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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. Public deficit and democratic duty

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    following a presentation at the London School of Economics. “Members of the general public have a duty... what triggered Greece’s crisis is a matter of democratic duty. Nick Malkoutzis

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  4. Our tragedy: How could this happen?
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    Agora

    , the dereliction of such a basic duty reeks of indifference. An official overseeing the installation... that cost-cutting and staff shortages have had. In any case, such heavy responsibility cannot rest... competitive. The leftists had made their position, and that of Greece, worse by engaging in haphazard

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  5. Athens and Ankara keep eyes on domestic audiences as talks continue
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    the two sides remain. Fidan received heavy criticism from the Turkish opposition during the discussion..., while Greece international law expert Manya Telanyan as director of the OSCE Office for democratic

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  6. Tsipras calls snap elections after heavy defeat that puts ND on course for clear majority
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called snap elections on Sunday after SYRIZA suffered a heavy defeat in the European Parliament elections, making it virtually impossible for him to hold on until the end of the government’s term in September. New Democracy was on course late on Sunday to win

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  7. Pandemic takes heavy toll on Greek workers, study finds
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    EconomyFeatures

    of poverty. Losing a job comes at a particularly heavy price in Greece, since after two years

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  8. OECD sees heavy hit from pandemic, gradual recovery in 2021 picking up pace in 2022
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    Economy

    to 13.5 percent in 2022. Exports will suffer a heavy hit this year, declining by almost a quarter

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  9. Newsletter 438 - 25/10/2024

    Newsletters

    to be called rebels and insist that they are merely carrying out their duty of parliamentary scrutiny... with” Pappas as the leftist politician was found guilty of breach of duty by a special court last year... to Greek-Turkish relations. The same sources went on to describe Athens as engaging in “dangerous

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  10. The nightmare of our choice

    Agora

    Spirtzis, to be lifted due to suspicions of breach of duty in connection to Contract 717, a partly EU... that they have a duty to their citizens to put things right. This improvement comes through transparency... are gleefully feeding off the public’s frustration by engaging in speculation to attract attention. This has

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