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Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not
Economy,” as International Monetary Fund’s managing director Christine Lagarde put it. Greece presented a draft... Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen put a figure next to what until then was a vague... a hard bargain it risks upsetting the relative calm that has descended over the euro area.
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When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
Agorais happening at an uninterrupted pace for more than two years now. Put otherwise, since the beginning of 2011... of 6.6 percent. This is the highest level since the country joined the euro area! Under... such companies alive. Put otherwise, the normalisation of the credit transmission mechanism through
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Newsletter 1 31/10/2014
, thus giving euro area banks in the southern periphery added leverage in how to mark their impaired... are now in a position to put to the test whether the issue of SME lending in Greece is primarily one... economy is a financial indicator that has lagging characteristics. Put otherwise, private
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Newsletter 11 - 16/01/2015
policies. A Pulse poll for Action 24 TV put SYRIZA on 30 percent and New Democracy 27 percent... figure is the second lowest figure since 2001. 2 The demand for debt relief Is the cart being put... prerequisites for various parliaments in the euro area to accept the release of outstanding funding
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Greek funding needs add to pressure in talks between Athens and lenders
EconomyProgrammebut mainly on the debt sustainability analysis, is a key area of conflict with international creditors. The most recent reports by the European Commission and IMF put revenue from asset sales at 2.2 billion... in Hellenic Petroleum and 65 percent of Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) have been put on hold
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Greek reform proposals set for broad approval but include some political obstacles
PoliticsGreek Politicsprocurements. It is in the area of the media, however, where the coalition has plans to go much further than... rather than attempting to put it to a vote in Parliament. There is no doubt that if the SYRIZA-led... it has put forward or whether they will be tempered by strong public support for the government
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Brussels talks inconclusive, Tsipras has tough sell at home if deal reached
PoliticsGreek Politicsproposals put forward during Wednesday’s meetings also indicate that although Tsipras seems to have... been one area in which he could have argued that his government had made greater advances than its... was not in a position to immediately accept the document put to him in Brussels and why SYRIZA’s
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Greece and lenders fail to bridge their differences in Brussels
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe an undiluted version of what the institutions put on the table two weeks ago. Tsipras’s overriding... worth of annual, permanent fiscal measures. The Greek side, though, insists that it put forward... Eurogroup. The meeting of euro area finance ministers is certain to be decisive, although it might
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Eurogroup inconclusive on new Greek proposals but opens path for agreement
PoliticsGreek Politics. Athens was reported to have put together supplementary proposals aimed at bridging its differences.... It is not clear if the euro area leaders’ summit due to follow the Eurogroup will add anything to this process... but reports put it between 1.3 and 2 billion euros. The problem for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who
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Newsletter 32 - 26/06/2015
of beneficiaries. Fiscal structural measures are another area of disagreement with the institutions, who... willing to take SYRIZA on in verbal sparring, often trying to show that they have better put-downs... have put up with the economic collapse and tough fiscal measures of the last few years deserved much
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