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Draghi sets out QE obstacles facing Greece
EconomyProgrammeEuropean Central Bank president Mario Draghi confirmed on Monday that Greece has little chance... have allowed the waiver to be retained and secured access to QE. Stournaras has also underlined... that the timeline might be too tight as the ECB has to conduct its own assessment of whether Greek
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Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018
targets that Greece has established for 2019 and the following years.” “We all know that the fiscal... with the argument that Athens has put forward, which is based on the better health of its public finances and the fact that the 2017 primary surplus target was beaten, a performance
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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politics) of civil servants. The government has indicated that the majority of hirings will be in the education... for these programmes has been secured via the EU-finance National Strategic Reference Framework, or ESPA as it is known in Greece. It is clear that Tsipras has decided to opt for the tried and tested method
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Only inconclusive poll result would prompt KINAL approach, suggests Mitsotakis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has played down the chances of governing with Movement... to vote. New Democracy has been trying to lure KINAL’s support without attacking the party directly... comment, though, was a message to centre-left voters who would prefer to see SYRIZA well beaten
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It's the hope that kills you
AgoraThe ski resort of Ischgl in Austria has been linked with thousands of infections around Europe... and March due to winter skiing holidays and school half terms has been recognised as one... with the message of the authorities that Greece had beaten the pandemic and was now open for business
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalition has two more hurdles to clear before it stumbles over the finishing line at the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass..., the government has since tweaked the contents of the bill and is unlikely to see its slim, four-seat majority
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Tsipras softens stance on coalition options as leaders head to debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsmessages and that Meimarakis has beaten him to this particular political ground. Voters will get... Greeks in government are disappearing, Alexis Tsipras has started to soften his position... of coalition government after September 20. New Democracy’s Evangelos Meimarakis has decided from the outset
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New overdue taxes rise by 489 mln in Mar, total legacy and new debt at 104.5 bln
EconomyMacroeconomythe Independent Authority of Public Revenues (IAPR) has shown. The aggregate figure for the first three... was for the large part driven by rises in new debt. Total debt has now remained above... of collectability came to 82.2 percent. The IAPR has set a goal for the collectability rate to reach
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New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsin less than a year that the government has stepped in to lower the fees charged by Greek banks, which..., which has been accused of tolerating cartel-like behaviour by banks, as well as supermarkets and energy companies. This is the second instance in which PASOK has managed to score points against New
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economy, according to MoF, is in line with troika respective forecasts. MoF has also stressed that this year... to the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase... euros for 2014 has now come down close to 1.5 billion as international lenders seem to have accepted
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