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Greek bank capital increases: A breakdown of what has been achieved
Economyhas a capital shortfall at 2.18 billion. On the flipside, Alpha and Piraeus’s capital needs stood at relatively low levels of 262 and 425 million respectively. On top of that, Alpha has already... to the state in 2009 as part of pillar I bonds. Piraeus will also repurchase its preference shares of 750
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Newsletter 88 - 16/09/2016
Minister Alexis Tsipras announced the measure at the Thessaloniki International Fair on Saturday...-systemic bank that has just 1.5 percent of the market share in the Greek banking sector. Local media... independent bodies. Given that it has to focus on completing the prior actions in the next days, before
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Of symmetry and adjustments in the eurozone
Agoraof public finances. Since then, the prevailing narrative has been what I called the “Berlin View”, calling... the dominance of the Berlin View, has been asymmetrical. I would like to highlight three consequences..., forcefully defended by the German government, but also dominant in the EU institutions, has its theoretical
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Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018
to the spending reductions being revoked, the government may Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has... months. This would allow Tsipras to avoid implementing the unpopular measure before possible snap... on Sunday, May 26. However, there has been no clear indication from the lenders’ side
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ESM and EFSF approve short-term debt relief measures for Greece
EconomyProgrammeexchange stood at 29.9 billion euros at the end of September. An additional debt relief measure adopted... billion euros that was used to finance the debt buy-back in late 2012. EFSF also said that the smoothing of Greece’s EFSF repayment profile, which is the third debt relief measure, will be carried out
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Possibility remains for trial bond issue before IMF debt analysis
PoliticsGreek Politicswas not on the agenda), Regling was asked about when Athens should aim to tap the markets. His answer..., and that’s a very different story from the past.” Regling has used the example of what other programme... director Christine Lagarde has said the Fund’s board will decide by July 27 on whether the organisation
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Where is the EastMed pipeline heading?
Agora, the project could help diversify the EU’s energy sources and has so far received backing from the European Union and the United States, which has provided political support for the tripartite alliance... the content of synergies becomes. I believe an alliance is in the making. But for it to have a military
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Macedonia name issue: Agreement and disagreement
Agoraaims at resolving this 30-year-old dispute. The whole agreement has been built around the fact... a state that has been recognised as Republic of Macedonia by more than 130 countries agrees to amend..., Greece has agreed – according to Article 11 of the Interim Accord - not to veto the accession
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Newsletter 380 - 12/05/2023
PoliticsPM has poll victory, if not conclusive result, in sightsWith just over a week left until... is at 32.4, up by 0.3 points on the previous poll. SYRIZA has edged up by 0.2 points to 26.3 pct.... However, 42 pct say they do not know, or do not want to answer. Based on these voting intentions
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About last night
Agoraat manageable levels. This also has a positive effect on the need for large primary surpluses to keep... importantly, they will also be tied to the fiscal path. Greece has committed to lowering pension... and the IMF has just over 10 billion euros of loans due to be paid by Greece over the next six years
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