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Athens Stock Exchange ends week on a low, banks lose 9.7 pct
EconomyThe Greek stock market showed little change until Thursday but plunged 5 percent on Friday, closing... developments this week related to the publication of proposals by Greece and the institutions, the Greek... and the critical meeting of top eurozone leaders on Monday as well as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's
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Greece works on new proposals as EU rules out political deal on Monday
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government appears to be working on new proposals to submit to lenders ahead of the euro... to a national currency might be painful to start off with but these problems would soon be overcome. On a visit to St Petersburg on Friday, where the Greek government signed a preliminary agreement
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What the agreement between Greece and lenders means for fiscal and tax policy
EconomyProgrammeand concrete steps for the collection of tax on incomes generated off-shore. The Greek authorities will also...Following the first round of meetings between the Greek ministers and the institutions’ mission... on a number of issues on the fiscal and GMI fronts. We have obtained the draft sMoU via The Greek
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Tsipras weighs up options amid concern about mired talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsaddressed his domestic audience, the Greek leader will then travel to Brussels for the EU summit.... The point in bailout negotiations when the Greek side turns to the search for a so-called political solution, invariably involving talks between the Greek prime minister and the leaders of France
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Getting to the church on time
Agorain the relationship between the Greek state and the church had been reached. As each day passes, though.... The difficulty the coalition had in containing its excitement about this announcement served as a tip-off about... to enshrine the “religious neutrality” of the Greek state (which a leading New Democracy MP argued
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Newsletter 194 -15/02/2018
ground with banks The Greek government is expected to send next week its final proposal for a new... in contact with the Greek authorities: The Commission, the ECB, the ESM. The open issues are clearly... to be at around 30,000 euros per year, some reports suggest. Talks also due to take place between the Greek
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Strong showing in local elections for ND as it targets majority in national vote
PoliticsGreek Politicscandidate Giorgos Patoulis easily beat off SYRIZA’s incumbent, Rena Dourou with around two thirds... Kostas Bakoyiannis, the nephew of party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Bakoyiannis beat off the challenge... round as they strengthen the impression that the centre-right party is taking a grip on Greek
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As East Med tension remains, Athens also keeps eye on Turkish actions in Aegean
Foreign PolicyGreek PoliticsTurkey’s actions, particularly its gas drilling off Cyprus’ east coast, are featuring prominently..., hinting that SYRIZA may be doing this to gain political capital. The Greek premier has engaged in a war...” for such actions. Erdogan dismissed the Greek premier’s warning last week that Greece would not allow Turkey
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Second day of review yields progress, work needed on fiscal front
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek authorities and the heads of the institutions completed the second day of talks in Athens... that will need to get the sign-off from the institutions and lead to a successful completion of the review. The Greek authorities aim to have everything in place so that the fourth review
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Mitsotakis keeps cool over white collar crime claims as poll delivers new boost
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlleged white collar crime topped the agenda during Prime Minister’s Question Time in the Greek... Greek shipowners, prominent business people and former bankers under investigation for breach... while their cases dragged through the overburdened Greek courts at a slow pace. Mitsotakis denied
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