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

    Agora

    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. High unemployment, falling wages damaged sustainability of largest Greek pension fund
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    fund has lost a cumulative amoung of 16.5 billion in the 2010-14 period. In addition, this is a result

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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. China's Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
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    Agora

    This is the final of three articles in which the author analyzed China’s investment, lending... numerous policy challenges for countries engaging in or seeking to benefit from its implementation... railway links (e.g. Moscow – Kazan), providing lending to Russian banks and engaging

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  5. Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
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    Agora

    of the far-right: Engage or isolate? Nick Malkoutzis... for engaging with Golden Dawn, a party which spreads hate and whose self-confessed aim is to crush... who come to Greece. This is not engaging with Golden Dawn voters, it is pandering to them. Together

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  6. Athens wary as exploratory talks with Turkey approach
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    added. Ideally for Greece a time to re-engage in a new round - the 61st - of exploratory talks could...,” said Dendias. Either way, it appears certain that in the weeks to come Athens will engage in new... in Greek-Turkish relations. It is expected that Athens will be engaging in a dialogue with Turkey

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  7. Greek competitiveness rank remains low as tax, bureaucracy create obstacles
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    EconomyFeatures

    compared to where it lags. Many of the poor scores in the subpillars reflect areas where Greece’s lenders... scores were noted in the subpillars of the effect of taxation on incentives to invest (137 out

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  8. Greek digital economy lagging due to weak demand, lack of skills

    Society

    as gains for citizens for engaging in a wide range of on-line activities,” it says. In terms of usage, Greek internet users engage in a broad range of online activities. “They read news online (85

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  9. Foreign minister's visit to Ankara sparks hope of new era in Greek-Turkish ties
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Ankara. His use of the Indian saying was Kotzias’s way of underlining Athens' intentions to engage... dispute over territorial borders in the Aegean, with warplanes from both sides regularly engaging in mock

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  10. SYRIZA and ANEL: Far from picture-perfect

    Agora

    for political ends) and did not engage in a more respectful style of political debate, carrying... and engaging in toxic political debate, will be indelible blots on this administration’s copy book

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