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Banking on voters’ desire for stability, ND insists ruling majority is still achievable
PoliticsGreek Politicscan diverge from official party lines. This opens the door to targeted outreach — something observers.... Polls suggest that goal is far from guaranteed, yet senior officials insist it remains within reach.... That memory has become a touchstone inside the PM’s office, where officials argue that undecided centre
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Greece, the troika and banks' capital needs: A step-by-step guide
EconomyProgrammeand at that time it was perceived as having been broadly agreed between all official sector parties...Troika officials are due to meet Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Giorgos Provopoulos on Wednesday... Yannis Stournaras met with troika officials, surprised the market and raised the second key question
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Coalition caught between pleasing lenders and voters ahead of next troika review
PoliticsGreek Politicsmean a delay in starting official talks on further debt relief. Eurozone leaders will wait..., less significant, actions in time for the September review. Finance Ministry officials admitted... because public administration officials are refusing to cooperate with assessors. So far, there has
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Varoufakis outlines contours of debt deal as haircut set aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsare not part of the intended official debt restructuring. ECB holdings The ECB holds 25-27 billion euros..., SYRIZA officials have suggested over the past few weeks that a deal leading to an extension... has not put the plan to ECB or EU officials, much more will be heard about these proposals over
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Greece and lenders already at apparent impasse, with options narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom European Commission official Declan Costello indicates that the lenders believe that there has... European officials. "We won't keep Greece in the euro zone at any price, but under strict conditions... that International Monetary Fund officials are growing increasingly frustrated with the current
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Greece eyes temporary solution to liquidity problem from Brussels Group talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsto have met some resistance during Thursday’s 5-hour cabinet meeting. The official government line... crisis being overcome quickly. Talks between Greek government officials and representatives from... of ministries the officials represent, is a clear indication of the pressure Athens is feeling to find
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IMF appointment sends ripples of discontent through SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek official at the IMF, Thanos Katsambas. Panaritis’s background, including her work at the World... appointment to be cancelled. The SYRIZA officials pointed out that as a PASOK MP between 2009.... This concern has been expressed by SYRIZA officials during the course of negotiations with the institutions
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Greek ministers prepare Israel visits in bid to further relations
PoliticsForeign Policyofficial contact with Israeli officials, firstly because over the last couple of months Israel... Kotzias' talks with Israeli officials next month are expected to focus on the upcoming trilateral Summit
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Newsletter 51 - 12/11/2015
and, thus, avoid any official capital support. NBG announced on November 12 the results of its LME... officials locked in negotiations with the country’s lenders while a deadline looms ahead. In a replay... accession, with German officials keeping talks alive at the 11th hour, when it seemed that the possibility
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Greece's 2016 diplomatic agenda begins with talks on Cyprus and name issue
PoliticsForeign PolicyUnited Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide made the first official visit of 2016... facilitate the issue of properties. Erdogan’s role Officials in Athens are watching closely to see what... relations with Athens There has been a degree of scepticism in Athens about Eide, with some officials
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