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Hitman's furlough and investment complications pose new problems for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politics. The first concerns the release of the November 17 urban guerrilla group’s hitman Dimitris... of the murders that Koufodinas was convicted of, suggested that the terrorist’s release was an attempt... officials of being apologists for the terrorist group’s crimes. These accusations were rejected
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EC upbeat on reforms paying off, as long as they continue
EconomyProgrammein the first two thirds of Greece’s European Stability Mechanism (ESM) programme and provides... completion. As part of the effort that started in May 2010 to improve the country’s public finances... the International Monetary Fund’s participation, a post-programme fiscal package amounting to 2 percent of GDP
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Newsletter 143
’s Eurogroup rubber-stamped the SLA reached in Athens last weekend. Outgoing Eurogroup chief Jeroen... Grigoropoulos being murdered by a policeman. Greece’s lenders, who had placed a great deal of emphasis... are leading to primary residences being repossessed and sold. During Tuesday’s press briefing, government
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Athens gears up for name talks as coalition and opposition try to define their positions
PoliticsForeign Policythe two governments. According to reports in the press, FYROM’s Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani... Thursday’s gathering, it appeared that the ANEL leader is shifting from his previous hardline stance, which was seen as a way to curry favour with the party’s nationalist supporters. Kammenos, who
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Athens set to profit from falling borrowing costs as yields drop ahead of review completion
EconomyFeaturesis meant to be its final adjustment programme. Greece’s yields started de-escalating in June 2017.... This time last year, Greece’s borrowing costs were substantially higher across the curve. The yield... for 2019 and 2020 to appease the International Monetary Fund’s concerns about fiscal sustainability
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Cabinet reshuffle and new bond issue coming up next for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras moved on from Tuesday night’s successful multi-bill vote in Parliament by accepting... fans over the weekend. Tsipras accepted the Independent Greeks lawmaker’s decision to step down.... It is likely that the reshuffle will be announced following the meeting of SYRIZA’s central committee
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Greek banks complete first round of covered bond issues
EconomyBankingAlpha Bank has become the latest among Greece’s four systemic banks to carry out a successful... as part of the bank’s 8-billion euro direct issuance covered bond programme. It carries a 5-year tenor... been rated B3 by Moody’s and B by Fitch. Interest for the issuance had been raised up via an investor
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New Democracy turns up heat on Tsipras and Kammenos
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the opposition party’s parliamentary group, conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis attacked... at damaging the government’s political opponents. The opposition chief confirmed that the centre-right party... false testimony. Samaras’s action is unprecedented in recent Greek political history and signals
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New Democracy targets SYRIZA over law and order, independent institutions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government’s opponents are looking for other issues apart from the programme exit... since 2016. This has prompted the conservatives to try to deconstruct the coalition’s narrative.... However, New Democracy is also looking for other ways in which to highlight the government’s shortcomings
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The gruelling final straight of Greece's bailout
Agorato come together if the country’s third bailout is to be wrapped up promptly and successfully... the current government’s (in fact, any Greek government’s) point of view, the prospect of signing up... of a cleaner exit. These are just some of the reasons that there is no common position among Greece’s
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