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Athens in quandary over IMF as Fund's role in bailout is firmed up
PoliticsGreek Politicsfocus is on what type of measures the IMF may demand in order to be part of the third programme... party. Mitsotakis justified his latest resignation demands by arguing that the government is going to propose more tax hikes in order to close the review. As Tsipras attacks him for identifying
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Club Med in Washington
Agorain the sector. On numerous occasions they have had to contribute to government-led interventions in order to rescue smaller financial institutions. The latest case concerns a combination of private lenders... sharing the burden of a capital increase in order to finance the bailout of the regional Banca Populare di
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Newsletter 88 - 16/09/2016
-tranche of 2.8 billion euros. However, the latest round of talks with the country’s lenders have ended... be structured and made legally waterproof. In order to unlock debt clean-up Italian-style, the lender...), a mid-ranking mezzanine bond and, at the junior level, equity. In order to solve the challenge
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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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