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Will Tsipras ride the waves in 2016?
Agorabefore the next waves come crashing down. Tsipras started the year as the leader who would put... contributions rather than cuts to retirement pay but it remains to be seen if the quadriga of lenders agrees... this year compared to 43,500 in 2014, according to the UNHCR) has been focussed on the humanitarian aspect
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Greek stocks rise 2.4 pct, up for fourth straight week
Economyon Monday, the quadriga started discussions with the Greek authorities on Wednesday. The meetings so far... for reform implementation. The OECD estimates a marginal recession of 0.1 percent this year... the recent low posted on February 11, they still record year to date losses of 10.3 percent. Banks
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Industrial production up by 3.3 percent in December
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) rose by 3.3 percent year-on-year (YoY) in December... revealed on Tuesday. On a YoY basis, the index was consistently falling for most of the year, rising... percent. During the whole of 2020, the IPI fell by an average of 2.1 percent compared to the year
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Industrial production up by 4.4% in February
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) rose by 4.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) in February.... During the first two months of the year, the IPI rose by 4 percent compared to the year before..., industry confidence rose by 3.1 points month-on-month to stand at -7.5 points. Year-on-year, industry
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From the troika to the quartet
Agora), the newcomer making the quadriga, it would be Greece’s third macro-economic adjustment programme... and administrative policy changes in exchange for a multi-year financial assistance programme remains... in the process has an interest in completing the process in the course of this year. The quartet wants
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Passing of broadcasting bill introduces new challenges for coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe visit of the quadriga as well as a new round of EU talks on the refugee crisis overshadowed... the beginning of the year. The party holds it up as one of the keys to tackling corruption in Greece... by the end of the year. Giannakopoulos has responded with a 10-million-euro suit. Initially, though
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Athens ticking off prior actions one by one as EU keeps close watch
PoliticsGreek Politicsand 3,350 euros extra for each child) to enjoy protection. The quadriga appeared willing to discuss... expected from the education levy this year and next. The latest plan appears to be to charge... per year, still leaving a small shortfall for the government to cover. Increasing VAT on beef from 13
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Greek stocks on slide for third straight week
Economythe government and the quadriga will have a material positive impact on the outcome of capital increases... Petroleum Q3 results showed net profits jumped to 111 million from 24 million last year with EBITDA also improving to 240 million from 146 million a year ago. In the following four days, Greek banks hold
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Privatisation of power transmission firm ADMIE a key challenge among prior actions
EconomyProgrammeprocess was initially launched by the New Democracy-PASOK coalition government last year. It involved... billion euros, which could be an indicator for ADMIE potential market value. On June 7 this year, two... of exports are controlled by PPC. Local media indicate that the government and the quadriga may converge
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Doubts over IMF role in Greek bailout becoming source of rising tension
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras was also striking out against the IMF around this time last year... its final position at the time of the first programme review, which is due to start early next year... organisation will continue to be part of the quadriga. The German minister expressed concern about
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