Leung Kin Pong – EAP (Europe Asia Policy Centre for Comparative Research)

Greek stock plunged after reopening (5 August 2015)

5 Aug 2015

The major Greek share index has significantly fallen on Monday and the Athex ended with a drop of more than 16% following a five-week closure due to the Greek government’s emergency capital control and measures to avoid financial collapse. Although...
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Greek referendum on bailout proposal (29 June 2015)

29 Jun 2015

On 26 June 2015, talks between Greek negotiators and Troika (ECB, IMF, EU Commission) abruptly broke up. Following a late-night cabinet meeting, Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, went on national television and called a referendum on 5 July in...
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Bailout negotiation between Greece and its creditors (17 June 2015)

17 Jun 2015

European market has become volatile after the unsuccessful negotiation between Greece and its creditors (European Commission, ECB and he IMF). A talk was arranged at the European Commission’s headquarter in Brussels to finalize the list of Greek economic reform of...
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EU Business News & Insights Issue 15 – 2/6/2015

2 Jun 2015

Click to access Issue 11: EU Business News & Insights_Issue 15_One Belt One Road implications for the EU Topic: ” One Belt One Road” – Implication for the European...
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“One Belt One Road” – Implications for the European Union

2 Jun 2015

In 2013, Chinese unveiled its plan to reinvigorate the ancient Silk Roads which connects Asia and Europe with modern infrastructure across regions. The plan, known as “One Belt One Road” has now become a priority of China’s foreign policy and...
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Chinese investment in Europe – the case of Piraeus Port

6 May 2015

Chinese investment in the European Union (EU) has increased significantly in recent years and the value of investment reached US$ 18 billion in 2014, according to Rhodium Group statistics. Infrastructure and logistics is among the sectors that Chinese investors target....
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ECB starts “quantitative easing” (QE) (6 March 2015)

6 Mar 2015

ECB Governing Council in Nicosia, Cyrus; Source: European Central Bank 2015

Following the Governing Council meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Nicosia, Cyrus, the ECB said it would start its QE programme next week. The scheme will have an estimate of total scale of €850 billion, from next week...
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Energy Union in Europe (27 Feb 2015)

27 Feb 2015

Joint press conference by Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the EC, and Miguel Arias Cañete, Member of the EC, on the strategy of the EC to achieve a resilient Energy Union with a forward-looking climate change policy, Source: European Commission 2015

The European Commission has set out its strategy to create a single energy market in Europe, namely the Energy Union. It is one of the top priorities of the political guidelines of the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker...
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Agreement between Greece and Troika (25 Feb 2015)

25 Feb 2015

Mr Jeroen DIJSSELBLOEM, President of the Eurogroup.
Source: European Council 2015

Eurozone finance ministers have approved the reform proposals submitted by Greece on 24 February. Greece was last Friday requested by Troika to submit a proposal in order to obtain an extension of bailout fund for additional four months. Subsequent to...
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Eurozone meeting concerning Greece (17 Feb 2015)

17 Feb 2015

The Eurozone finance ministers meeting, on 16 Feb, with regard to the topic of Greece’s future bailout broke down as the Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis objected the proposal to extend its bailout programme for another six months. The current...
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