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Samaras plots early bailout exit, plays down debt relief as Merkel remains tight-lipped
PoliticsGreek Politics(ESM) chief Klaus Regling has been among those to express scepticism about whether Greece could... markets earlier this year means that the government can eschew the remaining loan tranches from... the 1.8-billion-euro instalment remaining from the eurozone and then exit the programme, relying on extra
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Greek primary cash surplus more than doubles to 2.45 bln at end of August
EconomyMacroeconomy. This indicates the highest year to date increase - both in absolute and relative terms - among the arrears... remaining the single highest contributor making up 48 percent of total arrears. Hospitals’ arrears followed... up about 70 percent of the total gg guarantees. The remaining 30 percent relates to state guarantees
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Eurobank reports loss of 186.6 mln in Q3
EconomyBankingresumed above the 5-percent mark to 5.5 percent in Q3 remaining the highest among its domestic peers... time, remaining the second lowest in the domestic market following that of NBG. ECB funding dropped
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The political scenarios ahead for Greece after the referendum
PoliticsGreek Politicsamong voters (evident from queues at cash machines and petrol stations) will intensify if banks.... In his speech in Parliament on Saturday, Samaras called for peaceful protests in favour of remaining... of his ministers, as well as a majority of MPs remaining to form the core of a new coalition
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Coalition prepares final legislation for review, opposition expects no upsets for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsdissenters among the 153 when the vote takes place this week, either on Saturday or Sunday. In fact... to complete the remaining bailout measures ahead of the May 24 Eurogroup. Another 1 percent of GDP... any major objections over the remaining legislation. The interventions relating to the privatisation
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Unpopular but effective property tax returns for another year
EconomyMacroeconomyand personal income tax with a cumulative nominal amount of 6.9 billion are among the key challenges related to revenue collection for the remaining of the year.... with the overall ENFIA target remaining unchanged. The Finance Ministry confirmed on Monday
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IMF argues case for further reform of pension system
EconomyProgrammeis that the poverty level among pensioners declined between 2010 and 2015, while that for the working-age individuals... should complement the existing measures with additional reforms to address the remaining deficiencies... to the pension deficit climbing from 7.3 percent of GDP in 2010 to 11 percent in 2015, remaining by far
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Newsletter 125 -30/06/2017
kind of credit line. This claim will undoubtedly have set off the alarm bells among Greece’s lenders... International Airport (AIA), the remaining regional airports, the management rights for the rolling stock... the remaining 50 percent will be used for investment. The Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS
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Clock ticks on prior actions as coalition searches for solution on islands
PoliticsGreek Politics. This is seen as a way of bypassing the activists and calming concerns among notaries who fear...The Greek government is under severe time pressure to complete some 70 prior actions remaining... Union and Ankara foresees those who are to be returned to Turkey remaining on the islands until
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Newsletter 149 -2/02/2018
as the Macedonian name issue stirs up sentiment and prompts side-taking among the opposition and coalition... (22.91 billion) related to main SSC debt and the remaining 8.37 billion concerned surcharges... Manufacturing PMI increased strongly by 2.1 points in January to 55.2, remaining above the 50-mark
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