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Coalition turns focus to bribery claims, eyes damage to opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsproducts in Greece at higher price than competitors as it was considered a reference country... judges on Monday. The focus on the case also comes at a time when the coalition has been put under... of the case. Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis claimed that it is a bigger scandal than the cash
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Newsletter 154 -9/03/2018
in completing the prior actions could affect this timetable and lead to delays that put the possibility... rebound of 5.1 percent in gross fixed capital formation in 2017, with growth more than doubling... employed came to 3.8 million. On a year-on-year basis, the figure stands 107,687 higher than
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Doubts about whether package deal with lenders is feasible by June
EconomyProgrammeand post-programme surveillance may not be reached at the June 21 Eurogroup but in July. The official put... or even July, rather than in May as had been hoped until now. The official suggested that Greece... Moscovici suggested that the overall agreement may be reached “a little later” than June 21. It is the first
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Newsletter 161 -11/05/2018
and those where the recommendations put forward by assessors vary substantially. The lack of real... than for banks in the rest of Europe to address the concerns the International Monetary Fund (IMF... billion. This represents a rise of 321 million month-on-month, which is notably lower than February’s
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Newsletter 162 -18/05/2018
to 9 times higher than earnings, while the average for the other companies assessed is around 3.5... of the business plan by McKinsey which was still being put together. 2 Primary cash surplus at 7.45 bln... expenditure came to 12.68 billion, below target by 199 million euros and 2.8 percent lower than
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Coalition picks out positives from lenders' deal, clashes over political violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be put on hold or watered down would provide the coalition with a timely boost. Following... that Athens would not have to reduce the tax-free threshold a year earlier than planned, along... to the voters that it is a traditional right-wing party, rather than a socially moderate, liberal force
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Tsipras claims he is in no hurry to call elections after bailout exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsabout Tsipras’s comment in Thessaloniki, though, is that he used more forceful language than... are unlikely to put an end to speculation about him calling early elections this autumn, possibly tempted... suggest that SYRIZA is seeking a closer alliance with Boutaris than it has had in the past, possibly
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Key debt relief talks fail to result in deal, leaving IMF role in doubt
EconomyProgrammeof the International Monetary Fund being involved in anything more than a technical capacity in the future... president Mario Centeno insisted that a robust debt relief package can be put together by the time... period than the 15 years preferred by the IMF, and the workings of the additional relief mechanism
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Parties draw dividing lines ahead of new protests over name issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsto take place in more than a dozen Greek cities on Wednesday to protest plans to allow the Former... realise this, but also Mr Kotzias who supports the arguments of our neighbours more than the self-evident... the argument put forward by government officials that Athens accepted the existence of the Macedonian
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Kammenos claims approval of name deal a make-or-break moment for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicselections if this is not the case. This was seen by some as an attempt by Kammenos to put New Democracy on the spot, rather than his coalition partner SYRIZA. One of the interpretations... insisted that there is no constitutional or other need for anything more than a simple majority
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