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Athens revises projections in Stabilty Programme, sees more fiscal space in coming years
EconomyProgramme. Although Greece has committed up to 2022 for a primary surplus of 3.5 percent the current policy... translates into roughly 5.5 billion euros of fiscal space. It is reported that the Finance Ministry has been... benefits or handouts. The main objective will be to reduce some of the tax burden that has
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Newsletter 28 - 29/05/2015
The Greek government has insisted over the last few days that an agreement with lenders is possible over... of the issues at stake. So far, there has been no agreement on the fiscal targets for 2015... secured by Sunday, or June 5, when Greece has to pay the IMF 300 million euros, is very slim. common
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SYRIZA ponders election footing, slow vaccination rollout rate troubles govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsin 2019 has been held in suspended animation by the pandemic, which put on ice key internal processes... of popular discontent with the government, SYRIZA has yet to convert this into support for its own... to prominence of right-wing politicians in the cabinet has created fertile ground for alliances in the left
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Newsletter 273 -13/11/2020
with the second wave. The government’s narrative of careful planning and calculated risk-taking has.... In response to this clamour, the Health Ministry has begun making public more information... free. The government is hopeful that the lockdown has come just in time to prevent the health system
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Newsletter 313 - 22/10/2021
to be contained The institutions pointed out in the talks that Greece has already handed out one of the largest packages of support in the EU, which has led to two years of the deficit nearing double... that the state has provided within the framework of the Hercules APS. This issue is the subject
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Parties on edge as Golden Dawn case has potential to go either way
PoliticsGreek Politicsto root out the influence Golden Dawn has within the police force. SYRIZA’s decision to tread... the 3 percent threshold for entering Parliament. The poll has SYRIZA just ahead of New Democracy..., points to one of the reasons that Golden Dawn’s popularity has not dropped more during recent weeks. When
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Greek bank capital increases: A breakdown of what has been achieved
Economyhas a capital shortfall at 2.18 billion. On the flipside, Alpha and Piraeus’s capital needs stood at relatively low levels of 262 and 425 million respectively. On top of that, Alpha has already... of NBG preference shares worth 1.35 billion. The bank has stated it plans to repay them “when
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SYRIZA has makings of pact with Independent Greeks but To Potami not on board yet
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, this is not purely a numbers exercise. Tsipras needs to show that his party has not only overcome.... Theodorakis, whose party is edging into third place in opinion polls, has said he would be willing to work... to be following SYRIZA's lead. Also, Theodorakis has been scathing in his attacks on Independent Greeks
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Greek negotiations: A marathon that has yet to run its course
Agora, where the so-called Brussels Group has been gathering regularly since February. But despite all... that is prepared to drive a hard bargain, but understands when the timing for compromise has arrived... ministers of these countries had always held back in the past from publicly criticising Greece. This has
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Idomeni clash broadens fronts on which Greece has to tackle refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign Policycamp, where the sense of desperation has grown after the implementation of the European Union-Turkey... public has mostly shown patience with the refugee crisis and the government’s fragmented, slow... that the police presence in Idomeni, Piraeus and the island hot spots, is strong enough. Tension has been rising
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