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Greece ponders how to deal with rising unpaid private debt, which hit 88 pct of GDP
EconomyUnpaid private debt in Greece is estimated to have reached around 160 billion euros, which corresponds to 88 percent of GDP, but was largely ignored until the last few days, when it became a key issue in the discussion between the government and the troika. Apart from the outstanding amount
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Newsletter 153 -2/03/2018
. The last Eurogroup did not give the green light for the release of the funds as two prior actions... to some reports, nine of the 88 prior actions are considered done and Athens is expected to send.... The focus over the last few days was on identifying which of the 88 prior actions can be settled quickly
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In the absence of light, darkness grows
Agoraset by a group of people that are delusional cannot pass as serious political analysis. To make... Democracy, which lost more than 525,000 votes since June 2012? Even if we were to set all this aside... that the problem exists? By failing to cast a light, they are allowing darkness to grow. This is how we
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Athens set to profit from falling borrowing costs as yields drop ahead of review completion
EconomyFeaturesMinister Alexis Tsipras managed to swiftly reach an SLA for the third review and get the green light
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Govt brings energy saving to forefront as cost of support set to skyrocket
PoliticsGreek Politicsministers set to meet on September 9 to discuss bloc-wide interventions, the government in Athens is understood to be reconsidering the mix of national measures in light of the spiralling cost... leading up to the TIF announcements, however energy is set to absorb the lion’s share of spending
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Parties turn attention to green transition as climate issues move up political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicson the green transition as part of the country’s Covid recovery plan. On Thursday, the premier..., the emphasis on green initiatives are very much part of the political identity that Mitsotakis has been... with the belief that green issues are becoming potential vote winners. The government has said that it plans
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The IMF crisis and how to solve it
Agoraset up when monetary policy credibility was at a low ebb; a strong analogy with the Fund. Now is the perfect time for the Fund to open up its kitchen and show the world the ingredients that go... that institutional biases are being tackled is to open up its kitchen to public scrutiny. Fund staff and real
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WWF sets out road to green economic recovery in post-Covid landscape
EconomyFeaturesWWF Greece has released a blueprint for Greece’s green recovery which outlines a number of steps... their environmental impact. In its five-step plan, the WWF pointed out that green economy sectors... of the goals. “There is a significant “green investment gap” in enabling the transition of the economy
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Cost of living remains public's top worry, as government slashes green transition budget
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition. The government, meanwhile, has signalled plans to halve the budget for its green transition... discontent over unresolved issues to do with the economy and public services. Green transition cuts Public.... The latest version of the plan, which is due to be published at the end of July, sees spending on the green
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New Parliament set for fractious opening session after Mitsotakis curtain-raiser
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parties in Greece’s newly elected Parliament will have the opportunity to set out their agendas.... A series of announcements are expected along the lines of the programme set out in New Democracy’s election campaign, structured along five axes: productivity, social support, green and digital
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