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Countering a regressive and illiberal Europe
Agora’ be enough? To answer this question, one needs to take a step back and pose a more fundamental question..., and ever-growing interdependence, would make it extremely costly to abandon or radically scale back
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Credit contraction rises to 1.6 pct in Jan on extended deductions of 885 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy. The effective management and reduction of the huge non-performing exposure (NPE) stock remains one... credit sector remains extremely subdued with outflows of 8 million in January while balance eased
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Athens remains optimistic but no breakthrough in talks yet
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister and one of Tsipras’s key advisors on economic issues, spoke of the need for Greek debt...The government continues to radiate optimism about the timely conclusion of the programme review despite the fact that the pace of talks with the institutions in Athens appears to be extremely slow
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Tsipras and Kammenos set aside speculation and focus on coalition's key goals
PoliticsGreek Politicspresident, Adonis Georgiadis, offered to step down from his position after being one of the 10... seems extremely slim. Equally, Kammenos knows that should he leave the coalition, snap elections
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Tourism accounts for 27.3 pct of Greek GDP in total, study shows
EconomyFeaturesA study by the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE) has indicated that tourism was worth over one quarter of Greece’s GDP in 2017. The figures showed that the tourism industry, a main pillar... governments over widening Greece’s tourism season, the industry remains extremely seasonal. Most
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Greece-Russia spat intensifies but Athens hopes worst is over
PoliticsForeign Policyministry responded by saying that “no one can or has the right to interfere in Greece’s domestic affairs.” It also labelled statements by the Russian diplomat as “extremely rude. On Friday, Moscow again
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Tsipras, Mitsotakis tone down personal attacks but intensify clash over policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government is the one responsible for setting the framework and tone of the political debate. He agreed... from the extremely personal nature of the attacks they launched on each other on Wednesday. The debate
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Newsletter 221 -27/09/2019
that the collapse of the company was “extremely unfortunate and one with many aspects,” adding
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Piraeus sets ambitious NPL targets with Intrum deal as banks prepare securitisations
EconomyBankingforward the securitisation of its bad loans by one year to 2020 rather than 2021. The bank... noted the extremely slow judiciary process in Greece as a problem. Piraeus Bank has the highest NPE
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Mitsotakis-Erdogan call seen as first step to possible thaw in relations
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece and Turkey are not merely a bilateral issue, but rather an EU- Turkey one. Whether the EU holds... did mention friction in the Aegean, while acknowledging that the situation had become extremely
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