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Newsletter 143
After SLA, prior actions dominate The clock is ticking to wrap up outstanding items before January deadline The Greek government achieved the goal of securing a staff-level agreement (SLA...’s Eurogroup rubber-stamped the SLA reached in Athens last weekend. Outgoing Eurogroup chief Jeroen
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After raising labour concerns, back to grind of talks for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsagreement (SLA) ahead of the April 7 Eurogroup in Malta. If this target is missed, the next goal would be to reach an SLA in time for the IMF Spring Meetings, which are due to take place in Washington between April 21 and 23. Reports from Brussels suggest that failure to clinch an SLA by April 7 means
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Athens sees faster pace of progress in review talks but no final deal yet
EconomyProgrammeof the interventions proposed by the IMF, with the rest being ones that the Greek side has identified. SLA...-level agreement (SLA) could be reached by the March 20 Eurogroup, decoupling the conclusion... that the whole package, including the SLA, measures and counter-measures, fiscal targets beyond 2018
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Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures
EconomyMacroeconomypercent) compared to imports (+2.2 percent). In contrast, public consumption is seen remaining... a positive impact on general government fiscal figures of 852 million (0.47 percent of GDP) in 2013
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GDP shows annual growth of 2.2 pct in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomyquarterly growth streak experienced by Greece began in Q2 2005 and ended in Q4 2006. GDP grew by 2.2... percent QoQ. As mentioned, the provisional estimates showed that GDP grew by 2.2 YoY after a downward... of services rose by 2.2 percent QoQ and 13 percent YoY. The MoF’s growth estimate for imports in 2018
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
sympathy for rural grievances. Opinion was divided on tactics: 46 percent opposed road blockades, while... agency OPEKEPE, criticising delays and high production costs. At a marathon meeting on Wednesday, rural... developments have left Mitsotakis facing a multifaceted crisis: mounting rural anger, internal dissent
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Government on alert again as farming subsidy probe zeroes in on two ex-ministers
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe alleged involvement of two former rural development ministers, reported to be New Democracy’s.... “There was a central mechanism at OPEKEPE and at the (rural development) ministry directing them,” the opposition... that this penalty was for administrative failures is not convincing and called for the current Rural
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Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
EconomyMacroeconomy(1.3 billion), development of Hellenikon (345 million), sale of real estate and shares (277 million... interventions for a total of 5.73 billion euros for 2015 and 2016, of which 1.54 billion relate to this year... for the 2-year period mainly relate to: contributions to social security organizations (1.11 billion), largely
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Newsletter 111 - 17/03/2017
(SLA) could be reached by April 7 but acknowledged that one issue is proving a major stumbling block... measures and counter-measures, by Monday so that there is then the possibility of achieving an SLA... until the full details of such a settlement are known. A comment by Interior Minister Panos Skourletis
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PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Stavros Papastavrou had to resign as Deputy Minister to the PM and Minister of State... at ministerial level in five departments: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural... as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras, once a justice minister under Mitsotakis, becomes the new
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