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The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context
EconomyFeaturesof Greece’s elderly. Although a burgeoning pension deficit has been the elephant in the room of Greek.... The programme combines spending cuts alongside a structural overhaul of the country’s sprawling... by EUROSTAT’s measure in 2012, dropping briefly in 2013 and peaking again in 2015 at 17.8 percent
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Early IMF repayment next goal for Athens after concluding second post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammeduring Greece’s second programme. Added to this 870 million euros in total is another 103 million already.... Repaying the country’s IMF loans early would also deliver some financial benefits and, crucially for Prime..., it is reasonable to aim to repay this ahead of time, especially as Greece holds close to 30 billion
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Cyprus talks rolling again but Athens seems sceptical
PoliticsForeign Policytwice dropped hints about Eide working in Turkey’s interest. Without specifically naming Eide, during... within the Cyprus’s Exclusive Economic Zone in June complicates matters. Following this week’s... it disregards their right to the island’s natural resources. Earlier, however, when asked whether drilling had
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Newsletter 203 -15/04/2019
More voter-friendly measures eyed Tsipras vows to leave tax-free threshold untouched as EC hints at flexibility Alexis Tsipras stepped up his efforts this week to appeal to voters ahead of May’s..., Alexis Tsipras is aiming to pass several voter-pleasing measures to strengthen SYRIZA’s chances
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Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Agora. At the end of July, the country’s infection record still looked relatively good. Greece had registered... mark - for the government’s handling of the crisis and the measures imposed, pockets of resistance were not hard to spot. Among the warning signs were the government’s persistent reluctance to include
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Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
Parliament’s approval on Thursday night. A total of 179 MPs from SYRIZA, Independent Greeks, the Communist Party and the Union of Centrists backed the coalition’s proposal. The government’s hopes... four or five parties would have to come together to form a government. Although Greece’s last four
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PASOK leadership debate highlights tensions as SYRIZA unites briefly for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicson loyalties rather than policies, delivering no clear winner but offering some hints of the rivals... “more democratically”, casting clear aspersions on Androulakis’s leadership style. Giannakopoulou... as an MEP in Strasbourg, took issue with the party’s official line on foreign affairs, arguing
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Tsipras readjusts expectations for crucial Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government’s expectations ahead of the June 15 Eurogroup remain the subject of much... more hints regarding what he might consider an acceptable compromise. He said that any agreement... that it provides access to QE from the European Central Bank and facilitates Athens’s goal
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Mitsotakis picks way through Feb challenges with support for farmers, fixity on universities
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe honeymoon period for New Democracy’s second term appears to be over, with PM Kyriakos juggling... to change Greece at all levels”. There were, however, hints of concessions on some fronts. Universities Mitsotakis appeared to stand firm on the government’s proposals to license non-state universities
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Moody's keeps rating unchanged at 'Baa3' - outlook stable
Economy. Moody’s hints that the next rating upgrade could be in the further future as the current fiscal...Moody’s left Greece’s rating and outlook unchanged on Friday, keeping them at ‘Baa3’ and stable respectively, in line with the latest reviews since April, when Fitch, Scope and DBRS kept Greece’s
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