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Fitch improves outlook to positive, sees investment grade hinging on fiscal performance and banks
EconomyFitch got the schedule of rating reviews in the new year underway with an upgrade of Greece’s outlook to positive from stable, while it reaffirmed the rating at ‘BB’. Fitch was the first agency to upgrade Greece’s rating to ‘BB’ back in January 2020, ju...
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PBO sees 2024 growth of 2.5 pct hinging on RRF and investments
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) published on Monday its latest quarterly report in which it is broadly positive about the prospects of the Greek economy in 2024, though it does flag up concerns about the effects of persistent inflation, the implic...
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Greece gears up for second review, faces wide-ranging reform to-do list
EconomyProgrammeThe government is expected to start negotiations with the institutions on the second programme review early this week. The start of the talks come in the wake of Greece implementation of the 15 prior actions needed to complete the first review, which wa...
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Athens warned about missing fiscal targets rather than changing them unilaterally
EconomyProgrammeThursday’s Eurogroup resulted in a warning from European Stability Mechanism managing director Klaus Regling that Greece may miss its primary surplus target this year as a result of the so-called positive measures adopted. Regling, however, stopped shor...
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Greece gets close-up view of rapidly changing US foreign policy position
PoliticsForeign PolicyLike other EU member states, Greece has been taken aback by the Trump administration’s decision to abandon both Ukraine and its postwar role in the world. Last Monday, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis witnessed firsthand the US decision to vote for ...
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Competing claims and narratives in Eastern Mediterranean
Agoraovertones. Banging the nationalist-populist drum has traditionally been a popular activity in this part
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PM sets out modest promises for 2025 as internet safety campaign fails to impress opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsoffering the country stability after years of chaos and uncertainty. After a year of banging
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PM aims to press ahead with reform agenda in face of scandals and pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecovery as hinging on necessary changes to public administration, while the government’s efforts
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EC sees strong recovery in 2021, solid growth in coming years underpinned by RRF
EconomyMacroeconomyto risks, with the macro estimates hinging on positive developments on the pandemic front, without any
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Q1 GDP growth accelerates to 0.7 pct QoQ
EconomyMacroeconomy, hinging on RRF and investments. The European Commission in its spring forecasts sees the Greek economy
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