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  1. Greek banks: Taking stock of a rough 2015 and looking at what lies ahead
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    Agora

    Greek banks concluded the release of fourth-quarter (Q4) results in the first half of March. All...-year figure points to a 3.9 percent drop. Most banks guided for a double-digit rebound in commission... in almost all banks. The fully-loaded Basel III CET1 ratio indicates NBG and Piraeus figures

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  2. Athens starts MTFS process with baseline scenario that sees growth slowing down
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    Economy

    spending is also seen growing in double digits with 12.6 percent in 2019 and 10 percent in 2020. All... Houliarakis to all the ministries involved in the process. The document includes the main macroeconomic assumptions for all the elements that will drive economic activity over the next five years

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  3. Promises, promises
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    Agora

    promises in the recent election campaign, leaving voters with no expectations at all. Virgin birth... in the world that didn’t involve pledges being made? After all, that is a key element of politics... earnings. Beyond that, Mitsotakis also promised to double Greece’s growth rate from the projected 2

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  4. Health minister hogs spotlight, puts PM in tricky position
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to alienate any faction, least of all the hard‑right voters Georgiadis speaks to. The prime minister... is little or not at all likely, compared with 30 pct who see it as plausible. Yet 53 pct believe..., and no other figure breaks into double digits. In a hypothetical head‑to‑head with former PM Alexis

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  5. Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
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    Agora

    vaccination allocation process appeared to be fair to all member states. The EU allocated pro rata... not accept all its allocated doses – why did that happen? Was it putting a price tag on Bulgarians... was it then that Bulgaria decided to ignore prudent practice and put all of its eggs in one basket

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  6. Special tax structure would benefit hotels and jobs, bank argues
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    EconomyFeatures

    Hotels in Greece would benefit from a more favourable tax framework in order to create jobs... of the VAT increase has been absorbed by the hotels in order to remain competitive, with just a small... in Greece, which illustrates the complex tax landscape foreign investors must navigate in order

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  7. Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
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    Agora

    domestic reserves, virtually all the natural gas consumed in Greece is imported. Since the strategic... demand, and in pretty short order address the full 40 pct it has been importing from Russia, which..., in order to implement a rapid phase-out of coal-fired power generation – the so-called “de-lignitisation

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  8. Understanding the German approach towards Greece
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    Agora

    favour exit from the currency union. In order to stop this political contagion, the eurozone would... often overemphasise the importance of the AfD. After all, if the Germans have the right economic... a comprehensive plan for deep structural and institutional reforms in order to win the trust of the EU

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  9. Newsletter 28 - 29/05/2015

    Newsletters

    been indicating all week that too much work needs to be done to allow for such optimism. If one.... Similarly, the macroeconomic projections, which also feed into all the other calculations, have not been... must be achieved in a very short space of time in order for there to be an agreement. The prospect

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  10. Newsletter 30 - 12/06/2015

    Newsletters

    in order for the ECB to continue providing liquidity to Greek banks under current terms and conditions. Deal hanging in the balance Deteriorating atmosphere has sapped political will on all sides Greece... the possibility of all sides reaching an agreement hanging in the balance. The International Monetary Fund

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