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No fear of the bear? Bilateral economic relations between Germany and Russia
Agorabanking - with their European peers. The rising investment interest also has a political impact. Russian... champion). More specifically, bilateral trade has fallen from 80 billion euros to 52 billion since 2012... Vladimir Putin has hardly impacted on bilateral economic ties. Despite the economic crisis in Russia
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An unfounded argument leaves Greece in limbo
Agoraagain. The latest programme review has been in limbo for over a month due to an ongoing dispute..., the second review would be more manageable. The IMF believes that the measures that Greece has agreed... any more austerity. The IMF has been vocal on this issue, with the most notable intervention coming
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Newsletter 106 - 10/02/2017
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has returned to his pet subject of Grexit, arguing that Greece would need to leave the eurozone if it wants a debt haircut, which is a form of relief that has not been requested by Athens, the IMF or anyone else. Amid this confusion, Athens has tried to give away
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Cyprus talks take a buffeting as leaders fall out
PoliticsForeign Policydisrespectful enough to prompt his departure from the venue. The Cyprus Parliament vote has caused... of the northern part of the island in July 1974. The Greek Cypriot side has acknowledged that Parliament's... Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday. “Patience has its limits,” said the Cypriot leader. Cavusoglu
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Review talks focus on out-of-court workout, jobs scheme and energy market
EconomyProgrammeon pending issues has not been reached. According to sources, the government remains firm in its... open is the threshold of overdue obligations that will be included in the mechanism. The government has... and that it may may be excluded from the fiscal outcome. According to reports, Greece has held talks
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Labour reforms, fiscal measures loom largest as Athens resumes talks with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto medium-term debt relief from the eurozone, may be concluded in April. This has been interpreted..., Tsipras has not yet reached the point where he can sign up to an agreement that would be accepted by his... the right to implement “defensive” lockouts. Furthermore, the Fund has been advocating an increase
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From MoU exit to Grexit: Where next for Greece?
Agoraor two early this summer when Greece has to roll over the bond that it issued in 2014, when Antonis Samaras was prime minister. However, the timetable Tsipras identified last autumn has gone up... then, there has been much back-and-forth between the government and the institutions, with minimal
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Athens, lenders trying to put last pieces in place for technical agreement
EconomyProgrammeto reaching an agreement at technical level, there has been much speculation about how several issues... of GDP in 2019 and another 0.3 percent of GDP in 2020, as the government suggests. Athens has also... to 19-20 percent to ease the tax burden for low-income earners. Pensions The IMF has also demanded
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To Potami and PASOK battle it out for dominance of centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politics. The lawmaker’s move means that PASOK now has 19 MPs, two more than Golden Dawn in fourth place. More significantly, it is a further boost to the leadership of Fofi Gennimata. Although she has strong... that Gennimata has to worry about a challenge from within PASOK, even though some top officials, such as her
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Review nears conclusion, parties turn to political future
PoliticsGreek Politicsmemoranda it has to sign following lengthy negotiations over the new measures with the institutions... with an increasingly dismissive and distrusting public. According to Kathimerini, Tsipras also has five other... as part of the first bailout review and has since inaugurated a committee that is examining changes
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