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Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence
AgoraGreece is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its war of independence, which began in 1821 and allowed Greeks to free themselves of Ottoman rule and oppression, and form their own nation-state. To mark this occasion, we spoke to Sakis Gekas, the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Chair of Modern
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Helped by trading gains, Eurobank posts 305 mln in Q1 profits
EconomyBankingEurobank posted an adjusted net income of 305 million euros in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1), compared to a profit of 72 million euros last year. Core pre-provision income (PPI) rose by 10.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) in Q1 to 240.4 million euros, with 62.1 million euros of loan loss provisions
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No fear of the bear? Bilateral economic relations between Germany and Russia
Agorabilateral (economic) ties with Russia. Germany's economic interests in Russia are significant before... champion). More specifically, bilateral trade has fallen from 80 billion euros to 52 billion since 2012...), food and agricultural produce. By contrast, the bilateral foreign direct investment landscape shows
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Greece steps up effort to bolster relations with Iran
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece’s bilateral relations with Iran as well as to prepare the ground for the visit of Prime Minister... Additionally, Greece could only benefit from an enhancement of its bilateral relations with Iran... and that they could help enhance bilateral cooperation in many sectors, if sanctions by the West against
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Government in firefighting mode as opposition seizes on sleaze and shortages
PoliticsGreek Politics. The latest reports suggested that the UK side had proposed a bilateral deal that would see..., the suggestion that the government was engaging in negotiations over a loan was controversial... an explanation, accusing the government of engaging in shadow diplomacy against the national
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Greek competitiveness rank remains low as tax, bureaucracy create obstacles
EconomyFeaturescompared to where it lags. Many of the poor scores in the subpillars reflect areas where Greece’s lenders... scores were noted in the subpillars of the effect of taxation on incentives to invest (137 out
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Portuguese election: Where those who lost may decide
Agoraand months may be critical to end or deepen political uncertainty in Portugal. *Vitor Rodrigues Oliveira is the business editor at TSF news radio station in Portugal. You can follow Vitor on Twitter: @vroliveira_pt Vitor Rodrigues Oliveira
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Foreign minister's visit to Ankara sparks hope of new era in Greek-Turkish ties
PoliticsForeign Policy, another joint committee will make a review of the progress of the bilateral agreements that have... the political will to solve bilateral issues. Athens also made a point of stressing that it means what it says... dispute over territorial borders in the Aegean, with warplanes from both sides regularly engaging in mock
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Some movement on Greece's name dispute but solution still long way off
PoliticsGreek Politicsa bilateral dialogue on EU affairs, cooperation on IPA II, Taiex and twinning programmes, university... of “irredentism” by Greece’s neighbour as one of the major obstacles in bilateral relations but what... and its motivation for engaging with Skopje at this time appears to be motivated by wanting show
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Athens resumes contact with Ankara as interest in FYROM referendum grows
PoliticsForeign Policyfor the resumption of talks between Athens and Ankara following the recent improvement in bilateral... the country's constitutional name for bilateral use. Coalition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated...." His statements likely create a problem for the Greek side, which has avoided engaging in a public
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