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Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
Agorain Germany and on the continent.[ix] Finally, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier unveiled... Economic Wars. Economics Minister Peter Altmaier is shifting policy decisively in favor of economic.../articles/2019-02-05/germany-s-peter-altmaier-enters-the-global-economic-wars. Jens Bastian
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The arduous road of privatisation in Greece
AgoraThis week two developments at the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) made headline news. First, the Greek privatisation agency confirmed its medium-term revenue targets. The HRADF’s chief executive officer, Paschalis Bouchoris, in charge since August of this year, argued that TAIPED
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IMF comments, blog leave no doubt credible debt relief has to be agreed soon
EconomyProgrammeAlmost two weeks after the publication of its Article IV consultation report on Greece, including its updated debt sustainability analysis, the IMF published on Thursday evening a blog with the Fund’s perspective on dealing with sovereign debt. The article is written by Sean Hagan, general Counsel
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Alpha Bank posts net profits of 65.2 mln in Q1, NPEs fall for fifth quarter
EconomyBankingwas reduced from 7 billion ini Q4 to 4.8 billion in Q1, declining again to 3 billion in May. ECB
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Storm fallout sweeps PM to crucial juncture early in second term
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Thessaly as only four of the 12 Super Pumas that Greece possesses are in a condition to fly
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Mitsotakis uses justice reform as election rallying cry in aftermath of Mati verdict
PoliticsGreek Politicsin connection with the killing of a riot policeman by a flare fired during clashes between football... of the policeman and involvement in organised crime. Following 63 arrests, a total 19 suspects are being held... on the arrests, chief government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said the policeman’s death was the final straw after
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Athens chided over asylum process but complex set of obstacles in way
PoliticsGreek Politics, a spokesman for Germany’s Interior Ministry, who told the Financial Times that Berlin offered 200 policemen and 100 asylum experts but Athens had only accepted 20 policemen and 18 experts
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Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government appears to have set 165 as its target for the number of MPs’ votes it hopes to garner in the first presidential ballot on Wednesday. The number has appeared in several reports citing government sources and appears a logical goal in the wa...
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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgrammeThe Eurogroup Working Group held on Monday failed to narrow the differences on the fiscal gap foreseen by the Greek authorities, the European institutions and the IMF. Thus, the date of the mission chiefs’ return to Athens still remains unidentified and...
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Producer prices rise marginally by 0.1 pct YoY as all components bar energy increase
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Producer Price Index (PPI) had a marginal rise in November, with an increase of 0.1 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a decrease of 1.4 percent in October, ELSTAT data showed on Tuesday. This was the first positive reading after four consecutiv...
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