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...Last week the IMF said the Greek economy will expand by 2 per cent again this year, and continue to outperform the currency union’s average growth rate for the next two years....
...The domestic stock market index, the ASE, is up almost 40 per cent over the past year, outperforming the S&P 500....
...Kyiv also operates long-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the former Soviet Union, including the S-300 and S-200 systems....
...But for F1, the Red Bull drama is a major, unwanted distraction. The head of F1’s governing body told the FT last week it was “damaging the sport”....
...Fico last month performed a U-turn on the latter issue and pledged to maintain help for Ukraine....
...In the 2010s, the Greeks howled about crushing conditions imposed by the Troika — the IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission — and eventually managed a primary surplus of about 4 per cent of...
...But the upgrade brings Greek bonds one step closer to being included in investment-grade indices, which typically require a rating from at least one of the three leading agencies — S&P, Moody’s and Fitch...
...Greek debt has performed better than that of other European countries so far this year, and last month S&P changed its outlook for the country from stable to positive, putting it on the cusp of regaining...
...But communists believe you can try to do it on earth, and Catholics say you have to wait until afterwards. So I think the utopian impulse is actually in many of us.”...
...That’s right: “almost none” of October’s shipments were executed below the G7’s $60-a-barrel limit, officials admit....
...According to Greek law, suspects could face a life sentence if found guilty. Many of the missing migrants are of Pakistani origin....
...The government is trying to rein in public spending and rebuild its credibility with rating agencies after narrowly avoiding a downgrade from S&P Global Ratings in June....
...Here’s why S&P is making the U-turn....
...Catholic Church: In Rome, Pope Francis opens a three-week meeting attended by Catholics from all over the world to discuss the future of the church. Five more top stories 1....
...The Greek economy has made one of the strongest recoveries from the Covid-19 pandemic of any eurozone country, growing 8.4 per cent in 2021 and 5.9 per cent last year, with growth widely expected to remain...
...Newman suggests the Greek result may reflect “a year characterised by heated arguments about press freedom and the independence of the media”....
...However, it is expected to struggle to form a government after the first round of voting, with Greeks set to return for a runoff in July....
...The union claimed the government had “stumbled at the first hurdle” of its NHS workforce plan unveiled earlier this year....
...Airlines and travel operators put on special flights for tourists stranded by wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes, while blazes also spread on Corfu....
...Out of teach | University leaders and education unions have poured cold water on the UK government’s proposed overhaul of post-16 education in England, calling it “out of touch with reality”....
...Georgiou instead adhered to the European Statistics Code of Practice, according to which “the head of the statistical authority . . . ha[s] the sole responsibility for deciding on statistical methods, standards...
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...Holland’s father was a Jewish journalist and her Catholic mother fought in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against the Germans....
...Greek drama The Greek wiretapping saga is set for a dramatic twist today after the leader of the opposition Alexis Tsipras insinuated he would publicly name officials whose phones were tapped by the Greek...
...To deflect criticism, it is introducing a scheme allowing fund investors to choose such alignments as “pro-union” or “Catholic.”...
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