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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. Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015

    Newsletters

    creditors to engage in a substantial debt reduction operation towards Greece in which the IMF itself... ministers are rather critical of such beggar-thy-neighbour policy recommendations issued by the IMF... the proceedings on time. By Jens Bastian

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  3. From the troika to the quartet
    Photo by Harry van Versendaal

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    , it is asking the European official creditors to engage in a substantial debt reduction operation towards... and various eurozone finance ministers are rather critical of such beggar-thy-neighbour policy... to conclude the proceedings on time. *An earlier version of this article appeared in last week's e-newsletter

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  4. 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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  5. Tsipras sets off for USA as prior actions, e-auctions dominate at home
    By Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired a meeting with key ministers on Friday to assess the progress the government is making in completing the 95 prior actions that have to be ticked off this year. The meeting was held a few hours before the Greek leader set off for his official visit to the USA

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  6. Come back Cleisthenes, all is forgiven
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    in the USA and as the financial crisis was unfolding around the globe, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis.... A case in point is former Athens mayor and health minister Nikitas Kaklamanis, who is in the running... some 230 million euros when Kaklamanis left, according to his successor Giorgos Kaminis. The former

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  7. Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
    Photo via www.primeminister.gr

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    such as defining an EEZ with Italy and Egypt, sealing defence pacts with the USA and France, issuing maritime... 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

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  8. Centre-left parties jockey for leading role in post-election landscape
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ”. While none of the intended recipients of these appeals has shown any inclination to engage... not augur well for Androulakis and his vision, however PASOK sources argue that the large portion

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  9. Holding out for a (reformist) hero
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    at the same time, Samaras abandoned all pretences and packed his cabinet full of party hacks that could engage... Kaklamanis recently of the choice between Mitsotakis and rival candidate Evangelos Meimarakis

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  10. Europe missed an opportunity on banking union
    Illustration by Manos Symeonakis [http://www.cartoonmovement.com/p/6035]

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    and proceeding with recapitalisation wherever it is needed is a fundamental precondition for economic recovery. European businesses, in contrast to those in the USA which mainly draw funds from the bond

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