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Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016
between the Greek authorities and the mission chiefs were interrupted on Monday for both sides... still remain open. Two separate draft documents published in the Greek media showed broad convergence..., Greek debt dynamics are projected to remain highly unsustainable”. Thus, the fund concluded
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Tsipras prepares for first visit to Turkey with refugee crisis in focus
PoliticsForeign PolicyFor some time now, Athens and Ankara have been seeking ways to make a visit to Turkey by Greek... week has provided Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu with the perfect opportunity to extend such an invitation to his Greek counterpart. According to press reports, Davutoglu invited Tsipras to join
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Greek Eurosystem funding up by 2.9 bln in March, reaches total of 107.1 bln
EconomyMacroeconomycollateral. In addition, he stressed that key condition for the ECB to reinstate the waiver on Greek...After a sharp rise by 16.77 billion euros in February, Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding increased... that Greek banks can still place with the ECB for liquidity purposes. The jump of ELA funding above
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What capital controls will mean for Greek banks, customers and the economy
EconomyAs was expected, the referendum announced by the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday evening triggered a series of negative repercussions for the Greek banking system. The most prominent... that led the Greek government to such a decision. Shortly after the prime minister’s televised address
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Greek pupils score below average in international rankings as long-term problems persist
Societythat Greek students performed well below the OECD average in a number of skills, and once more highlighted that the current structure of the Greek education system is producing students lacking... little to no improvement in the performance of Greek 15 year olds, with Greece scoring below average
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agora). This suggests populism’s star shone briefly in Greece, nicely bookended by SYRIZA’s arrival in 2015... before the first EU-IMF programme was signed in 2010, numerous Greek governments either promised.... This form of populism, if we apply this term, contributed to the Greek economy and public finances going
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Eurobank acquires Alpha network in Bulgaria, kicking off round of consolidation abroad
EconomyBankingby Eurobank kicks off a round of consolidation of Greek banks’ subsidiaries abroad and further... a potential merger of Greek banks’ operations in Cyprus, while NBG decided on March 20 not to proceed with the offering of Finansbank shares due to unfavourable market conditions.
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SYRIZA suffers new split as Kasselakis storms off to form own party
PoliticsGreek Politicsit will deliver another huge blow to SYRIZA, which now looks to be sliding to the fringes of Greek Politics... relevant in Greek politics again. It has already lost second spot in the opinion polls to PASOK.... The two leading candidates will compete in a run-off vote a week later, on December 1.
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Latest Tempe report kicks off political storm as government claims vindication
PoliticsGreek Politicsdenials and attacks on the opposition’s credibility is paying off, while the opposition itself appears... in voting intentions with 24.7 pct versus PASOK’s 12.1 pct. Greek Solution is third with 8.2 pct, while... at between 5-6 pct. On the right of ND, Greek Solution appears to have hit a ceiling at around 8-9.4 pct
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Newsletter 141
from the Greek army's reserves to Saudi Arabia for a reported 64 million dollars. The questions revolved around the involvement of a Greek businessman in the negotiations. The Saudi side allegedly... and was spotted gambling in a casino. Kammenos has so far been able to fight off accusations
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