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The demand for Greek debt relief: Is the cart being put before the horse?
AgoraThe focus of economic debates during this electoral campaign in Greece has tended to converge on one issue: Is the country’s accumulated public debt sustainable or does it need to be restructured for a second time after the PSI of 2012? Domestic and int...
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Athens, lenders trying to put last pieces in place for technical agreement
EconomyProgrammeWith all indications suggesting that the Greek government and the institutions are close to reaching an agreement at technical level, there has been much speculation about how several issues that were proving contentious until recently have been, or wil...
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Review demands put spotlight on Greek banks
EconomyBankingGreek banks have been a topic of discussion over the last few days after eurozone official highlighted last week the need for the management of NPLs and amid pressure from the International Monetary Fund for new asset quality reviews (AQRs) to be carrie...
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Mitsotakis starts to put New Democracy on election footing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told his party to start preparing for general elections in the near future and has described the upcoming vote as a moment for “catharsis and rebooting.” Speaking to his shadow cabinet on Wednesday, Mitsotaki...
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Turkish elections put Athens on alert as name talks reach crucial juncture
PoliticsForeign PolicyA crucial two months for Greek–Turkish relations is underway ahead of the early parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey on June 24. Athens is monitoring political developments across the Aegean with concern as it expects President Recep Tayyi...
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Lenders put spotlight back on pending reforms ahead of second post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammeAs Greece approaches the six-month mark after officially exiting its final bailout programme, the government’s to-do list still remains substantial. The latest to comment on the need to complete the agreed reforms on time was the European Commissioner f...
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Minister's actions put PM on the spot as politicians' loans stir controversy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is facing fresh accusations of interfering in Greece’s institutions after Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis apparently recorded a telephone conversation with Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras and published the supposed tran...
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VIDEO - How could Greece put the EU recovery fund to best use?
AgoraIn the latest episode of the video discussions organised by Agenda Publica and MacroPolis as part of the Future is Blue newsletter, MacroPolis editor Nick Malkoutzis speaks Olivier Vardakoulias, an economist with WWF Greece, and Marcus Bensasson, a fina...
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Tsipras tries to put PM on spot by pushing for 800-euro min wage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has gone on the offensive against the government, calling for the minimum wage to be raised to 800 euros and for the consumption tax on fuel to be lowered as counter-measures to confront the wave of inflation troubling Greek...
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State braces for losses as bank divestment plan is put into action
EconomyBankingThe Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) formally launched last week the process of divesting its small participation in the share capital of Eurobank. This set in motion HFSF's plan to dispose of its holdings in the four systemic banks, bringing to...
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