area residents’ inflows of 428 and 310 million respectively...) as well as euro and non-euro area residents – posted higher inflows of 1.78 billion euros in June
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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeaturesa visa to other Schengen area countries, but it does not entitle them to work in Greece or any other... 3,644 Russia 429 990 Turkey 308 811 Egypt 109 265 Lebanon 109 310 Iraq 84 320 Ukraine 83 181 Syria... in the area, buying properties in bulk and “packaging” them for resale to “golden visa” applicants
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Athens poised to take next steps on maritime borders
PoliticsForeign Policyagreement. Greece’s decision to issue a new Navtex, expanding the area of seismic surveys for hydrocarbon deposits by US ExxonMobil southwest of Crete provoked the reaction of Libya’s GNA government... and the Exclusive Economic Zone when there is a relevant agreement with Libya. The same diplomatic
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Covid-19 puts pressure on health system, forces govt into more restrictions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the pressure on the national health system grows due to an increase in Covid-19 patients, the government has introduced new restrictions for the greater Athens area and officials are not ruling... and its environs, which accounted for 197 of the 310 Covid-19 cases registered on Tuesday. Until
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Cyprus EEZ keeps Greek-Turkish relations on edge
PoliticsForeign Policy, which was unusual for the Greek government when dealing with such incidents, may have been... that it was unusual for the main opposition party in Greece to blame the government during a mini-crisis... to leave the area and ENI to cancel its research plan, with potentially serious consequences
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Renewed concern over East Med as Turkey aims to resume drilling
PoliticsForeign Policythe area of Blocks 6 and 7. It will be in place for three months, until July 18. The Greek government... and Total were to carry out exploratory drilling in Block 6, Yavuz’s planned area for drilling works... were not acquired by Greece under international law and that they are Turkish territory. In Libya
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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agoraand the combined other 18 member countries of the euro area. We have taken the euro area as a whole because... in the BOP can be influenced by exchange rate movements. Since all 19 euro area countries use the same... countries of the euro area have saved some of their income. Before the Great Recession in 2009-2010
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Coalition's attempt to defend handling of fatal blaze fails to stem criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe area extremely difficult. All four officials insisted that the emergency services and everyone... contained thousands of homes in a small area between the forest and the sea. Judging by the reaction... and arguing that this had contributed to the disaster. During a visit to the area, Kammenos also became
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Greece expects evidence of Turkish willingness to talk as Maas visits Athens, Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policy, an area that is disputed by Turkey. Ankara’s decision last Sunday to extend for four more days, until..., Athens is conducting from Tuesday air force exercises over a large area stretching from south... that it will respond with military means to any Turkish move to conduct researches in the sea area south of Crete
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Athens treads cautiously as Ankara keeps prodding in Aegean
PoliticsForeign PolicyUnion and the United States across several conflict zones, particularly Libya, the Eastern... by a unilateral move by Turkey on Saturday to extend an area for Search and Rescue (SAR.... Via Twitter, the minister unveiled a new map where Turkey defines its new extended area of SAR
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