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Newsletter 155 -16/03/2018
of them, over the next few weeks. The main message to emerge from Monday’s Eurogroup was that Greece... around 10,000 zones, was March 15 but a one-week extension for the evaluators is expected. Greece’s... proposals will have an impact on the International Monetary Fund’s calculations regarding debt
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Tsipras fends off election rumours, Mitsotakis talks up moderate qualities
PoliticsGreek Politicsbailout this summer. Addressing Voutsis claim directly in televised comments before this week’s cabinet... 2019. In reality, though, nothing has changed as far as the government’s thinking on elections...’s lead may be enough to convince Tsipras to call snap elections this year rather than wait until
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Splits and alliances on leaders' minds as thoughts turn to next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsother but also to explore the possibility of future alliances. Wednesday’s vote in Parliament... with an opportunity to highlight SYRIZA’s socially progressive credentials and to portray New Democracy..., since coming to power even though SYRIZA’s right-wing coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) has
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New Democracy proceeds with renewal, puts centrists under pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the weekend to elect representatives for the party’s local and regional bodies. According... satisfaction among the party’s hierarchy. Apart from leading to the election of new faces for more than... over the weekend, Mitsotakis repeated his statement that he will not be bound by the government’s
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The race to reduce Greece's bad loans
EconomyBankingAhead of this week’s Eurogroup, the bad loans plaguing Greece’s banks are once again coming... Greece’s bank executives is fully aware of the complicated problem of reducing NPLs and the country’s... sales. The Bank of Greece’s (BoG) latest report showed that banks had met their targets for bringing
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Coalition sees key targets met in debt deal but opposition has holes to pick
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government appeared satisfied with the debt relief package secured at Thursday’s Eurogroup in Luxembourg, an agreement that ensures Greece’s medium-term funding needs will be kept... of Greece’s second bailout (EFSF). The fact that the Eurogroup agreed to such an extension means
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis take messages abroad but face disquiet at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsof an attempt to convince Greece’s creditors about his plans for governing in the future. According... underlined for many months that he would like to reduce Greece’s primary surplus targets if his party... and last week’s Eurogroup marked “the end of uncertainty for Greece.” He also reassured his audience
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BoG Monetary Policy Report positive on programme end but advises caution for future targets
EconomyBankingthe political spectrum, have led to significant improvements in Greece’s imbalances and the introduction of some serious structural reforms under the guidance of the country’s lenders. But the severity... is sustained market access. Failing to secure continuous terms of access will undermine the country’s
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New Democracy fires back at Tsipras over corruption allegations
PoliticsGreek Politicspublished accusations concerning the business activities of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s siblings. The report alleged that a company owned by Tsipras’s brother, Dimitris, had obtained a forged social... in instalments of 300 euros. The accusations drew a response from Dimitris Tsipras’s lawyer, who argued
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Reshuffle on backburner as Tsipras draws ideological battle lines
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials, over the last few weeks looks set to change following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s address... to either the government’s desire to allow the news cycle following Tsipras’s speech to run its... like to make. The reshuffle represents the next stepping stone in Tsipras’s effort to haul SYRIZA
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