Abbreviations

ABS

Asset-Backed Securities

ASE

Athens Stock Exchange

ASEAN

Association of South East Asian Nations

BP

British Petroleum

BSEC

Black Sea Economic Cooperation

CDO

Collateralized Debt Obligations

CDS

Credit Default Swaps

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency (USA)

DEI

Δημóσια Eπιχείρηση Hλεκτρισμoύ (Public Electricity Corporation)

DIMAR

Δημoκρατική Aριστερά (Democratic Left, Greece)

DO

Division of Offsets (Greek Ministry of Defence)

ECA

Economic Cooperation Administration

ECB

European Central Bank

ECOFIN

Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Council of the European Union)

ECU

European Currency Unit

DA

Eνωμένη Δημoκρατική Aριστερά (United Democratic Left)

EEC/EC/EU

European Economic Community/European Community/European Union

EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zone

EFSF

European Financial Stability Facility

ELSTAT

Hellenic Statistical Services

EMU

European Monetary Union

EOKA

Eθνική Oργ άνωση Kυπρίων Aγωνιστὡν (National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters)

ERD

Economic Research Department

ERE

Eθνική Pιζoσπαστική Éνωση (National Radical Union)

ERM

Exchange Rates Mechanism

ESM

European Stability Mechanism

ESY

Eθνικó Σύστημα Yγείας (National Health System, Greece)

ETVA

Eλληνική Tράπεζα Bιoμηχανικής Aναπτύξης (Hellenic Industrial Development Bank)

EUROSTAT

European Statistics (Directorate-General of the European Commission)

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FIR

Flight Information Region

FYROM

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

GAD

General Armaments Directorate (Greek Ministry of Defence)

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GM

Genetically Modified (food)

GNP

Gross National Product

GSEE

Γενική Συνoμoσπoνδία Eργατὡν Eλλάδας (General Confederation of Greek Workers)

ICEC

International Commission of Economic Control

IDEA

Iερóς Δεσμóς Eλλήνων Aξιωματικὡν (Sacred Bond of Greek Officers)

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INE-GSEE

Iνστιτoύτo Eργασίας-Γενικής Συνoμoσπoνδίας Eργατὡν Eλλάδας (Labour Institute-General Confederation of Greek Workers)

IFC

International Financial Commission

IPE

International Political Economy

IR

International Relations

KKE

Koμμoυνιστικó Kóμμα Eλλάδας (Greek Communist Party)

KKEes

Koμμoυνιστικó Kóμμα Eλλάδας Eσωτερικoύ (Greek Communist Party Interior)

KYP

Kρατική Yπηρεσία Пληρoϕoριὡν (State Information Service, Greece)

LAOS

Λαїκóς Oρθóδoξoς Συναγερμóς (Popular Orthodox Rally)

LNFC

League of Nations Financial Committee

MSA

Mutual Security Agency

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

ND

N´εα Δημoκρατία (New Democracy)

NHS

National Health System

OAED

Oέανισμóς Aπασχoλήσεως Eργατικoύ Δυναμικoύ (Manpower Employment Organisation)

OASA

Oργανισμóς Aστικὡν Συγκoινωνιὡν Aθηνὡν (Civil Transportation Organisation of Athens)

OECD

Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development

PASOK

Пανελλήνιo Σoσιαλιστικó Kίνημα (Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement)

PCI

Partito Comunista Italiano (Italian Communist Party)

PESEDE

Пανελλήνια Éνωση Σημoσίων Éργων (Pan-Hellenic Union of Public Works)

PKK

Kurdistan Worker’s Party

PI(I)GS

Portugal, Ireland (Italy), Greece, Spain

PSI

Private Sector Involvement

REE

Rare Earth Elements

RSC

Refugee Settlement Commission

SIPRI

International Peace Institute

SPD

Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German Social Democratic Party)

Syriza-USF

Συνασπισμóς Pιζoσπαστικής Aριστεράς (Coalition of the Radical Left – United Social Front, Greece)

‘Troika’

The EU-IMF-ECB policy group formed in 2010 to supervise the debt crisis in the periphery states of the EU

UK

United Kingdom

UN

United Nations

US/USA

United States/United States of America

USSR

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

VAT

Value Added Tax

WTO

World Trade Organization

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