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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
to complete the review, which seems like a tall order, especially given the arrival of new ministers. Once.... The latest forecasts of the IMF, the European Commission and the government point to a jobless rate... is changing because they have been lulled by the warm glow of the liberal democratic order
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Tsipras poised for concessions with lenders, sets snap polls aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order for the review to be concluded. He also ruled out the possibility of snap elections. It is clear from the government’s latest attempts to move towards the lenders’ position and conclude the review... is possible in order to move on and avoid an early trip to the polls. Snap elections seem
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Government rounds off legislative activity, Mitsotakis offers alternative on education
PoliticsGreek Politicsand establishing law and order. Mitsotakis also made an extensive reference to an incident earlier... anarchist activity. This is the latest attempt by Mitsotakis to present himself and his party as being much stronger than SYRIZA on law and order. Nationwide tours Mitsotakis’s interview came after he
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Lull in review talks gives PM chance to mind domestic agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsby September 2019 at the latest. Although the government is still in discussions with the lenders about how... recent visit to Washington. Law and order The Prime Minister’s office, meanwhile, called on New... Democracy has attempted for the last few months to push the law and order issue up the political agenda
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Ahead of IMF Spring Meetings, questions remain about conclusion of programme
EconomyProgramme, while the Europeans tend to favour a figure just over 2 percent. The IMF is due to publish the latest... (worth 1 percent of GDP) as well as the 1 percent of GDP in pension cuts in 2019 in order to meet its... in order to reach next year’s goal. Before there can be an agreement on debt and fiscal targets, though
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The race to reduce Greece's bad loans
EconomyBankingsales. In order to be on track, the target for banks by the end of 2019 is 35 percent. Action... sales. The Bank of Greece’s (BoG) latest report showed that banks had met their targets for bringing... to reduce in order for the bank to reach its end-December target of 21.4 billion. NPLs came to 16.1 billion
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Banks submit new NPL targets to SSM, with sales leading way in reduction drive
EconomyBankingwould be obliged to have their banking information made known to the banks in order to identify... to carry out. In its latest report, the Bank of Greece (BoG) outlined that in the second quarter (Q2... into place. These include an improvement in the economy in order to avoid the creation of new NPEs while
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Tsipras encounters obstacle in efforts to secure church deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso sees maintaining strong ties with the church as vital in order to keep its conservative supporters... bribed in order to secure the purchase of the C4I security system for the 2004 Athens Olympics... accusations about the misuse of funds destined for the management of the refugee flows, the latest case
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Minister's actions put PM on the spot as politicians' loans stir controversy
PoliticsGreek Politics. “If you do not investigate them, I will come there and won’t leave until you order an investigation... was not threatening the official. Quandary The latest incident poses a new problem for Prime Minister Alexis... ahead of the 2000 elections in order to help its campaign. Tsouakatos made the revelations while
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Tsipras makes new push to dominate Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe ideological battle lines for the special vehicle that has been created in order to boost... in order to pick up votes ahead of the next elections. While the conservatives have primarily done... latest guise. During his speech on Saturday, Tsipras returned to the subject of the left’s battle
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