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Wait continues for agreement on measures, tension builds in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politics. The failure of the meeting of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) on Thursday night to lead to a date... not be ready in time for the meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Malta next week. European Commission... to reports about the meeting, the nine MPs appeared to set aside the concerns they had and indicated
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Debt deal eludes Greece and lenders, June 15 set as final deadline
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be a difficult meeting that ended on a disappointing note. Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos suggested... in the wake of Emmanuel Macron being elected as president. Before the meeting, Le Maire had applauded the Greek government and underlined the need to find an agreement at the Eurogroup. After the meeting, he
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Newsletter 122 - 09/06/2017
meeting of eurozone finance ministers. In Greece, this was seen as a sign there is a high... chaired a meeting of the political secretariat on Tuesday that concluded without any dramatic developments... since January, settling at 4.96 billion in April. Greek banks continued meeting their non-performing
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Greece secures next bailout tranche, moves towards deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsof detail that Athens had hoped over the past few months. Following a meeting of the European Stability... Eurogroup. Speaking after the meeting at the ESM, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem also confirmed... Minister Euclid Tsakalotos could walk away from Thursday’s meeting with a statement
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Coalition defends deal with lenders, opposition exerts pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Tuesday, before chairing a meeting of the cabinet on Wednesday. It will his first attempt... also wants to use Wednesday’s cabinet meeting to focus on growth-related issues and more day-to-day... Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis will repeat these themes after his meeting with Tsipras, scheduled
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Newsletter 124 - 23/06/2017
on June 15. Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis chaired a meeting of the government’s economic... was to think positive. He held a cabinet meeting on Wednesday and declared that the government had been... said ahead of his meeting with Tsipras this week, as part of the prime minister’s briefing
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Newsletter 126 - 07/07/2017
bailout tranche of 7.7 billion euros following an anxious few days for the government. A meeting... meeting of the ESM’s board of directors. The ESM had identified several prior actions demanded... after another year of meeting fiscal targets and completing the third review. Greece should also
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Coalition returns to work with one eye on centre-left leadership contest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired on Monday morning the first cabinet meeting since the summer... at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) and his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron... beyond the confines of the programme. During a meeting with employers and unions in Thessaloniki
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Newsletter 134
Revenues and debt rule draft budget Government faces uphill task of meeting fiscal targets as tax... to keep meeting ever-increasing tax bills. The draft budget also outlines the Greek government’s... the flagship project to progress and authorities to collect privatisation revenues. The meeting
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Tsipras sets off for USA as prior actions, e-auctions dominate at home
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired a meeting with key ministers on Friday to assess the progress.... The meeting was held a few hours before the Greek leader set off for his official visit to the USA... of the crucial third review is in sight. Tsipras hopes that Tuesday’s meeting with Trump will help
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