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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
disbursement and use the extra cash to buy back some of its debt, such as the so-called SMP bonds or its... are not met. Another crucial aspect of the settlement, as outlined by Tsipras, is that the new name
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Defence spending, economic support plans dominate PM's policy speech
PoliticsGreek Politicsannounced that Greece will buy 18 French-made Rafale fighter planes, four frigates, four navy helicopters..., in its sights. It was clear, though, that this aspect of the government’s programme was deemed
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The case for a general government balance sheet
Agora. This occurred because with the Greek crisis, markets did not want to buy more Greek bonds... interesting aspect is that if we split the financial liabilities into “Maastricht gross debt” and “other
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Football chairman's actions threaten to blow coalition off course again
PoliticsGreek Politicsintervention led to the game being called off by the referee, even though the match official later changed... also run into a number of problems. In December, privatisation fund HRADF had to put off the signing... that threaten to blow Tsipras and his government off their course. A Pro Rata poll published in left
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Androulakis well-placed to retain PASOK leadership as Doukas sneaks into run-off ballot
PoliticsGreek Politics, Doukas managed to narrowly hold off Geroulanos, earning just 858 votes more than his more experienced... that will be formed by the PASOK leader once Sunday’s run-off vote has been completed. Looking ahead Geroulanos... on the backfoot going into the run-off ballot. This also speaks to a wider problem for PASOK
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Athens ticking off prior actions one by one as EU keeps close watch
PoliticsGreek Politicsto increase from its current level of 13 percent to 20 percent in 2016 and then to 26 percent
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Another privatisation goal ticked off as 600 mln offer secures Athens airport concession
Economy. According to the last updated Asset Development Plan of April 26, 2016 the sale of the 30 percent stake
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EC upbeat on reforms paying off, as long as they continue
EconomyProgrammeto the crisis, the number of employees in the core public sector between 2009 and 2015 was reduced by 26
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New Covid measures readied as doubts about key cabinet choices rub off on PM
PoliticsGreek Politics, easily outflanking SYRIZA’s Alexis Tsipras with 34 pct “likes” and KINAL’s Fofi Gennimata with 26
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A third of young Greeks would consider emigrating to escape economic problems
Societythat it is right to borrow for consumer goods or to buy holidays. Only six percent think it is right to borrow money to buy consumer goods and only 4 percent to finance a vacation trip. “Perhaps it is Greeks... they do not have enough money for a dignified existence, compared to an average of 26 percent
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