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Collateral damage in Europe?
Agorahawks such as John Bolton, President Trump’s new national security adviser now co-define policy vis... in arms on major foreign policy challenges. Why would it now be otherwise with the Sino-American trade... their fragile recovery. Thus, the last thing countries in Europe now need is a trade conflict between
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Centre-left leader adds to calls for snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy, other reasons for the KINAL chief making such a move now may include an effort to start... for the fledgling party to make an impact on the electorate. Also, calling for snap elections now takes away... the mainstream parties are now entering pre-election mode. This was also evident in a speech given
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EC forecast acknowledges pressure on Greek households, revises down growth
EconomyMacroeconomyforecasts and is now expecting the country to grow this year by 1.9 percent, from 2.5 percent previously... consumption is now seen growing by 0.5 percent this year and 0.9 percent in 2019. The estimate for 2018... in 2018. In the previous forecasts, net exports were seen as contributing 0.2 pps to growth. Now
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Fiscal issues appear settled as Greece and institutions head for review deal
EconomyProgrammepercent. It appears that the IMF has now backed down from its previous position and, according... now need to happen soon. Why? Because the European Stability Mechanism program, which is the program under which we're working right now, Greece is working, that ends in August of this year. So
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Greece and creditors reach SLA - legislation of reforms and debt relief talks next
EconomyProgrammeon some issues. He did not give further details. Tsakalotos accepted that Athens now has to move... included in the out-of-court mechanism. The Greek government will now likely have to submit a multi... in both years. Other loose ends Clinching the SLA means that the creditors can now focus
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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
an adequate reduction of state arrears. This means that all eyes are now on next week’s Eurogroup... quarters now. Compared to the same period last year, the jobless rate has declined by 2.1 percentage... in the previous quarter. On a quarterly basis, the wages index has now remained positive for a fourth
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Newsletter 167 -22/06/2018
in interest from 2023, as had previously been the case. These demands will now kick in a decade later... their political fortunes. Name deal set to be catalyst in Greek politics SYRIZA-ANEL united for now... now seems to be in question, even before the party has had a chance to set out its policy programme
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Greek debt management agency sees Eurogroup debt deal favourably
EconomyProgrammethat Greece’s debt now has a comprehensive package of debt relief measures that were nationally formulated... path. Debt to GDP in 2032 will now be at 128 percent, from 134 percent previously. A key measure... to 2032. Greece has now a protracted period without any financing needs thanks to the 24.1 billion euros
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societythe Mati fire now holds the record of the deadliest peacetime disaster in Greece... 2007 and now in the approach to tackling forest fires. Not only that, but the public expenditure... to prevent them and how to react. Alert and evacuation systems – now cheaper than ever, thanks
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Tsipras to set out path for new cabinet as pension discussion looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsof more younger ministers, the cabinet now has 13 women, compared to just seven previously... agreed with the institutions. Athens believes that it is not needed in fiscal terms because it is now... whether the European lenders agreed with the Washington-based organisation, which now only has
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