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Where are the Conservatives?
Agora(only members with “cabinet authority”). A sample is presented in Table 1. This is not a scientific... (countries are organized differently), but the broad outlines are nevertheless instructive. 1... (Mitsotakis 1 and 2). 2. The average number of “cabinet” members, sometimes including state secretaries
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Is Greece on track to decouple from fossil gas?
Agoragas imports were literally null (Figure 1). Figure 1: Russian gas imports from the Turksteam pipeline... decreased by 4.02 TWh, followed by industry (-3.37 TWh) and distribution networks (-1. 3 TWh). However... by the consumption cuts in distribution networks (approximately 1 TWh, or -8.1%), and more significantly
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Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?
Agora) is without precedent in the history of a sovereign debt restructuring exercise.[1] Put otherwise, while... debt dynamics (see graph 1 below) it is a matter of time until this secondary migration process... a combined volume of 240 billion euro. The current programme expires in mid-2014. 1. Who will blink first
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Greece agrees with troika, looks to tranche release and redistribution of surplus
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros will reportedly go towards reducing the country’s debt, 1 billion to reduce state arrears and 500 million will be given as a “social dividend.” The latter mainly involves one-off handouts to 1... contributions by 3.9 percentage points (2.9 for employers and 1 for employees), which will be effective
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European Commission review of Greek programme: The key points
EconomyProgrammeof the next sub-tranche of 1 billion (due in June) include six prior actions, namely: 1) adoption of outdoor... to be completed by the end of June (for the disbursement of the 3rd sub-tranche of 1 billion in July): 1) adoption of the necessary legislation to merge all the supplementary pension funds
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With prior actions pending, PASOK showing signs of adjustment fatigue
PoliticsGreek Politicshad to complete six tasks to receive the June instalment of 1 billion euros and another six to get 1.... The first set of prior actions are: 1) adoption of outdoor trade law 2) adoption of investment.... The second set consists of: 1) adoption of the necessary legislation to merge all
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A snapshot of Greek banks' ABS as ECB readies for next move
Economybillion, while Eurobank’s figure stands below 1 billion. In addition, they hold covered bonds (mainly... by Alpha and Eurobank at 3.6-3.7 billion, while Piraeus figure stands slightly above 1 billion... as collateral of uncovered government-guaranteed bank bonds as of March 1, 2015. These guarantees amounted
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Greek travel receipts rise 9.1 pct in January as surplus doubles
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's travel receipts rose by 9.1 percent in January, after a modest increase of 1 percent..., up by 1 million compared to the 2014 figure, and direct tourism revenues above the 2014 level... Chairman Andreas Andreadis recently said that the euro’s drop against the US dollar to almost a 1:1
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Greece and lenders fail to bridge their differences in Brussels
PoliticsGreek Politics(roughly 1 percent of GDP) to pensions and another 1.8 billion euros per year to be raised from increases... a change in the VAT rates (6, 11 and 23 percent) with estimated additional revenues of around 1 billion... of the institutions’ demand for incremental revenues of 1.8 billion (1 percent of GDP) from VAT changes
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IMF preliminary DSA finds Greek debt unsustainable, points to need for debt relief
EconomyProgramme36 billion. These additional funding needs stem from: 1) Lower fiscal targets (additional needs... targets for the next years: at 1 percent of GDP for 2015 (from 3 percent), 2 percent in 2016 (from 4.5... of Greece fell to less than 1 billion at the end of May against a target of 5 billion in 2015 and 8
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