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Newsletter 55 - 12/12/2015
put it. It is true that on some issues, the fund is a harder taskmaster than the European lenders... 2016, which he set at around 3 billion, a higher figure than the 2016 budget target of 2 billion... for lenders making a significant intervention in the country’s debt rather than just tinkering around
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Will Tsipras ride the waves in 2016?
Agorabefore the next waves come crashing down. Tsipras started the year as the leader who would put... contributions rather than cuts to retirement pay but it remains to be seen if the quadriga of lenders agrees... appointed by previous administrations with candidates of its own choice, rather than those who are most
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Newsletter 66 - 11/03/2016
the potential it could fail, leaving Greece alone and holding its head. The plan put on the table... rendered it a shambles. Greece was promised that more than 60,000 people would be transferred over two years but less than 900 have been relocated since last year. However, even if the relocation
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EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
Agorait could fail, leaving Greece alone and holding its head. The plan put on the table last week for any... it a shambles. Greece was promised that more than 60,000 people would be transferred over two years but less than 900 have been relocated since last year. However, even if the relocation scheme worked more
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Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016
are that the Greek government is keen to find a solution and to close the review as soon as possible. Rather than... be less stringent than if the IMF is involved. Also, the tabling of the legislation is not quite.... The draft legislation for the license tender was put to public consultation on Friday. Building
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Bailout talks inch forward as Juncker comments complicate matters
PoliticsGreek Politicsexpects the surplus to be higher than the IMF’s projections, thereby strengthening the Greek... for 2015, which is substantially better than the 0.6 percent primary deficit that the IMF expects... now rather than when targets are missed), although he indicated the Commission would be willing
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The diversions of the past
Agoracaused deaths in Greece recently rather than terrorism that identifies itself with Marxist, or other..., such as Revolutionary Struggle, have not killed anyone by luck rather than design in recent attacks... pronounced way than the divisive “theory of the two extremes” followed by his predecessor Antonis
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NPL resolution in Italy and Greece
Agoraunderscored by the reality that more than 200 billion euros of these NPLs are termed sofferenze in Italian..., how burden sharing can be adopted and what protective mechanisms need to be put in place for lenders... the minister who drafted it, Louka Katseli – overburdened the courts. There are currently more than
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The enemy within
Agorathan those who voted No. Certainly, the pro-EU and anti-austerity gatherings of that period appeared... No than businesspeople or salaried professionals, for instance. The question, though, is what does... division among the classes in Greece? Their first step should be to show how they intend to put right
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Coalition seeks to quash concerns about complications with Hellenikon development
PoliticsGreek Politicsargued that the 915-million-euro winning bid was much less than the state should have secured... of archaeological interest would put the whole project at risk. The Culture Ministry’s reported... until 2018, four years earlier than the initial agreement, Lamda will invest 8 billion euros, rather
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