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  1. First visit by quadriga to Athens leaves series of issues unresolved

    EconomyProgramme

    . Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos presented to the quadriga the key pillars and measures...The first visit of the quadriga mission chiefs to Athens after the signing of the third bailout... forecasts, with the quadriga aligning its estimates with the Greek government’s, which points to a milder

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  2. 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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  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. Tsipras facing more media intervention claims after changes at newspaper
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    developments at Greece’s best known media group, Lambrakis Press Group (DOL). Opposition parties questioned the government’s motives this week after DOL announced on Tuesday that a former SYRIZA MP... Moulopoulos held editorial positions at To Vima, one of DOL’s newspapers, in the past, the timing

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  5. Passing of broadcasting bill introduces new challenges for coalition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The visit of the quadriga as well as a new round of EU talks on the refugee crisis overshadowed the passing of legislation in Greek Parliament on Saturday that introduces new criteria for the issuing... Psycharis, the publisher of To Vima newspaper, which is part of the vast Lambrakis Press Group (DOL

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Brewing dispute with media adds to Tsipras's headaches
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    (DOL), which owns Ta Nea daily and To Vima weekly, and chairman at Teletypos, which owns Mega TV... euros that he obtained from Alpha Bank in order to purchase shares in DOL. Prosecutors believe... in repaying his loans and taking over complete control at Mega (DOL currently owns 22.1 percent

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

    Agora

    is supposed to be built on three pillars: A central supervisory authority, a common resolution mechanism... and proceeding with recapitalisation wherever it is needed is a fundamental precondition for economic

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  10. PM trails national recovery plan ahead, talks up growth prospects

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    construction works, investments and reforms spread across Greece, based on four main pillars: digital... (Movement for Change) accused Mitsotakis of proceeding without the most basic national dialogue, while

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