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SYRIZA targets broader appeal as ND focuses on next bills
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the creation of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, the grouping that came together for the European... for the European parliament elections in May and which included figures from the centre-left, albeit
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Athens looks to overcome APS snags as it awaits green light from Brussels
EconomyBankingtalks with outgoing European Central Bank president Mario Draghi in Athens. Draghi was in the Greek... the plan was submitted to the European Commission by Deputy Finance Minister Giorgos Zavvos. Although
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ministers and aides held talks with outgoing European Central Bank president Mario Draghi in Athens... executives are unhappy about the lack of consultation before the plan was submitted to the European
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Athens strives to bridge fiscal gap before unveiling 2020 draft budget
EconomyProgrammeEuropean Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici has given assurances ahead of his visit to Athens on Friday that the Greek government and the institutions will be able to bridge the fiscal... that the issue will be settled by the time the draft 2020 budget is sent to the European Commission
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Draft budget sets ambitious growth target of 2.8 pct in 2020, plugs fiscal gaps
Economyto the European Commission. Macro The Finance Ministry significantly revises the growth outlook for 2020... organisations that monitor the Greek economy. The European Commission expects Greece to grow by 2.2 percent
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Commission gives go-ahead for APS to reduce NPL pile
EconomyBankingThe European Commission (EC) announced on Thursday that it approved the Greek plan, codenamed “Hercules,” for helping Greek banks remove up to 30 billion euros in non-performing loans from... office and made the formal submission to the relevant authorities in the European Commission
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Athens prepares to send draft budget to Brussels, lines up next tax measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is hoping to wrap up on Monday the budget negotiations it has been having over the last few weeks with the European institutions so next year’s draft economic plan can be submitted to the European Commission on Tuesday. It is not clear yet if the draft 2020 budget will still point
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IMF revises fiscal outlook, sees lower primary surpluses in coming years
EconomyMacroeconomycompared to the estimates that the Greek Finance Ministry submitted to the European Commission, with which the European institutions appear to be in broad agreement. Greece expects to meet its commitment
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Greece worst in EU for gender equality as power resides overwhelmingly with men
SocietyThe latest report by the European Institute on Gender Equality (EIGE) for 2019 has revealed that Greece had made the least progress out of 28 European countries when it comes to promoting equality between genders. The Gender Equality Index scores member states and the EU average to see how far
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Vital economic legislation lined up as ND seeks compromise over diaspora vote
PoliticsGreek Politics, which was sent to the European Commission last week after apparently being given the green light...) Complete the pre-payment of part of the IMF loan. Although the head of the IMF’s European Department
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