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Global deal in April ruled out as labour reforms prove biggest obstacle
EconomyProgrammea comprehensive agreement could be clinched until April 7, when finance ministers are due to meet... that if not enough progress has been made until the April 7 Eurogroup, negotiations could be delayed until the next scheduled meeting of finance ministers on May 22. The eurozone official said
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Tsipras fails to halt strike as domestic political battle heats up
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the action is due to continue at least until Thursday, forming a new front between SYRIZA and New Democracy... the contract workers in the sanitation departments to remain in their jobs until next February... to the permanent hirings, POE-OTA decided on Tuesday afternoon to continue its prostest at least until Thursday
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsin office either until the end of the government’s four-year term in September 2019 or until.... The meeting, though, was postponed until next week, prompting reaction from the prime minister’s
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auctions until the necessary legislation is passed. The raft of amendments irked the opposition... discount. As a result, the discount will remain in place until the end of June on Lesvos, Samos, Chios... and the Dodecanese from January 1. Until now, these islands have had a 30 percent discount on VAT. C/A deficit
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together “until the end.” The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those... that Tsipras and Kammenos are wedded to each other until elections become a certainty and their parties... Alexis Tsipras are to either call early elections after the programme exit this summer or to wait until
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Complications over reforms cast doubt on June target for global deal
EconomyProgrammeWith 10 days to go until the meeting of the Euro Working Group on April 12, the onus... deal between Athens and the lenders may have to wait until July, rather than June. More than 70... until the end of this month. Kathimerini reported that the government is now examining two
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Tsipras urges SYRIZA MPs to focus on ever-closer MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the institutions over debt relief. However, doubts remain on both fronts and until these are dispelled..., rather than to wait until 2020. Athens is hoping the confirmation on Monday that it achieved... to be addressed directly by the lenders until they return to Athens in mid-May. The next step for the government
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Commission sets out parameters for post-programme enhanced surveillance
EconomyProgrammein equal amounts on a semi-annual basis in December and June, starting in 2018 until June 2022... to remain in place for the same period as policy-contingent debt measures, i.e. until 2022... framework ends (or is no longer renewed) and will last until a minimum of 75 percent of financial
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No imminent decision on pension cuts as Athens moves ahead with minimum wage increase
EconomyProgrammethe Eurogroup meeting on December 3. Until now, it had been thought that a decision might be made... it has to reduce pension spending by 1 percent of GDP in 2019 until December 3. The reason given... can be announced until the negotiations with the institutions have been completed. However, it seems
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Lenders set to keep coalition waiting for answer on pension cuts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government is likely to have to wait until the December 3 Eurogroup until it finds out whether its request for next year’s pension cuts to be shelved will be accepted by the country’s... into anger with the lenders if they block efforts to stop the reductions. Until now
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