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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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With tax-free threshold set for change, income declarations underline need for rethink
EconomyProgrammewas legislated last May and applies to personal incomes in 2016. According to reports, the government has..., assuming that their declared income remains stable. The IMF has recently noted that if Greece aligns.... The government has counter-proposed a reduction of 15 percent in the single property tax (ENFIA), a cut by 2 pp
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SYRIZA holds fire as Eurogroup expectations continue to be lowered
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat there has been any significant change in Athens’s position ahead of the June 15 Eurogroup... of a precautionary credit line (which the government has not discussed publicly), the IMF.... Prior actions In the meantime, Athens still has some prior actions to complete before June 15
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Skopje first stop for Kotzias in effort to settle Balkan issues
PoliticsForeign Policygovernment has set as a target to have some kind of progress in the NATO process before... a stable government in the country. Additionally, it has not gone unnoticed in Athens that the new... on the table one of the tricky matters for Greece, which is the Cham issue. Kotzias has repeatedly declared
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