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The race to reduce Greece's bad loans
EconomyBankingsales. In order to be on track, the target for banks by the end of 2019 is 35 percent. Action... was reported by all four banks in their most recent quarterly reports. Piraeus Bank’s first quarter... to reduce in order for the bank to reach its end-December target of 21.4 billion. NPLs came to 16.1 billion
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Newsletter 181 -2/11/2018
then, is that the institutions appear to believe that not implementing the pension cuts and adopting all... all the tools at its disposal toward more growth-friendly, social-inclusive policies,” said Rice... in the past by the country’s creditors. In recent years and in order to attract and boost business, Greece
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Athens moves on after Berlin Conference absence, seeks more active role in Libya developments
PoliticsForeign PolicyIn Greece’s absence, the Berlin Conference ended on Sunday with an agreement among all... in the Berlin talks. In order to help tackle the crisis in Libya, EU foreign ministers want to revive... arms embargo it was tasked with protecting. “There’s an agreement in the Council in order to revive
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Anniversary of Polytechnic uprising unites left against ND clampdown on gatherings
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor violation of public health measures. The police order further enraged the opposition... the police order revoked as unconstitutional. The court ruled that the restrictions on gatherings were... by representatives of all parties was rejected, with the signatories of the letter, who opted to hold
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Tsipras hits back with own economic pledges, choice for voters to ponder
PoliticsGreek Politicsand inflation crises which, after all, are the uppermost concerns in the minds of Greek voters..., as well as providing all women with 9-month maternity leave. Like Mitsotakis a week earlier, the SYRIZA... conditions – Tsipras also set out the resources on which he would draw from in order to fund his latest
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Parties clash on surveillance bill as PM insists he is putting national security first
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy majority had dismissed an objection lodged by SYRIZA with the support of all opposition parties... in order to destabilise the government, arguing that the public was more interested in the measures... parliamentary scrutiny in order to avoid answering the questions raised by the surveillance revelations. He
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Newsletter 375 - 24/03/2023
in the tourism industry. The PM believes it is “very likely” that second elections will be required in order... vote, in order to give it a clear mandate to shape a government in the first round of elections... to have lost half a percentage point, falling from 9.8 pct to 9.3 pct. All minor parties have
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Reshuffle and handouts put on ice as New Democracy closes ranks ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor personnel changes in the cabinet in order to focus on institutional reforms. The decision was no doubt... the conservatives swing into full campaign mode with visits by top politicians to all thirteen... in emergency spending is set to be included in a supplementary budget. In order to meet the government’s
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Newsletter 402 - 17/11/2023
officials on purpose in order to force them out of SYRIZA so he can have more wiggle room in terms of who... is insistent, though, that SYRIZA needs a shake-up in order to rekindle voters’ interests. One... in the opinion polls, that all its actions to tame prices have failed. The authorities have made
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Sports-related violence on the agenda again as PM struggles to find response
PoliticsGreek Politicsreports suggest that the conservatives are considering the extreme options of either forcing all teams to play behind closed doors or stopping all sporting activity. Either scenario would not go down... administration’s law and order agenda. Mitsotakis has made law and order a key part of his political credo
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