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Coalition wants next review to be swift despite labour reform complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsgather in Athens on Thursday, the European Stability Mechanism’s managing director Klaus Regling also... to the labour issue during his meeting on Tuesday with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. He
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ECB reinstates waiver in first step towards improving liquidity conditions for Greek banks
EconomyBankingAs expected, the European Central Bank’s governing council decided on Wednesday evening to reinstate the waiver on Greek government securities, which was lifted on February 4, 2015. The waiver... of the second tranche disbursement by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) following
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Tsipras aims for new alliances and EU changes after Brexit
PoliticsForeign Policytaken by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the European Council over the past two days. Rather than... with other European leaders given that Brexit has reduced the importance of the Greek crisis. Of course
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Athens takes Turkish foreign policy pivot in its stride, sticks to Egypt, Israel goal
PoliticsForeign Policythe European Union and the Middle East. For this reason, Greece is aiming to organise in September a major conference on Rhodes to which six European countries and six Arab countries will be invited. Greece
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Fool Britannia
Agoraof schadenfreude, was summed up by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s reaction at the European Council this week. As the European Union leaders gathered for dinner, the Greek premier reportedly wondered aloud how
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Technical MoU provides more detail on fiscal brake, arrears and privatisations
EconomyProgrammedisbursement will be made based on a report prepared by the European institutions assessing... of 2.8 billion. According to the compliance report of the first review issued by the European
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Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016
Technical MoU published Tsakalotos confident fiscal brake will not be applied anytime soon The European Commission published this week the technical memorandum of understanding (MoU) that supports... representatives from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) will sit on its supervisory board together
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IMF sets out key priorities for Greece, including labour market flexibility
Economythe issue of deteriorating demographics that would lead to a rapid ageing of the European workforce..., Greece’s share of senior workers was the 16th highest among 20 European countries. The report also
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Greece treads carefully, hoping to avoid blowback from failed coup in Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyand face future action at the European Court of Human Rights. Right from the start, the Greek government’s... ministers expected to reiterate the European Union's support towards the democratically-elected government
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Moscovici tries to kill discussion of primary surplus targets as easing of capital controls cleared
EconomyProgrammeEuropean Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici sought to kill off the discussion about lowering Greece’s post-2018 primary surplus targets when he visited Athens on Monday... international websites for e-commerce. The measures are expected to be ratified by the European Central
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