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  1. Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
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    Agora

    have had in mind. Starting point The Sisyphean task starts as far back as the end of 2009, when... so it starts paying back debt, eventually bringing it down. As much as it is true that there have

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  2. Failure to agree on contingent measures causes further delay in conclusion of review
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that there is still time for Greece and its creditors to negotiate. Tsipras will simply be sent back... measures to get public finances back on course. The possibility of Greece’s Fiscal Policy Council

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  3. Tsipras upbeat after vote, Eurogroup but deal details may still present problems
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . Tsipras met President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Monday night in an attempt to back the government’s... the decision to back the government through thick or thin. This means that the upcoming votes

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  4. Tsipras sails through multi-bill vote, looks to disbursement and debt relief
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the legislation, despite previous suggestions it might back the parts relating to the privatisation... this year to pay it back. This drew intense criticism, particularly because SYRIZA has made a point

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  5. A Eurogroup deal that might be hard to stomach

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    Following an 11-hour Eurogroup that brought back memories of other classic encounters between Greece and its lenders, an agreement was reached to disburse 10.3 billion euros from the programme’s... that are holding Greece back. If reforms of such nature are included in the new IMF programme

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  6. Creditors' deal comes up short on debt relief for Tsipras
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and over the coming months. One of these may involve having to go back on his word in Parliament on Sunday to abandon plans to claw back this year’s EKAS benefit from low-income pensioners, which would

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  7. Piraeus reports net loss of 37 mln in Q1, records negative NPL formation for first time since 2008
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    EconomyBanking

    (QoQ) on the back of net interest income (NII) rebound and cost containment. NII rose 3 percent QoQ.... The management reiterated its previously stated target for return in profitability in 2016 on the back of lower

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  8. Feeling weight of measures, SYRIZA seeks way to re-connect with voters
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    -backed Avgi newspaper on Thursday in which he suggested that the coalition was voted back into power... the chance to get their jobs back by sitting exams. This idea has also provoked an angry reaction from

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  9. Greek banks on cusp of improved liquidity conditions

    Agora

    back their deposits as they have to take on fragile depositor sentiment and sovereign risk... returning back to the banking system. Also, the lifting of capital controls is a key prerequisite

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  10. BoG reveals medium-term economic forecasts, sees growth of 2.5 pct next year
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    receipts, while net sea transport receipts are seen heading south on the back of capital controls.... HICP is anticipated to turn positive as of next year on the back of higher oil prices, gradual

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