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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. Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021

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    than a third, according to some polls) is sceptical or completely opposed to the vaccines..., and others putting the estimate at more than 5,000. The protesters, many carrying Greek flags, while... is smaller than those seen habitually in Greece, including at the recent anti-labour law rallies

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  4. Piraeus Bank brings Q1 2015 losses down to 69 mln
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    EconomyBanking

    lower than those reported in Q4 2014 of 332 million and in Q1 2014 of 247 million. The improving... time over the past four years. Pre-provision income (PPI) more than doubled quarter on quarter (QoQ... employees. Impairment losses declined by more than 46 percent QoQ and 42 percent year on year (YOY

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  5. China-EU: Navigating an increasingly complex relationship

    Agora

    travel restrictions and absence of in-person meetings for more than two years. Several European... and the Middle East. Otherwise, the meetings yielded a less-than-impressive list of outputs. The two... and there is a sense that the assertive tone of EU officials made Beijing listen more attentively than

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  6. Refugee influx pushes Tsipras towards crisis nexus

    Agora

    arrived in 2014 but already this year there have been more than 400,000 arrivals. On Friday, IOM.... Housing, feeding and keeping people warm carries a much higher cost than scanning their fingerprints.... In this sense, the migration crisis may prove a greater challenge than the economic one for Tsipras

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  7. I know what you did the summer before last
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    Agora

    it as a watershed moment rather than a recurring nightmare. *You can follow Nick on Twitter: @NickMalkoutzis Nick... paradox in lambasting Tsipras for adopting the tax hikes and pension cuts attached to the latest

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  8. Mitsotakis visits China to keep relations ticking over
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    into Egypt last Thursday for the first time since the war between Hamas and Israel erupted more than... Li Qiang. Mitsotakis was accompanied by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Christos

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  9. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    EconomyFeatures

    is lifted is more than topical, as discussions start to focus on shaping the country’s post-MoU... since the beginning of the crisis, perhaps more than most people realise. The core public sector ended... historically been looser than those applied to the staffing of permanent roles. Up until 2009, applicants

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  10. Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015

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    in the same period last year. This translates into a net drop in retail sales by 305 million over... reflecting domestic consumption rather than increased tourism activity. Triggered by a panic to hoard medicines rather than cover their actual needs, citizens also rushed to pharmacies, where child

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