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Athens ties up prior actions, IMF hints at programme role
PoliticsGreek Politicsat ensuring that Greece has completed all 140 of its prior actions ahead of Thursday’s Eurogroup... the latest amendments. The finance minister added that the government has written to the institutions... a full package of “reforms plus debt relief” but he pointed out that in the past the organisation has
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Tsipras tries to keep government's eyes on the prize
PoliticsGreek Politicsby and let Tsipras spin his narrative. A parliamentary debate on the Eurogroup agreement has been.... It should be noted, though, that Mitsotakis has found it difficult to make an impression in parliamentary debates, even when Tsipras has been in the most uncomfortable of positions. Growth Sticking
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Newsletter 124 - 23/06/2017
Houliarakis said that it does not preclude Athens from tapping markets in the near future. The government has... that Cyprus, Portugal and Ireland followed similar paths before completing their bailouts. Athens has... in an agreement. During this week, the two-year yield fell to around 4.15 percent, which is the lowest it has
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Greeks underwhelmed by deal with lenders, stressing uphill task for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsbelieving it was a positive outcome. This underlines the extent to which Tsipras’s core support has been... to rebuild trust. It also explains why some of the prime minister’s advisers believe that he has... unenviable position was also evident in the fact that support for New Democracy has risen by six points
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Tsipras tries to resolve trash row as opposition goes on offensive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government looks set to overcome one of the domestic problems that has been troubling it over... vice president Adonis Georgiadis, who has taken a very active role in pursuing Kammenos over... in the affair. Marinakis denies any involvement and has threatened to take legal action after the publication
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The conundrum of Greek olive oil exports
EconomyFeaturesto a report by Bloomberg, the impact of the weather has raised the price of extra virgin olive oil in Italy... act as a microcosm of why Greece has not been able to export its way out of its crisis. It’s.... However, it’s not that simple. This strategy has been in place for so long that, beyond getting the oil
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Athens wrestles with timing of market return, aiming for maximum impact
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMarket access has replaced debt relief as a main topic of discussion in the Greek media and country... as the ideal platform for a return to the markets the following week. Thursday, July 27 has been reported... that a decision has been taken to return to the markets in the coming days. Another option for Athens
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Government stalls possible bond issue, clashes again with judiciary
PoliticsGreek Politics. This would allow the current government to claim that it has set Greece on a path of lower.... Her cause has been backed by SYRIZA, which has tried to reconnect with its activist past through this case. So far, though, this has backfired. Two SYRIZA MPs were attacked when they tried to take part
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Bond issue mulled amid pressure from judiciary clash, Varoufakis claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsoffice. The tension between the two sides has been building for some time. The government has been... criteria have influenced its decisions on a range of issues. The clash has intensified since... Athens. The government has cultivated to a certain extent the rivalry with the judiciary (as well
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IMF insists fiscal targets unrealistic, cites historical evidence to support case
EconomyProgrammeof the primary surpluses that Greece has to maintain. In an interview with Naftemporiki newspaper on Wednesday... period, Greece has been running a primary deficit in the region of 3 percent of GDP. The only exception..., only one country in the sample has managed to meet and maintain for longer than a decade. The IMF
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