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The six reform proposals Greece hopes will help unlock more funding
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday. The content of these proposals has started to emerge. Government sources informed the media... of a new body for targeted tax inspections staffed by temporary hires. The government has already... Office has estimated the cost of these measures at just over 200 million euros and the draft law
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Coalition not ditching referendum idea from policy options but details muddled
PoliticsGreek Politicsend,” he said. “The issue of the referendum has only been raised in the case of an impasse, which is something we don’t want and are working to avoid.” SYRIZA has been in favour of greater use of referendums and has flirted with the idea of a popular vote on the potential summer agreement with its
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Greece and lenders already at apparent impasse, with options narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the negotiations has emerged over the institutions’ concern that some legislation being pushed through... from European Commission official Declan Costello indicates that the lenders believe that there has... government, describing Greece as the least cooperative client that the organisation has ever had
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A breakdown of the fiscal and structural reforms Greece hopes will unlock funding
EconomyProgrammefiscal impact of around 1 billion. Privatisations We believe the Finance Ministry has revised... of the General Secretariat of Public Revenues (GSPR) and freeing it of interference, which has been... independence of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). We believe that Athens has indicated
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Greece: How events could unfold over the next few weeks
PoliticsGreek Politicsin this process. The strong element of opportunism that drives the nationalist party means it has... another 3 billion euros taken out in March. It is estimated that the bank jog has continued at a slower... MPs it has at the moment but being able to continue governing with a comfortable majority
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Tsipras steps in amid concern deal with lenders slipping away
PoliticsGreek Politics. The frequency of contact between the two leaders has intensified in the past few weeks – an indication... by the institutions than Finance Ministry general secretary for fiscal policy Nikos Theocharakis, who has played... 11. The state’s increasingly desperate liquidity position means that Greece has little wiggle room
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China-Greece: One belt, one road?
Agoraoffshore blocks in the Ionian Sea and off southern Crete, has been extended until July 2015. Moreover... to Greece. In recent weeks China has underlined its investment commitment towards Greece by taking... has a “brother” port in Piraeus, an island of economic success illustrating how a semi-privatised
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Close call on IMF payment puts Tsipras under more pressure at home, abroad
PoliticsGreek Politicscould not find the money needed has highlighted the severe liquidity problems Athens is facing but also... is also likely to bring more pressure for Greece from its lenders. Tsipras has asked for the Greek... regarding value-added tax, tax administration and insolvency framework as the areas in which there has
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Athens wary of Skopje unrest but still aims to bolster ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has been monitoring with great concern the ongoing political crisis in the neighboring..., has not been as surprised by the current political crisis in FYROM as some of its European... leadership in Skopje. Kotzias said that the policy followed by many EU countries has played a part
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Greece sees deal by June 5 but size of gaps tells different story
PoliticsGreek Politicson which there has yet to be an agreement suggests it will be very difficult to reach a deal within... that an agreement between Athens and the institutions is “very close.” In fact, the Greek side has been..., who told MNI that Greece has to find another 1.8 billion euros from changes to VAT this year
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