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Greece will get investment grade after elections, says central banker
The Greek economy will be upgraded by credit rating agencies to investment-grade level following the national elections on June 25, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras asserted on Monday.
In Montenegro, Memories of Pain and Generosity on the Refugee Road
Dejan, then 20, had been nearing the end of his military service in Kosovo, then a southern province of Serbia, when NATO launched air strikes to halt a brutal Serbian counter-insurgency war. At the time, Serbia and Montenegro were all that was left of Yugoslavia, still joined together after the other four republics - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia - had seceded.
Athens to host TFX Global 2024
Export Credit Greece, which took part last week in the TFX Global 2023: Exports, Agency & Project Finance international conference in Portugal, will next year be the host of TFX Global 2024 in Athens.
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Behind Turkey’s ‘Blue Homeland’ doctrine
Maritime space is a key element in contemporary Turkey's geopolitical doctrine. However, the sea was never among the critical strategic priorities of the late Ottoman Empire nor of early Kemalist Turkey.
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Are Greeks happy with tourism?
Greek citizens, who in their overwhelming majority recognize the importance of tourism for the national economy, are becoming skeptical in relation to its effects on their daily lives, on the environment and on the character of individual destinations, while they are troubled by the spread of short-term rentals as well as increases in the cost of vacations, according to the findings of surveys
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Will the Metapolitefsi cycle come to a close?
Greece marks 50 years since the fall of the 1967-74 dictatorship and the restoration of democracy - a process known as the "Metapolitefsi" - next year. We will take stock of what has been accomplished and where we failed. It should also signal the close of a cycle.
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A plan for tourism
Greek tourism is at a crucial crossroads. It continues to be the main source of national revenue, but its continued growth relies on two assets that cannot be quantified - the country's natural and cultural capital.
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Greeks abroad to cast their vote on Saturday, June 24
A total of 25,610 Greeks abroad have registered to vote from their place of residence on Saturday, one day ahead of the ballot in Greece on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
A total of 22,855 Greeks had registered to vote in the May 21 national elections, of whom 18,203 voted (79.5% rate of participation).
The last Greek summer
The signs are there, everywhere. Athens is full of foreign tourists. You see them packed into the narrow city-center streets, but also unexpectedly wandering around the suburbs, smiling from ear to ear, slaloming between the cars parked on the sidewalks. Some of Greece's most popular destinations are already packed - with foreigners. Others are getting there.
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Xhelal Sveçla threatens: "We won't stop"
Svela said that he will arrest anyone who, according to him, is responsible for violence against journalists.
He wrote on Facebook that three people were arrested in the last three days for, as he claims, brutal and criminal attacks on journalists, while the third is Uro Vukainovi.
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