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Newsletter 55 - 12/12/2015
in the near future with Piraeus Port (OLP), with the deadline for the submission of binding bids set... maintenance) with the initial deadline for the submission of binding bids set for January 15. While... 2016, which he set at around 3 billion, a higher figure than the 2016 budget target of 2 billion
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Newsletter 69 - 08/04/2016
a set of indirect tax measures yielding one percent of GDP to cover the fiscal gap of three percent... was set as the target in the third bailout. Also, the IMF is more inclined than the European lenders... and internet connections. The IMF believes that the targets set by Athens are questionable because
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Mitsotakis takes first step in remoulding New Democracy
PoliticsGreek Politics-elected leader. Mitsotakis sought to set a new tone at the congress, which largely lacked... campaign expenses. The congress also provided Mitsotakis with an opportunity to set out his vision for a policy programme. He set out a 25-point plan of reforms and policies that will undoubtedly appeal
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Coalition under fire over multi-bill but aiming to stay united for vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe possibility that voting through another set of unpopular measures may prove too much for some... to the one on the last set of measures, when all 153 MPs from SYRIZA and ANEL supported the reforms... the latest set of legislation needed to conclude the review. That is why it will be vital for Prime Minister
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BoG proposes debt relief measures and lower primary surplus target from 2018
EconomyMacroeconomyIn its monetary policy report published on Wednesday, the Bank of Greece (BoG) suggested a set... percent of GDP threshold set by the International Monetary Fund. According to the BoG, sensible debt...) loans. BoG examined five different scenarios which are based on a set of common technical assumptions
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Tsipras sets out social policy goals in last stage of effort to shift political debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe austerity measures passed by his government with the announcement on Wednesday of a set of policies aimed... as it projects itself as the party that cares about those suffering the most due to the crisis. The set... by the proposals for constitutional reform that Tsipras set out earlier this week. While the strategy appears
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Newsletter 100 - 16/12/2016
-free threshold and pensions to meet a fiscal target is set at 3.5 percent of GDP in 2018... for Greece needs to be set at 1.5 percent of GDP and the country must see a sharp reduction in the tax... pressed for additional measures should the fiscal target be set at 3.5 percent of GDP, which would
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Opening the electricity market and possible introduction of "Small PPC" as part of bailout review
Legalauctions are not able to render effective results as regards the objective set by article 143 of Law... the NOME auctions fail to fulfill the objectives set by the memorandum. The institutions insist...) finds that there is a significant gap between the targets set and the ones met, the Energy
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Rhetoric ramped up ahead of Eurogroup but deal still in sight
PoliticsGreek Politicsin direction or that Athens is set to reject a compromise that fulfils at least some of the conditions it has set. Those were summed up in the government’s round-up of the cabinet meeting: Athens is looking... on the debt relief measures set out in May 2016 and regarding the process for these interventions
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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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