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Lenders to put onus on Tsipras with offer to wrap up review
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIt appears that Greece’s lenders are set to make an attempt to break the deadlock in the bailout review before a cycle of elections in a series of eurozone member states, starting with the Netherlands in March, begins. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is heading for a meeting with representatives
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Stocks fall for fifth straight week, edging down 0.8 pct
EconomyFinance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem and the institutions
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Lenders' proposal not yet enough to convince Athens, banish snap poll option
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAthens did not hide over the weekend its disappointment with the proposal made by the institutions on Friday but still appears focussed on trying to get a deal it considers politically viable. Both Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos hit out at the lenders when
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Athens waits for Moscovici visit, eyes debt relief and lower volume of measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsnight, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos suggested that the Greek government has to maintain a tough
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Greece cleared arrears of 3.1 billion in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek government cleared arrears to the private sector of 565.6 million in December, according to figures published by the Finance Ministry (MoF) on Monday. As a result, the total amount of payments for general government (gg) arrears clearance stood at 3.13 billion in 2016. This figure relates
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Q4 GDP contracts 0.4 pct QoQ, growth of 0.3 pct in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyand the IMF point to a strong recovery of 2.7 percent for 2017. The Finance Ministry also expects
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Disabled rights still lacking in Greece
EconomyFeaturespossess. As the eurozone finance ministers prepare to meet again on February 20 to argue the case
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Budget execution starts 2017 with primary balance outperformance on target-beating revenues
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance recorded a surplus of 1.02 billion euros in the first month of 2017, broadly similar to that posted a year ago, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin revealed on Tuesday. This year’s primary surplus outperformed the target by 342 million
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Athens in search of counter-measures to secure MPs' support for potential deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe size of last year’s primary surplus, which Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos suggested
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Newsletter 107 - 17/02/2017
to the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin. The primary surplus outperformed
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