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Greece's key pledges and requests at the Eurogroup meetings
PoliticsGreek Politicsagreement that during this period the Greek state will be funded under a minimalist menu that solves
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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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... after a revised increase of 1.3 percent in Q2, provisional estimates from the Hellenic Statistical
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe spat with Turkey over its signing of an agreement with Libya regarding the delimitation... is in control of all of Libya, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly told Turkish President... with disabled children under the age of 24. The total outlay is estimated at 175 mln euros “The one-off
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Newsletter 349 - 02/09/2022
. A total of 142 opposition MPs voted for the centre-left party’s motion (one was absent). Only 120..., well above any previous estimates. Although a bumper year for tourism and the post-pandemic... would be the tax on windfall profits by electricity suppliers. The government had estimated
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Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
EconomyMacroeconomyestimates released in early November, which saw a GDP contraction of 1.4 percent. For next year, the EC and OECD expect a recession of 1.3-1.4 percent above the budget’s estimate. The upgraded MoF forecasts..., nominal GDP is now expected at 175.66 billion in 2015 (up by 1.92 billion from previous estimate
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Greek C/A deficit to July narrowed to just 156 mln with boost from tourism
EconomyMacroeconomyis still materially improved, up 142 percent year on year (yoy) at 720 million, mainly courtesy... a C/A balance close to zero in 2013 and 2014. Note that the latest BoG estimates released..., which is broadly in line with troika July estimates at 2.8 percent and 1.7 percent respectively.
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Greece's current account in surplus for the fourth consecutive month
EconomyMacroeconomy“recurring” figure amounted to 720 million materially improved by 142 percent yoy. The strong monthly... years. Latest BoG estimates (released in the end of May) called for a C/A deficit of 3 percent of GDP in 2013 and around 2 percent in 2014, while the IMF’s more updated estimates stand at 1.0 and 0.5
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis
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