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Talks on Macedonia name issue to be ramped up but Kammenos unmoved
PoliticsForeign Policy. Nikos Kotzias and his FYROM counterpart Nikola Dimitrov have already met more than three times... of MPs, rather than a “majority of parties” will be required, suggesting that SYRIZA will indeed
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Countdown begins for multi-bill, coalition eyes minimum wage increase
EconomyProgrammebenefit, which will be limited to no more than 35 euros per month. The minister said that the healthy... of around 1 billion euros at the end of the year after revenues performed better than expected
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Tsipras focussed on MoU exit in 2018 but will have to avoid pitfalls
PoliticsGreek Politicsreview, attention will then shift to the fourth review, which is expected to contain more than 80... in a much more comfortable position, especially if the growth rate picks up as is expected, than it has
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Conclusion of third review closer as extensive bill tabled by coalition
EconomyProgrammeactions. The draft legislation, which contains 400 articles and stretches to more than 600 pages... reduced but Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos argued that there are more positives than negatives
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Coalition stresses positives, expects full support for multi-bill
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the lenders. “More than 600,000 families will see their child benefits increase,” said Tzanakopoulos, who... or two children than had been the case in the past. Other elements of the bill that the coalition has
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Unemployment rate at 20.7 pct in October, previous month revised upwards
EconomyMacroeconomyis 109,584 higher than that for the same time last year. The number of unemployed decreased by 4,528... between 17.5 and 21.9 percent. The IMF sees unemployment at 21.9 percent for 2017, lower than the OECD
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Lenders wait for prior actions to be completed, Athens expects 4.5-bln tranche
EconomyProgrammeis disbursed in early February by the ESM, this will still leave more than 28 billion euros for the institutions to play with. While the January 22 Eurogroup may decide to release more than the amount
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Coalition hits some turbulence but expects cohesion for multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsof more than 13,500 euros would receive less child support under the government’s proposed scheme. She...” be better than last year. Nevertheless, only 34 percent of respondents were in favour of snap
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SYRIZA looks towards bailout finishing line and beyond
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this represented the wishful thinking of the opposition rather than news. Nevertheless, this remains a potential... yields for Greek bonds and the fact the IMF lends to Greece at a much higher interest rate than
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S&P sees improved fiscal and growth prospects, raises credit rating to 'B'
Economyconservative than the Greek government’s forecast. The new rating is also supported by the low cost of debt.... The average maturity of Greece’s debt stands at more than 18 years and is the longest
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