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Amid market turbulence, Greece searches for scheme to help banks reduce bad loans
EconomyBanking177 billion euros from 263 billion in the pre-crisis period. Greek bankers have also been in contact... loans off the lenders’ books via a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). A Bloomberg report suggests that up... quickly off track. Banks have seen deposits start to trickle back recently and the relaxation
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A Greek proposal that deserves to be heard
Agorabillion euros over the next three years. In similar fashion to the debt buy-back that took place... (the third programme) Greece would buy back all the remaining SMP bonds held by the ECB, which have a face... publicly, every stakeholder in the Greek affair, including Tsipras himself, must be aware that Greece
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Back from the brink: What next for Greece's property market?
EconomyFeaturescontinued to come from overseas property buyers flocking to buy holiday homes at discount prices... falling, and then rose again after the country’s referendum. Many of those looking to buy don’t... tax continue to put off overseas investors. The one property sector that is doing well is the luxury
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Athens sees multiple defence, geopolitical benefits in pact with France
PoliticsForeign Policyfrigates, with the option of a fourth, and a delivery date of between 2025 and 2026. The frigates... not provide the requisite deterrent. For the Greek side, this aspect of the deal is expected
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Will Tsipras ride the waves in 2016?
Agorafrom next month. Any suggestion that foreign funds will be allowed to buy at knock-down prices... this year compared to 43,500 in 2014, according to the UNHCR) has been focussed on the humanitarian aspect
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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
disbursement and use the extra cash to buy back some of its debt, such as the so-called SMP bonds or its... are not met. Another crucial aspect of the settlement, as outlined by Tsipras, is that the new name
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Defence spending, economic support plans dominate PM's policy speech
PoliticsGreek Politicsannounced that Greece will buy 18 French-made Rafale fighter planes, four frigates, four navy helicopters..., in its sights. It was clear, though, that this aspect of the government’s programme was deemed
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The case for a general government balance sheet
Agora. This occurred because with the Greek crisis, markets did not want to buy more Greek bonds... interesting aspect is that if we split the financial liabilities into “Maastricht gross debt” and “other
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Football chairman's actions threaten to blow coalition off course again
PoliticsGreek Politicsintervention led to the game being called off by the referee, even though the match official later changed... also run into a number of problems. In December, privatisation fund HRADF had to put off the signing... that threaten to blow Tsipras and his government off their course. A Pro Rata poll published in left
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Androulakis well-placed to retain PASOK leadership as Doukas sneaks into run-off ballot
PoliticsGreek Politics, Doukas managed to narrowly hold off Geroulanos, earning just 858 votes more than his more experienced... that will be formed by the PASOK leader once Sunday’s run-off vote has been completed. Looking ahead Geroulanos... on the backfoot going into the run-off ballot. This also speaks to a wider problem for PASOK
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