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Greek effort to heal rift with Balkan neighbours may have come too late
PoliticsForeign Policyin Thessaloniki recently may provide a springboard for an improvement in relations that have been severely... (FYROM) to exchange views on the common problems they face. While the atmosphere may have been tinged... the invitation issued by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. Whether the gathering was enough to lead
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Tsipras in tight spot over debt deal but QE access may hold key to compromise
PoliticsGreek Politicsproposed at the May 22 Eurogroup, with access to the European Central Bank’s QE scheme perhaps holding... to consider Greek bonds as eligible. There have been reports over the past few days that Stournaras may take...” on June 15. Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas insisted in an interview with Real News on Sunday
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PM targets elections in May as polls show outcome is finely balanced
PoliticsGreek Politics, the first of potentially two votes, will be held before the end of May. There had been intense speculation that Mitsotakis would opt for May 21, but some rumours suggested that he might want to wait... that he has reached out twice to PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis for a meeting but the opposition
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Greece's primary surplus: Much ado about nothing?
Agoraon Greece in May and July 2013. Therefore, it had been established that the EAP definition... percent of GDP) excl banks’ support cost under ESA95 rules. This was trimmed to 812 million (0.4 percent
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New bribe claims likely to poison Greek politics further ahead of presidential vote
PoliticsGreek Politicson Thursday to submit evidence of an alleged attempt by a man with links to New Democracy to bribe her. Xoulidou claims that she was repeatedly approached via telephone and Facebook by the man, who... to lure the man to a meeting at her office to secretly record him but he insisted on meeting in a public
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Newsletter 12 - 23/01/2015
to 3 percentage points was considered manageable for Samaras but a bigger loss may prompt rivals... week and navigate its first difficult weeks. Samaras may convince the discontents within his party.... Kathimerini daily noted that extraordinary T-Bill issues of 1.5–2 billion may be required to cover
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Saving Angela Merkel with the help of Alexis Tsipras
Agorastill await legal and administrative clarification in their respective countries. But what is known so.... But how many individuals were in fact returned to Greece? You may guess the number: zero! Thus... political compromise (as controversial as it may appear). Furthermore, it illustrated the special
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How does ECB's decision on Greek banks' T-Bill exposure affect state liquidity?
Economybillion euros on the amount of T-Bills Greek banks may use as collateral for ELA (and previously for ECB... bonds), which for legal purposes was received by the HFSF as a fee. In addition, the state may also utilise 310 million euros (90 percent of HFSF cash reserves of 345 million) through an amendment
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Deposit inflows of 1.07 bln in June, highest in first half of 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyof 1.07 billion euros in June from 183 million in May, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Wednesday..., more than triple from May figure of 556 million. As a result, the absolute figure reached... deposits includes gg and other euro area residents’ inflows of 428 and 310 million respectively
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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeatures3,644 Russia 429 990 Turkey 308 811 Egypt 109 265 Lebanon 109 310 Iraq 84 320 Ukraine 83 181 Syria... evaders, and money launderers who may need new identities or bolt-holes on short notice,” the report... of property taxes. The data available so far shows that the decline has been arrested, and prices may
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