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Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015
framework to allow those owing more than 15,000 to pay the debt in 100 instalments (as opposed... in his cabinet, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis... government, with Pavlopoulos as Interior Minister, issued a presidential decree that allowed fixed-term
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politicscontracts. Several provisions in the bill relate to working conditions and pay. It proposes... in September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos
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Mitsotakis starts second term, prepares to name cabinet and launch reforms amid far-right rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsincreases from the start of 2024 and a pay rise for many civil servants. The legislation will also bring... with responsibility of overseeing the government’s role in Parliament. Former Interior Minister Makis Voridis... to Education, which Niki Kerameus will leave to take over as the new interior minister. Former Citizens
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
a crucial week, during which it must raise a reported 750 million euros in a T-Bill issue and pay back... of the government are as confused as ever. At least two ministers have suggested that Greece might not pay the IMF... run out of money on April 9, when the IMF payment is due. If Greece does not pay the fund, managing
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Tsipras keeps IMF waiting, turns focus to MPs and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsshortly before the news broke that the government had asked not to pay the International Monetary... at the end of June. Like the prime minister’s speech on Friday afternoon, the decision not to pay the IMF... and minister have been advocating for the last few weeks that the government should not pay the IMF
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IMF comments, blog leave no doubt credible debt relief has to be agreed soon
EconomyProgrammeAlmost two weeks after the publication of its Article IV consultation report on Greece, including its updated debt sustainability analysis, the IMF published on Thursday evening a blog with the Fund’s perspective on dealing with sovereign debt. The article is written by Sean Hagan, general Counsel
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Spain's challenges and opportunities in the EU recovery deal
AgoraIn the latest episode of the video discussions organised by Agenda Publica and MacroPolis as part of the Future is Blue newsletter, Jonás Fernández, Member of the European Parliament, and Marcel Jansen, Associate professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, discuss what Spain can take away from
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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Unpopular but effective property tax returns for another year
EconomyMacroeconomyMinister Giorgos Houliarakis recently said that 6 million households will pay the same or even lower ENFIA for 2016 compared to the previous year, while 500,000 are expected to pay a higher amount... value were due to pay at least 50,000 euros each with the aggregate amount reaching 265.7 million
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PM sees 'new Greece' rising from Hellinikon rubble, pledges more aid for struggling firms
PoliticsGreek Politicsdays in office. Instead, it has taken a year before he could pay a visit to the site in southern... will pay for the demolition work and oversee the successful conclusion of the tender for the casino... be expanded, along with a reduction in the tax businesses have to pay in advance this year. Companies
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