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With review completion in sight, which way next for Greece?

Barring any major last-minute surprises, Greece and its lenders should conclude the first review of the country’s third bailout in the next few days. It will most probably be the result of an unsatisfying fudge on all sides but, then again, when has it ever been any different during the Greek crisis?

19/05/2016 - 12:58

Contributors: Nick Malkoutzis, Yiannis Mouzakis

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Categories: Politics (410), Economy (345), Greece (523)

Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings

At the Eurogroup that took place in Amsterdam last week, Greece’s lenders decided to “stack” more measures just as the director of the International Monetary Fund’s European department Poul Thomsen appears to have predicted in the leaked teleconference recently published by WikiLeaks.

25/04/2016 - 16:19

Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis

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Categories: Economy (345), Greece (523)

Club Med in Washington

Numerous policy challenges awaited the International Monetary Fund at its recemy annual spring meetings in Washington. At first glance it appeaed that Europe and the eurozone were not top of the agenda.

20/04/2016 - 11:39

Contributor: Jens Bastian

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What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?

In the shapeshifting world of Alexis Tsipras, it is difficult to know where things actually stand. His relatively brief time in power is littered with skins that have been shed and vows that have been broken.

13/04/2016 - 13:01

Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis

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Categories: Europe (293), Politics (410), Economy (345), Greece (523)

Tsipras and the IMF: Another miscalculation?

Following Saturday’s leak of the exchange between the International Monetary Fund’s European Department director Poul Thomsen and the head of the mission to Greece Delia Velculescu, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s reading of the situation and his reaction to the WikiLeaks publication were puzzling.

05/04/2016 - 09:58

Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis

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Categories: Economy (345), Greece (523)

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