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  1. Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
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    Agora

    to allow privately-owned Huawei equipment to be used in its forthcoming mobile telephony 5G wireless... of Vodafone and Telefónica O2 operating in Germany have built the 4G network with Huawei infrastructure equipment. All three companies have long-term strategic partnerships with Huawei. The transfer

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

    . “The government is proceeding with thousands of irregular appointments and grantings of tenure, while... payroll overnight simply by not proceeding with renewals. Over 100,000 contract positions were... permanent public sector staff and 15,000 contractors, at a cost of 600 million euros. These accusations

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  6. Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015

    Newsletters

    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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  7. From the troika to the quartet
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    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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  8. First challenges for tourism plan, as public relaxes approach to virus
    Athens Airport metro

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    -risk by the EU’s Aviation Safety Agency EASA, and would be under constant review. Theoharis stressed... and safety criteria”, adding, “the EASA list is our guide”. Currently, all arriving international... high-risk by EASA, and allows its citizens to holiday abroad. The US, along with large parts of Italy

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  9. Clash over institutional interference primes political mood ahead of local elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    with Chinese officials over Huawei’s efforts to counter US efforts aimed at limiting the telecom giant’s expansion. The claims were made in the wake of a New York Times article that alleged Huawei’s.... Georgiadis denied having any kind of inappropriate relationship with Huawei and insisted that he

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  10. Domestic factors seen playing role in PM's pick for European Commission

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . Legislation landmarks The government is also proceeding with a busy legislative agenda in the final days..., journalists and public contractors. Promoting the bill, the government focussed on the automation

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