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Greece and lenders trap themselves over labour reforms
Agorathat New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has so far presented to Greek voters. Also on the fiscal... agreeing to it with the creditors. Greece has implemented a raft of liberalisation measures since... should follow a subsidiarity principle. In his comments to MEPs, Moscovici said that it has been
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Newsletter 111 - 17/03/2017
at home and dispel some of the uncertainty that has proved damaging for the Greek economy over... the personal nature of the view expressed by Skourletis and insisted, given the coalition has 153 out of 300 MPs, that it does not need the votes of other parties. There has been a discussion
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Foreign minister opens up about EU concerns
PoliticsForeign PolicySYRIZA has made no secret of its desire to change Greece’s approach towards the European Union when... that SYRIZA’s eurosceptic approach has been watered down. Kotzias appears more constructive during... of “crisis in handling crises.” He suggested that the EU has given in to the markets and is lacking
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Study finds contrasting trends in Greek health during crisis
SocietyThe impact of the economic crisis in Greece on health has been more nuanced than previous reports suggested, research conducted by a team of British and Greek scientists has found. The research... mortality have worsened during the crisis. There has also been a significant increase in mental illness
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Greece as an energy hub: Reality or wishful thinking?
EconomyFeaturesenergy hub in the Mediterranean, and the EU has expressed its support for Greece taking over. During... of the 20.7-billion-euro budget for infrastructure projects across the next decade has been earmarked... of the TAP pipeline. Once fully operational, it has the capacity to supply around 4 percent of Europe’s gas
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Rhetoric ramped up ahead of Eurogroup but deal still in sight
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he has maintained since the last Eurogroup on May 22, which implies he wants to keep alive... it has set. Those were summed up in the government’s round-up of the cabinet meeting: Athens is looking... in the Eurogroup statement on Thursday. This does not suggest that Athens has the intention of straying from
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EC recommends symbolic closure of deficit procedure as Athens mulls bond issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsdays. “Greece has made significant progress in returning to a path of fiscal sustainability,” the Commission said in its statement. “The general government balance has improved from a deficit of 15.1... that. The decision, however, allows the government and its lenders to argue that Greece has made another step
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No country for reluctant peacemakers
Agora. At the moment, all sides are engaging in an activity that as time has gone by, they have mastered: the blame game. Notwithstanding who bears the responsibility for the failure of the negotiations, one has..., they are de facto rejecting the solution that has been described in countless UN Security Council
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How Cyprus re-entered the market
![en_GB Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/01/22/cyprusgeorgiades_1000_myrto_2101-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Agoraa bond has come from Greece’s central bank governor, Yannis Stournaras, who said it was “a bit early... that the previous government had issued to bail out Laiki. It has followed the same pattern for all... of its entire debt stock). Each new debt issuance has been used to lengthen maturities or swap more
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In absence of bond issue, coalition ponders next moves
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe fact that the much-heralded trial bond issue has moved to the back burner for the time being... the markets as early as next week, once the International Monetary Fund’s executive board has.... It has also been reported that there was concern among some Greek government officials that the IMF
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