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Creditors give thumbs up for 10th post-MoU review, underline pandemic legacy
EconomyProgrammein the summer of 2018. The institutions conclude that Greece has taken the steps required to achieve... of the Hercules APS, which has helped banks to reduce their NPEs through securitisations, is also welcomed. Other... to mitigate its social and economic impact. The debt sustainability analysis has incorporated the updated
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ND aiming to sway sceptical young voters despite overall poll dominance
PoliticsGreek Politics. SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras has a higher rating in the younger group (36.2 pct) but quite lower in the older... regarding what interventions Mitsotakis and his advisers are considering but Ta Nea reported that work has... that the opposition party has managed to gain any traction with over the last couple of years
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SYRIZA presses for answers on hospitals amid mounting Covid deaths
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis has sought to dispel rumours that the rules are about to get stricter. Tuesday witnessed..., while the number of patients intubated in ICUs has continued to climb, hitting 547, with over 90 pct.... The government has been trying to counter staff shortages in the worst-hit areas by drafting private doctors
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Enhanced surveillance concludes, but more reforms and tougher fiscal targets lie ahead
EconomyProgrammeGreece has been operating under since the summer of 2018, was released yesterday, signaling the end of another chapter in the Greek crisis. The European Commission, which has been overseeing the process... concludes that Greece has taken the required steps to achieve the bulk of the commitments to its
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Govt brings energy saving to forefront as cost of support set to skyrocket
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEurope has sharpened the minds of policy makers in Athens, who are belatedly looking to energy-saving... of subsidies. The change of tack has as much to do with the domestic political calendar as with geopolitics... has asked the three largest industrial energy users – Viohalco, Titan and Mytilineos – to present
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After support package, government turns attention to "everyday" issues
PoliticsGreek Politicsit can bolster support among middle-class voters by addressing the sense of insecurity which has been... action is disorder on university campuses. The issue has risen up the agenda after an apparent flare..., however, claims that the situation on campuses has improved, noting that there are currently
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Tsipras keeps IMF waiting, turns focus to MPs and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition partner, the Independent Greeks. The nationalist party has remained mostly quiet... one eye on his coalition partner, the Independent Greeks. The nationalist party has remained mostly... from Parliament, theoretically giving him a mandate to agree a deal with lenders, but this has
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Tsipras mulls options as creditors pile on pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsevening but Athens has not publicly acknowledged such a deadline. The mood in Athens following... officials have identified Thursday's Eurogroup as the moment by which there has to be some kind... of the proposal already made by the institutions and that has to be implemented virtually overnight rather
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Outcome of next vote on prior actions to set tone for political developments
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be completed before August 20, when Greece has to pay a 3.7-billion-euro bond held by the European Central... to be held once the agreement has been passed through Parliament. The prospect of going to snap elections before the agreement has been clinched seems unlikely given that Greece would probably
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Brexit leaves Greece dangling precariously
Agorabefore. Brexit has the potential to unleash not just a wave of consequences that will be damaging... on this. European Council president Donald Tusk has warned against going in chase of some kind of Utopian..., the key question will be if this group of politicians has what it takes to steer Greece through
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