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  1. Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence

    Agora

    Greece 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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  2. Helped by trading gains, Eurobank posts 305 mln in Q1 profits
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    EconomyBanking

    Eurobank 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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  3. Athens encounters problem in effort to foster Greek-Albanian talks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Johannes Hahn nor High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy... minister also appeared to question the “emotional” reaction Athens had to a response from Hahn to a New Democracy MEP. In his correspondence to the Greek parliamentarian, Maria Spyraki, Hahn noted

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  4. Philip Roth's words of caution

    Agora

    story to hearing a prominent rabbi deliver a speech in favour of Lindbergh’s candidacy: “What the hell... to the goyim – he’s giving the goyim all over the country his personal rabbi’s permission to vote

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  5. Honey, I shrunk the Greeks vol. 2

    Agora

    The IMF formally announced on Friday that it changed the policy of exceptional access criteria, in essence reversing a highly political decision of the Fund back in 2010, a decision that saved the euro and paved the path for half a decade of economic de...

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  6. Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021

    Newsletters

    Vaccines turn political PM announces compulsory jabs for some, prompting first major anti-vax protest Amid concerns about an approaching fourth Covid wave hitting Greece this summer, the government announced the start of compulsory vaccinations this wee...

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  7. Athens and Skopje press ahead with confidence measures despite uncertainty

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn with regard to him... political situation in FYROM. An intervention by Hahn, who visited Skopje last week, led political parties

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  8. Mitsotakis enjoys growing popular backing at home, as efforts intensify to defuse border crisis

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Johannes Hahn had indicated that the Commission might be willing to offer an assistance package to Turkey for the more than 3 million refugees currently living in the country. Hahn noted

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  9. High unemployment, falling wages damaged sustainability of largest Greek pension fund
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    fund has lost a cumulative amoung of 16.5 billion in the 2010-14 period. In addition, this is a result

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  10. Some optimism for Cyprus talks but complex issues remain
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    by British Minister of State Sir Alan Duncan, the British delegation tabled a very constructive

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