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Concerns over energy deregulation add to challenges Tsipras faces
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere is a growing feeling in Athens that the government is gradually moving closer to the institutions and the two sides are genuinely trying to reach a technical agreement by April 7, when eurozone finance minister are due to meet in Malta. However, the two obstacles in their path are the issues
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Athens and lenders stay mum on agreement, domestic reaction awaited
PoliticsGreek Politicsat an event organised by Parliament’s Budget Office on Tuesday, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos
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To Potami and PASOK battle it out for dominance of centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicspredecessor and ex-finance minister Evangelos Venizelos, feel that she has to take a stronger line
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No return of institutions to Athens yet as differences persist
EconomyProgrammefor PPC’s hydroelectric units. According to reports of the content of a briefing delivered by Finance
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General govt primary cash surplus falls to 2.6 bln in 2-month, arrears up for second month
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus fell by 430 million euros to 2.61 billion in the 2-month period of 2017 from 3.04 billion in the corresponding period last year, the Finance Ministry (MoF) gg bulletin showed on Monday evening. Only social security funds (SSFs) recorded
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Tsipras eyes euro summit if new plan to break deadlock fails
PoliticsGreek Politicsat Friday’s Eurogroup. He called on eurozone finance ministers to broker a deal that would end
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Unemployment rate at 23.5 pct in Jan, stable from upward revised Dec figure
EconomyMacroeconomyrespectively in 2017. In the 2017 budget, the Finance Ministry incorporated a higher estimate of 22.6
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Athens hopes for deal at Eurogroup but doubts persist
PoliticsGreek Politics. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble appeared less confident about the deadlock being broken
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Athens details fiscal counter-measures, a vital selling point for Tsipras
EconomyProgrammeThe expansionary counter-measures designed to balance the new fiscal interventions that Greece will have to implement, initially outlined by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos at a press conference after Friday’s Eurogroup, were detailed in a report published by the Athens News Agency (AMNA
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CPI rises at a faster pace of 1.7 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomy, the Finance Ministry expects HICP to rise by 0.6 percent, while the OECD and European Commission expecting
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