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What this week's VAT changes mean for household budgets and public coffers
EconomyProgrammerates correspond to a hit of 157 euros per annum or 3.5 percent. Although the Finance Ministry had
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Reshuffle of limited scope, ambition suggests elections on horizon
PoliticsGreek Politics, who resigned earlier this week, as Alternate Finance Minister, with responsibility for public
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Bank holiday to end but capital controls remain and some transactions forbidden
EconomyThe Finance Ministry issued a legislative decree on Saturday afternoon ending the three-week bank holiday from July 20. However, capital controls will be maintained, while several banking activities remain restricted or forbidden until the foreseeable future. The new legislative decree introduces
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What the latest set of prior actions mean for home foreclosures
Economyof credit institutions and investment firms following a relevant request by the Finance Ministry (MoF
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No further damage for Tsipras in second vote as SYRIZA stand-off continues
PoliticsGreek Politicswas ex-Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’s decision to back the bill when he had voted against
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Primary surplus 3.1 bln above target in H1 on severe underspend
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s budget primary surplus widened to 1.88 billion euros in the first six months of 2015 from 1.51 billion in the five-month period, according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget bulletin published on Thursday. The figures confirmed the preliminary data released on July 14. The actual
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On the Greek crisis and German imbalances
Agoraas a preferred outcome. For example, Fabio Ghironi explains German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble's
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Early rounds of talks with lenders focus on possible prior actions
EconomyProgrammeThe new round of discussions with institutions kicked off at technical level on July 28 and it appears that the early focus of the talks was, and will continue to be, on the potential prior actions being demanded by the lenders. On July 31, the Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Economy
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Some snags remain in discussion with lenders over new privatisation scheme
EconomyProgrammeDuring a lengthy meeting with the quartet of Greece’s lenders on Tuesday, government officials discussed in detail privatisations – one of the key issues that need to be settled for there to be an agreement on a new 3-year bailout programme. Following the meeting, the Greek Finance Minister Euclid
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From the troika to the quartet
Agoraand various eurozone finance ministers are rather critical of such beggar-thy-neighbour policy
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