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Newsletter 103 - 20/01/2017
in VAT Tsipras is unlikely to bring up the prospect of snap elections unless he feels he has been put... put in an untenable position. Capital ratios to remain high after NPE fall Italian Ferrovie signs... on TrainOSE’s debt to OSE, amounting to more than 700 million, is pending. 2 Budget primary surplus almost
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Newsletter 109 - 03/03/2017
is still holding out hope that the volume of measures it will have to legislate will be lower than 2... tradeoff has put the role of Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos in the spotlight. The government...-balanced by expansionary interventions put forward by the Greek side. New Democracy took this as a sign
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Tsipras clears with relative ease first domestic hurdle to getting deal approved
PoliticsGreek Politics, rather than raising specific objections to the measures the government will have to adopt. Also, at the behest of Tsipras, the text was not put to a vote at the meeting. This suggests the signatories simply wanted to register their concerns rather than create a flashpoint and undermine government
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Mitsotakis responds to coalition's counter-measure challenge with own proposal
PoliticsGreek Politicsefforts to put New Democracy in a difficult position by suggesting that the government should implement counter-measures straight away rather than waiting until 2019 and 2020. During a live interview... than the government, which said it will include the 2 percent of GDP in counter-measures it has
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Debt deal eludes Greece and lenders, June 15 set as final deadline
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeing put back to the next gathering of eurozone finance ministers on June 15. Eurogroup chief Jeroen... the deliberations in the Belgian capital, which lasted more than eight hours. Dijsselbloem struck... reportedly lasted more than three hours. Le Maire was a surprise addition to the breakout group, given
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China's Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agoraor expanding a sphere of influence in this region. Put otherwise, the region comprising Greece... appropriate to consider China as a complement to, rather than a substitute for the countries... viable medium- to long-term. Ports and energy pipelines appear easier to monetize than thermal power
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Athens aiming to step up diplomatic contact with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policyaiming to inaugurate a new phase of Greek diplomacy which could be summed up as: “dialogue is better than.... Erdogan’s visit to Greece could be seen as the clearest sign of an effort to put bilateral... aimed at soothing the atmosphere with a “nervous Turkey” - as the Greek foreign minister has put
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Tsipras focussed on MoU exit in 2018 but will have to avoid pitfalls
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor it to be debated, approved and then for a compliance report to be put together by the institutions before... review, attention will then shift to the fourth review, which is expected to contain more than 80... Tsipras is hoping that his government will benefit from these developments as it will put Greece
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Eurogroup suggests there is scope for pension cuts to be called off
EconomyProgrammesituation of Greece today looks much better than 18 months ago, precisely when this fiscal decision... with the argument that Athens has put forward, which is based on the better health of its public... scrapping the measure unilaterally, it could put the debt relief measures agreed this June at risk
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SYRIZA unveils array of pledges to win over voters ahead of July 7 vote
PoliticsGreek Politicstime that Tsipras has been flanked by a broader team, rather than acting as the spearhead of SYRIZA’s... content of the manifesto, the emphasis was put on 12 policies that are designed to appeal to mostly... of the economic proposals made on Monday by SYRIZA are similar to the ones that New Democracy has put
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