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Fitch upgrades Greek rating to 'B,' sees hybrid MoU exit and 2.1 pct growth this year
EconomyFitch upgraded on Friday Greece’s long-term credit rating by one notch to ‘B’ from ‘B-‘, maintaining a positive outlook. The upgrade was driven by a variety of factors that create a more stable... review without complications removes any risks of throwing confidence off track or the state
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Prior actions and crucial meetings dominate agenda for rest of month
EconomyProgrammeout to tick off the key deliverables. Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis is expected... meetings between April 20 and 22. One of the other key issues that has to be discussed in the coming
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Politicians increasingly focussing on post-MoU landscape
PoliticsGreek Politics. One is that Greece will have to produce a long-term primary surplus of around 2 percent from 2022... the government that believes Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras would be better off allowing
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Sustained friction with Turkey reveals differing views, approaches in Athens
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has tried to downplay an incident on Monday night involving a Turkish Coast Guard helicopter, which allegedly flied at low altitude with its lights off near the Greek islet of Ro, in what... was not a major one. It has however noted that “night flight with lights out is part of Turkey’s tactic
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Ahead of IMF Spring Meetings, questions remain about conclusion of programme
EconomyProgrammedeliverables that have been ticked off so far and is making inroads on the remaining reforms. One
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Coalition picks out positives from lenders' deal, clashes over political violence
PoliticsGreek Politics, in the expectation that SYRIZA will profit from this, will pay off for the leftists. Apart from the SLA.... Macedonia issue The Macedonia name talks are one of the issues that give Tsipras ammunition
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Fourth review nears conclusion, clearing path for debt relief agreement
EconomyProgrammesuggested that the path is now clear for the European Commission to finish off its compliance report... under after the third bailout expires on August 20 is one of the key items on the Eurogroup’s agenda
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The tie that binds
Agorato reduce Greece’s debt, and then take it off again (so he could get back to work, the premier said... Greece has been under its three adjustment programmes, or memorandums, and mired in one of the worst
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Draghi sets out QE obstacles facing Greece
EconomyProgrammewhen it exited its bailout in 2016. This is one of the reasons that Draghi and Bank of Greece governor... in its bond-buying programme. The government, however, appears to have written off the possibility
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Athens gets first taste of Erdogan's new era in power
PoliticsForeign Policywith Turkey since Erdogan’s re-election have not got off the best of starts. Athens knows that it has... critical of Ankara, arguing that “one cannot play games with people's dignity and freedom. It’s
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