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Pause in review talks, leaving most difficult issues to be tackled
EconomyProgramme.” Although the European statement is more optimistic both on the progress made so far as well... in the context of the second programme review have been resolved so far. The first relates to the out-of-court... incomes. The sticky issue, where almost zero progress has been made so far, remains labour market
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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... 7. However, at least a path to a compromise is visible as far as the fiscal issue is concerned... the start of the crisis, making its labour market far more flexible and bringing down unit labour costs
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Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
EconomyProgrammereached so far on a number of secondary issues, there is still a large distance separating Greece and its... on Friday that the issues that have been resolved so far related to the new privatisation... this issue has also not been resolved yet, it appears that the two sides are not far from clinching
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New attempt to get Cyprus talks back on track
PoliticsForeign Policy. Nicosia has so far resisted these calls as this may seem like an intervention in the Republic’s... is a "third country" as far as the EU is concerned. Brussels seems to reject this claim as it may create... Turkey could even go as far as to risk an “incident” over this issue. On Friday, Lakkotrypis tried
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Another Eurogroup for Greece where all options fell short
Agorathat would come into effect next summer and immediately securing the IMF’s seal of approval as far... Greek programme and the ESM loans from the current package. Thomsen said that the IMF was “very far... given how far apart the views of the key players were. A four-hour break and various meetings
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Mandatory e-payments come into force as Greece seeks to boost card use further
EconomyFeaturesto the chagrin of foreign visitors to smaller establishments and far-flung islands who, until recently, would often find that their habit of paying by card would not get them far in the country. A domestic... transactions in the EU, far ahead of Greece’s figure. This is despite the fact that the average card
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Budget primary surplus at 3.05 bln in 7-month, above target on underspend
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros in July from 96 million in June, the highest figure for the year so far. Furthermore... for the year so far. Gross revenue edged down marginally by 0.3 percent to 27.62 billion euros during... for the third time this year by 9 percent, the highest level for the year so far, after falling by 7
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Budget primary surplus at 3.02 bln in July, above target by 926 mln on strong underspend
EconomyMacroeconomy96 million in June, the highest figure for the year so far. The budget balance came to a deficit... reading for the year so far. However revenues were 513 million euros short of the target after... percent, the highest level for the year so far, after falling by 7 percent in June and landed at 3.85
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Deposit inflows rise to 1.41 bln in August, highest for 2017
EconomyMacroeconomyis the highest amount for the year so far. The outstanding balance of private sector deposits increased..., the highest figure for the year so far. This is attributed to sight inflows of 1.19 million... for the year so far and the highest since June 2016. As a result, central bank funding landed at 45.3
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Will centre-left let go of past to grasp change?
Agorawith other barely-alive centre-left groups, to form the Democratic Alignment. It is testament to how far... role, possibly even that of kingmaker, in the next Greek government. It would still be a far cry from the glory days of PASOK’s dominance but given how far social democracy in Greece has fallen during
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