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Athens eyes fiscal compromise to complete programme review
PoliticsGreek Politicsleave enough time for the legislation process to be completed in Greece ahead if the next meeting... the green light for its bonds to be included in the QE programme. Failing this, the next meeting... ECB board meeting for inclusion in QE. In his message on New Year’s Eve, Prime Minister Alexis
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Athens hopes concessions can secure review breakthrough
PoliticsGreek Politicsa positive tone following their meeting in Brussels on Thursday. The talks were held a day after Tsakalotos travelled to Paris to meet his French counterpart Michel Sapin and shortly before a meeting... developments. The Greek government’s hopes stretched to the meeting leading to the rubber stamping
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Government seeks to appease banks over ADMIE privatisation
EconomyMacroeconomymeeting on November 24 approved the nomination of the Chinese State Grid International Development... general meeting (EGM) on January 12 to approve the establishment of a holding company, the transfer.... Following the meeting, the Finance Ministry issued a press release noting that the discussion
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Athens holds back proposal details ahead of Thursday's Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsthese contingent measures will be. Meeting with pensioner groups on Friday, Prime Minister Alexis... anything concrete emerges from the meeting of eurozone finance ministers. The government’s concerns... last year, the indications are that Greece will not have any problems meeting its primary surplus
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Athens accepts review's toughest fronts remain open
EconomyProgrammethe last meeting of eurozone finance ministers on January 26, that “a third [of prior actions] have... in mid-2018. The key catalyst for developments is the IMF board meeting on February 6, which will discuss... may be deferred, few developments are expected until the board meeting has taken place
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Newsletter 105 - 03/02/2017
Govt may accept upfront legislation All eyes on Monday’s meeting of IMF executive board A decisive... for at least some new measures. All eyes will be on the meeting of the International Monetary Fund... towards Monday’s meeting. If there is a sign from Washington on Monday that the IMF will remain fully
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Athens gears up for deal with lenders, pending news from IMF
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAll eyes in Athens are on Monday’s meeting of the International Monetary Fund’s executive board... meeting to produce a game-changer is evident from the growing speculation in Athens about what... will support the move. Tsipras paid a visit to SYRIZA headquarters on Monday for a meeting
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Lack of clarity across the board highlights review impasse
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat following a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday, Houliarakis would be presenting... will be replaced by a lower-ranking colleague at the Brussels meeting. Houliarakis will instead deliver... of the negotiations,” he said. "It is my expectations that on February 20 at the next Eurogroup meeting
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Lenders make proposal to Athens but no immediate breakthrough expected
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDijsselbloem in Brussels on Friday in a meeting designed to get the review moving again after weeks...-free threshold and cuts to existing pensions. In a statement issued after Friday’s meeting... the meeting that debt relief would not be discussed on Friday.
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Greece searches for balanced deal as talks get underway in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Athens on Tuesday. The first meeting of the day saw Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos discuss... the meeting but appeared before MPs at Parliament’s economic affairs committee a few hours later... with representatives of the Hellenic Banking Association. His public comments ahead of the meeting
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