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Eurogroup decision on contingent measures, debt leave Tsipras with tough task at home
PoliticsGreek Politicscapacity needed to push through the required measures. The upshot of the meeting was that Greece... was achieved at Friday’s meeting. To compound matters, the IMF also seems to have softened its position... at the Amsterdam meeting as it was asked to pass another 3.6 billion euros in stand-by austerity measures
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Newsletter 73 - 13/05/2016
to an agreement at the Eurogroup meeting, which welcomed the vote on the first batch of measures... that has to be At this week’s Eurogroup meeting, which welcomed the Athens vote, Greece and its EU... on it take place by the Sunday before the Eurogroup meeting. The conclusion of the review could
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Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
targets During the press briefing following his meeting with the Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos... encouraging message after meeting Tsakalotos in Athens, stressing the need for Greece and its European.... Addressing a board meeting, he noted that despite the positive assessment from the Hellenic
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Tsipras seeks "Club Med" unity as refugee crisis, debt talks move up agenda
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras is reportedly trying to line up a meeting of southern European... a meeting in Athens before the European Council that is due to take place in Bratislava on September.... The Greek prime minister will have a chance to state his case when he attends a meeting of European
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Eurogroup clears 1.1 bln, waits for arrears clearance data to release remaining 1.7 bln
EconomyProgrammeon the disbursement will be taken at the next ESM board meeting, which is scheduled to take place in two weeks. He said there is no need for an earlier extraordinary meeting to approve the disbursement... euros will be disbursed at the next ESM board meeting on October 24, when the official arrears
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NBG elects chairman, HFSF calls time-out in dispute over management
EconomyBankingpercent is with full voting rights. The bank said that during a meeting on Wednesday, the Board... was involved in politics in the last five years. The election at Wednesday’s BoD meeting was facilitated... an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) taking into account that the smooth cooperation between the NBG BoD
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
(HFSF) representative on the BoD voted against him. In a press release issued after the BoD meeting, the HFSF stated that “it is contemplating calling an extraordinary general meeting (EGM), taking... is essential”. Following a meeting with the NBG CEO Leonidas Fragkiadakis on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister
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Government steps in as NBG row takes new twist
EconomyBankingat the lender. A meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis and NBG CEO Leonidas... a statement noting that that “it is contemplating calling an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) taking...”. HFSF is NBG’s major shareholder holding a stake of 40.39 percent. Following yesterday’s meeting
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Obama puts emphasis on issues deemed vital by Greece in Athens visit
PoliticsForeign Policyvisit to Athens on Tuesday. Obama held talks with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after meeting... conference that followed his meeting with the US president, perhaps buoyed by Obama’s words made... earlier meeting with Pavlopoulos, Obama did not respond to the key “national” issues that the Greek
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Poll suggests scepticism about deal with lenders as Tsipras ponders options
PoliticsGreek Politicsvisited Crete to hold a meeting with local farmers, but there is no getting away from the problems facing... and VAT pledges made by Tsipras. Athens is hoping that the meeting will lead to the temporary freeze... in January. Before the meeting, though, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble sounded a note
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