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  1. Review delay brings Greek liquidity needs back into focus
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    EconomyProgramme

    Greece has to pay 6.46 billion euros for GGB redemptions (4.03 billion to the ECB and 2.43 billion... in GGBs held by the ECB are due. Greece also has to pay 620 million in March, mostly to private investors... Greece is obliged to pay back to the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) 1.6 billion euros

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  2. Coalition not ditching referendum idea from policy options but details muddled

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    As much as it tries, the Greek government cannot escape the issue of if it will consider holding... holding a referendum on whatever is agreed by June “would not be a bad idea” as it would ensure... is reached in June but in time for Greece to be able to pay the first of two bonds held

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  3. Kammenos's odd partnership with Tsipras still holding together
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Defence Minister Panos Kammenos was re-elected as leader of SYRIZA’s coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) over the weekend, while also managing to highlight the odd nature of the cooperation between the two parties. There had been reports that Ka...

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  4. Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
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    EconomyProgramme

    Greece and its lenders head into Monday’s Eurogroup with differences on several key issues that will have to be resolved if the second review is to conclude in the days ahead. The Greek ministers and the institutions’ mission chiefs held a lengthy telec...

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  5. Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019

    Newsletters

    reaching an agreement with Libya last week to delineate maritime borders in the Mediterranean. Athens has labelled the deal “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal... will take place under the proportional representation system and the winning party will get no bonus

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  6. Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    as Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s

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  7. Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    billion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY

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  8. Government opts for modest tax relief, but who will benefit?

    EconomyFeatures

    of tax relief. However, with the tax-free threshold holding at 8,636 euros for a childless household... and with earnings above the threshold could pay between 30 and 47 euros less tax annually thanks...-employed workers, who do not receive a personal tax credit, will pay the reduced base tax rate

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  9. All eyes on Piraeus as share price tumbles amid coupon payment concerns
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    EconomyBanking

    that took place in 2015, Piraeus Bank had issued 2 billion euros of convertible bonds (CoCos) that pay... Central Bank regulations as part of the pandemic-related framework, banks are not allowed to pay out... capital increase would exclude the state and the holding of HFSF would be significantly diluted

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  10. PM announces more voter-friendly measures ahead of polls
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for pensioners whose retirement pay did not increase this year due to the so-called “personal difference... with the 72- and 120-instalment schemes to pay off their dues to the state will be allowed to rejoin... by the energy crisis. If they pay an amount equal to two of the missing instalments, they will be allowed

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