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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government will try to tap the markets next week or, indeed, if it has time to issue a bond before... believes if it is going to return to the markets this month, it has to do so before the IMF takes... rumours that Athens has made up its mind to return to the markets now. Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Macron visit gives Tsipras chance to build ties, refocus
PoliticsGreek Politicsunder what has been a difficult summer for the Greek government, which struggled to get its message..., especially as he has been endorsed by New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Athens also sees Macron.... It has also been suggested that Macron may be favourable to the idea of the International Monetary Fund
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Macron arrives in Athens, kindling government's hopes
PoliticsGreek Politicsreferenced ideas that he has set out before, such as the European Stability Mechanism replacing... to correct some imbalances in the euro area. However, while the creation of a European Monetary Fund has... of an idea to link Greece’s debt repayments to its growth rate and Macron has already shown that he
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Clean exit under discussion but course of third review holds key
EconomyProgrammeDimitris Tzanakopoulos reiterated the government’s desire to make a clean exit next year. This has... and the ability that Athens has to build up a cash buffer between now and August 2018, allowing... that was discussed at the June 15 Eurogroup. Greece has 6.6 billion euros of maturities in 2018 and just under
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Coalition looks to regain confidence, centre-left struggles with ballot
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government is also hoping that the other major investment project that has stalled, at the former.... The focus of his speech was on the need for fair growth, which would benefit workers. This has been a key theme for the coalition as Tsipras has embarked on his campaign to talk up the economic recovery
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Early banks stress tests offered as Greek programme compromise
EconomyProgrammereviews (AQRs) or not. The International Monetary Fund has insisted that these tests are needed... of February. There has been no immediate comment from the IMF on whether this would be deemed sufficient... banks has led to investor confidence being tested over the last weeks, causing Greek bank shares
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SYRIZA feeling internal pressure due to handling of refugees
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe prominent faction of the “53” within SYRIZA has made a point of raising objections... that there is no prospect of Mouzalas being removed from his position and that he has the prime minister’s support... publicly, it is the first time that there has been such collective exasperation with the handling
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Mitsotakis looks to unite New Democracy for fresh push
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been trying to shore up his party amid claims of rifts... New Democracy, which has been unable to capitalise on a double-digit lead over SYRIZA during the last... that Tsipras’s party has eaten away at its rival’s considerable lead since the summer. However
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Newsletter 139 -10/11/2017
will “find the money” to support the tax cuts he has proposed. On Wednesday, in his first speech... and the domestic agenda moves away from issues that are closely linked to the measures Athens has... (KAS) which centred on the environmental impact of the proposed development. KAS has objected
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Tsipras reveals how excess surplus will be shared out, eyes political relief
PoliticsGreek Politics. The prime minister argued that the handouts were made possible by the fact that the Greek economy has... consecutive year and that it has declined by seven points during the government’s reign, while 300,000... billion euros he has “snatched” from Greeks via the measures that his government has passed, “bringing
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