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Greek QE eligibility? We're not there yet
Agoraassistance programme, to comply with it and show “strong ownership” as well as consistent and significant... condition notes that the ECB will not buy more than 33 percent of the issuer’s debt and 33 percent... in Greek bonds, corresponding to more than 40 percent of total. Of this amount, 19.87 billion relate
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Suspension of Eldorado's mine work deals blow to coalition's investment drive
Economyof Energy and Environment delaying the issuance of the required permits and licenses for more than... strong opposition from local residents, activists and SYRIZA largely due to environmental concerns... than 300 million dollars invested so far, will be suspended. Activities at its underground mine
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Row with church too much for Tsipras's fragile coalition
AgoraFylis announcing his intention to alter the classes so they are more like religious studies than..., for instance, has a much more favourable view of Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, than is normal... to Pew Research, 89 percent of Greeks say it is more important to have a strong economic
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Countering a regressive and illiberal Europe
Agora. There are strong arguments as to why a higher level of cooperation and integration, and more discretionary powers... is at stake is much more than the EU itself: it is the danger of a regressive and illiberal Europe – a Europe... and challenge more than ‘just’ the European Union. If polarisation cannot be halted and the insecurities
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Grappling with Europe's polycrisis
Agoraconfidence, such as the uncertainty over the relationship with Russia, strong opposition to the TTIP... in the legislative process, the adoption of majority, rather than unanimous, voting and for a greater... in the arm it desperately needs. One senses that what is required now more than anything else is political
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Revenues beat target for second straight month in Oct with 739 mln over-performance
EconomyMacroeconomyis the highest over-performance so far this year. According to reports, the strong revenue performance... figure at 268 million, 96 million lower than the target, while the 10-month figure fell short... better than the target. The revenue over-performance in October supports the government’s key counter
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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government, with another 11 leaving office. The cabinet is also slightly larger than the last one, which had..., Nikos Fylis, who refused any other position than Education Minister, which he had held since September... of the government altogether. The outspoken ex-minister has a strong presence within the party and his
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What could Trump's victory mean for Greece?
AgoraKoumoutsakos said the wise thing would be to wait to see Trump’s policies rather than react to his... months in Austria, the Netherlands, France and Germany and the far right has built a strong presence..., with a sense of abandon rather than fear, “if it can happen in America, then why not here
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December retail sales seen down 2.5 pct amid tax onrush
EconomyMacroeconomyin December, more than 100 million lower than the 4.1 billion recorded a year ago. ESEE highlights... seen nominal GDP contracting by more than 26 percent over this period. The most recent data on private... of 0.5 – 0.6 percent for the whole year. For 2017, MoF and EC project a strong rebound of 1.8 and 1.5
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Overdue contributions rise at accelerating pace of 615 mln in Q4, stock climbs to 17.54 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy, to 314,917 at the end of December. The breakdown displays 40.4 percent of debtors owe less than... side of the spectrum, 1,159 debtors (just 0.4 percent of total) owe more than 1 million each... billion (slightly less than a quarter of total) and involves 60,889 debtors accounting for 19.3
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