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  1. Eurogroup grants short-term debt relief but leaves Athens fretting over fiscal targets and IMF
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    EconomyProgramme

    Monday’s Eurogroup concluded with eurozone finance ministers agreeing to the short-term debt relief measures proposed by the European Stability Mechanism but leaving several lingering questions about... to help its efforts to return to the markets next year and boost growth. He added that the European

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  2. Athens sees flexibility on fiscal targets, singles out IMF over role
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    European Department, Poul Thomsen, who took part in Monday’s meeting was more focussed on Greece... on a collision course with the Fund, especially as the European lenders indicated that they are more flexible

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  3. Tsipras weighs up options amid concern about mired talks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on Wednesday. He is expected to hold talks with French President Francois Hollande and European Parliament... that would put Greece on a path to gaining access to the European Central Bank’s QE programme. Seeing

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  4. IMF sets out its stall as review deliberations resume in Athens
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    EconomyProgramme

    written by the Fund’s chief economist Maurice Obstfeld and the director of the European Department... requirement” that does not exist in most European countries. According to the Fund, Greece hesitates to do

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  5. The IMF and Greece's bitter pill
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    Agora

    - Greece’s latest European Stability Mechanism programme generates a degree of austerity that prevents the “nascent recovery from taking hold.” - Greece needs reforms that should be used “to increase... on Monday night from the most unexpected of sources, when the head of the IMF’s European Division, Poul

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  6. Greece and creditors feel their way into new round of talks in Athens
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    by the European Commission and the European Stability Mechanism and appointed by the Finance Minister

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  7. Lenders' reaction to pension pledge leaves Tsipras short of options
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greece’s negotiations with its lenders became more complex on Wednesday when the European Stability Mechanism revealed that it has put on hold the implementation of short-term debt relief measures... to have this week with European leaders, German Chancellor Angela Merkel in particular, have become

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  8. Bank of Greece sees potential for recovery, urges calm in negotiations
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of decisions from the European partners on concrete measures to ensure the long-term debt sustainability...) fell by 15 percentage points to 126 percent but still remains more than double the European average

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  9. Tsipras gets no encouragement from lenders, left to consider next move
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    January any hope of Greece being included in the European Central Bank’s QE scheme will diminish... administration in Washington decides that it is a European matter and should be resolved

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  10. Newsletter 101 - 23/12/2016

    Newsletters

    on Wednesday that a European Court of Justice ruling on collective dismissals, one of the key points... in a number of eurozone countries. In addition, any postponement by the European partners on concrete measures

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