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Greek train firm TRAINOSE attracts just one bid, no interest in rolling stock
EconomyThe Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) announced on Wednesday afternoon that only one... million euros. Ferrovie group, one of the leading industries in Italy, posted revenues of 8.6 billion... in 2005 as a subsidiary of the Greek railway company (OSE), which was founded in 1970 and is wholly owned
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsop-ed piece that it has to take a tougher stance on policing. The opinion piece was published in Ta... Democracy leader Antonis Samaras made one of his few public statements since the elections as a result... is certainly one where the conservatives feel they can eat away at the strong support for the government
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China-Greece: One belt, one road?
Agoraconstitutes a central piece within this strategic “One Belt – One Road” investment puzzle. From... Chinese President Xi Jinping first introduced the so-called “One Belt, One Road” strategy. Its focus..., one should not read too much into Beijing’s move. Its volume does not (yet) represent an example
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
, 555.6 million relates to the one-off presubscription fee the HFSF received from Greek banks in 2012... to be at the point where they are now. On the one hand, there are the frustrated and increasingly... Sakellaridis also played down the comments from Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Labour Minister
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Greece and Albania seek to leave Beleri case behind in 2024 after year of turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policybut not a European one, as Athens had already framed it. There has been some pressure from both the Spanish... Athens that it is one of the staunch supporters of the Western Balkans’ European perspective... up his duties.” Albanian Foreign Minister Igli Hasani admitted last week that “there are negotiations
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Mortgage loans a key piece of NPL reduction puzzle
EconomyBankingThe persisting issue of non-performing loans (NPLs) was one of the key items discussed last week... at the start of September, the European Central Bank’s Governing Council member Benoit Coeure said that one..., mortgage lending has continued to be the one sector where bad loans are not falling at a fast enough pace
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Greek pensions laid bare
Agora’ total assets amounted to 16.3 billion euros, with almost one-third in common capital, while... to a comprehensive overhaul of the system on one side and a fixation on fiscal targets on the other... pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly
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Newsletter 213 -07/01/2019
to waste any time after the July 7 elections if New Democracy wins an outright majority, as one more.... According to the timeline set out in the piece, Mitsotakis envisages being sworn in as prime minister... and then re-open on August 19. It is likely that the new economic development law will be one
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Saving Angela Merkel with the help of Alexis Tsipras
Agoraagreement work in practice? Based on the evidence available for the past year, one should be cautious about.... As has been argued by some in the past (including the author of this piece), Greece and Germany both.... But his diplomatic success in Brussels underscores that your one-time political adversary may indeed
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Rise of small parties creates pre- and post-election complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsa point down on its May 25 result, SYRIZA 19.2 pct, almost one point down, and PASOK 11.1 pct, again... government will be one of “many colours”. In other words, he plans to bring in figures from outside... that his first piece of legislation will concern the so-called “executive state” as he seeks to step up
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