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Tsipras keeps bailout issues in safe hands but fails to inspire with new cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsaimed at improving the level of governance. Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos remains.... However, the appointment of ANEL lawmaker Dimitris Kammenos as deputy transport minister in particular... over the next couple of months so they can unlock the 3 billion euros in bailout funding that has yet
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IMF Spring Meetings seen as next waypoint in completion of review
PoliticsGreek Politics. Speaking to Independent Greeks (ANEL) MPs and members of the party’s executive committee on Wednesday... that all nine ANEL lawmakers will back the measures that Athens needs to pass to conclude the review... if it is satisfied enough to return to the Greek programme with funding and the European Central Bank
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Coalition turns to growth plan for relief from negativity, poor poll numbers
PoliticsGreek Politicspartner, Independent Greeks (ANEL) short of the 3 percent threshold for entering Parliament. ANEL..., who approved the disbursement of the first tranche of bailout funding on Friday. A Metron Analysis
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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts and reforms, hopes for lower fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politics-wing coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) in the future. At the same time, though, he argued... an understanding with,” he said. He also gave a single-word respond to a question about allying with ANEL... and for public universities to be evaluated by an independent quality assessor. The funding
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The tie that binds
Agoraand an agreement with the country’s lenders on debt relief. SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) MPs gathered... gave SYRIZA, and later ANEL, a platform on which to build support, bring a premature end to Samaras’s... Greece’s debt servicing costs and funding needs manageable. The 10-year extension to the grace period
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Blueprint for election battle laid out in Parliament debate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL), which opposes the deal, will try to bring down the government before a vote takes place or after MPs have had their say. ANEL leader Panos Kammenos continued to display... on the business dealings of Mitsotakis’s wife, referencing reports that claimed her business received funding from
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Cyprus cable dispute and Crete mafia case cast fresh clouds over TIF reset agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the Metropolis of Kydonia. Panos Kammenos, former head of the ANEL (Independent Greeks) party who served as defence minister in the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government, is heard in conversation with one of gang’s... with the GSI, which has been approved for 657 million euros of EU funding. It follows separate statements
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Draft budget sees primary surplus at 1.8 pct of GDP in 2017, revenue interventions of 2.5 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyconsumption by 0.6 percent and exports by 6.3 percent. Investment is seen rising by 3.3 percent... the anticipated import rise of 3.3 percent. The unemployment rate is projected to slip by more than 1 percentage... down from 3.3 percent in 2015 to 3.2 percent in 2016 and further to 3 percent in 2017.
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EU officials see Greek deal close, broad debt talks to follow
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat if Greece’s primary surplus target is 2.5 percent, as Tsakalotos suggested, it would have to pay... to 3.3 percent of GDP. Dijsselbloem suggested that he is open to the idea of discussing lower
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Card transactions in Greece experience boost due to capital controls
EconomyBankingto encourage customers to pay by card and to discourage businesses from offering discounts for cash payments... revenue would rise by 21 percent, or 3.3 billion euros, which is more than the revenue generated
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