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Athens assesses new Turkish government, potential impact on imminent drive for fresh talks
PoliticsForeign Policyof countries don’t change from one day to the next,” he stressed in an interview with the AP. A significant... controversial statements regarding the West, like Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, have been removed
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Parliament's bailout probe has potential to be politically toxic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament is set to discuss in the next few days (possibly on Monday) a proposal by SYRIZA and Independent Greeks MPs to set up an inquiry into the circumstances in which Greece signed up to both... forces. It is a perhaps not such an uncanny coincidence that the parliamentary inquiry is set
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Trash dispute troubles SYRIZA ahead of political lull
PoliticsGreek Politics, though, seems set to keep up its pressure on the government via other means, especially by highlighting... disbursement, Athens will have to show that it has used the 0.8 billion euros set aside from that tranche to clear arrears, which currently stand at around 5 billion euros. It will also have to set aside some
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Ministers unveil lengthy payment schemes for unpaid taxes and contributions
EconomyProgrammeMinister Alexis Tsipras specifically, regarding a set a tax relief measures. SYRIZA has been trailing... Haritsis and Deputy Finance Minister Katerina Papanatsiou set out the parameters of the three different... qualify for the 120 instalments, with the minimum monthly payment being set at 30 euros. For those
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PM tries to guide government to firmer ground as opposition also faces struggle
PoliticsGreek Politicsexpenditure. The government is set to submit to Parliament in the coming days its defence spending plan, which is set to span 12 years and foresees a reported 28 billion euros of expenditure on improving... published an article last week in which he set out his thoughts on redesigning Greece’s foreign
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Rental subsidy rekindles political debate over housing crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsincome criteria are set to receive a refund of up to 800 euros annually each November, equivalent to one... authority are elected. Under the government’s latest proposal, as set out in the newspaper, a threshold of 43 pct or even 42 pct will be set for electing the victorious political group from which the local
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Greek central gov’t cash surplus shrinks 70 pct to 503 mln by February
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash balance showed a surplus of 503 million in the first two months of 2015 down by 70 percent on last year’s figure of 1.68 billion, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). The central government net balance posted a...
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Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not
Economyreview of Greece’s fiscal adjustment programme is set to resume next week. There had been some... maturities for the remainder of 2013. The 3.2 billion euros of T-bills that mature in November and another 3.6 billion in December are likely to be rolled over easily. The 4 billion of T-bills
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Have inflation "repay" Greek debt and growth reduce indebtedness
Agora: “We are indifferent as regards a haircut if (a) we don’t have to repay those loans for a very, very... of this measure would be equal to the cost of funding the 80 BEUR when those 80 billion don’t generate...’t be a line item titled “cost of Greek credit losses”. Instead, those 800 million would be buried
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Newsletter 226 -01/11/2019
targets do not need to be so demanding. Earlier this month, Greece issued 3-month T-Bills at a negative... has been agreed for 2023 onwards. The auction of 26-week T-bills by the Public Debt Management Agency... risen is that the previous auction of 26-week T-bills on October 2 for the same amount produced a yield
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