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

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    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. Is the cost of Greece's public sector soaring again?
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    EconomyFeatures

    that government and opposition are taking up positions to engage in a familiar ritual dance... procedures for the higher civil service grades have left the field wide open to naked political

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  4. 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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  5. Terms & conditions
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    the rules of good behavior and decency and not engage in illegal or immoral acts and comments... of the Company. Subscribers are prohibited to engage in any unlawful act which may undermine the rights... or through satellites; they should not engage in any other act that contracts to the exclusive rights

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  6. Honey, I shrunk the Greeks vol. 2

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    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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  7. Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    The Greek public sphere witnessed last week a rare incident for the country’s political scene - a debate through articles and statements by the two prime ministers who governed Greece between 1996 and 2009 on their views regarding foreign policy regardi...

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  8. 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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  9. Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to engage in “twitter diplomacy”. The latter was a direct swipe at Karamanlis’s deputy foreign... exploration in the disputed maritime zone, arguing that the US energy giant would not engage... a loophole to fast-track the proceedings and to shield Karamanlis from potential felony charges

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  10. 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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