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Mati fire investigation puts spotlight on authorities and government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIt appears that SYRIZA is set to come under further scrutiny about its handling of last summer’s... government officials and SYRIZA’s Governor of Attica, Rena Dourou. Since the catastrophe..., though, have put the spotlight on the government’s handling of the situation and the inability
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A snapshot of the Greek economy
AgoraFollowing January’s five-year bond issuance, which raised 2.5 billion, along with Moody’s upgrading the country’s sovereign credit rating to B3 from B1 and Fitch’s confirming its own rating at BB... with the Ministry of Finance’s recent predictions about this year’s performance, provide a great opportunity
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Athens hopeful release of 970 mln will be approved at Friday's Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeThere is growing optimism in Athens that Friday’s informal gathering of eurozone finance ministers... Tuesday’s briefing. A Euro Working Group meeting is due to take place ahead of the informal Eurogroup... the decision and for the European Stability Mechanism’s board to then give the final approval
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Tsipras makes new push to dominate Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s chances at the polls next month, but also to lay the groundwork for the era after the next elections, when SYRIZA is likely to be out of office and looking for a fresh start. Saturday’s event also had another purpose, which was to announce SYRIZA’s further cooperation with figures from
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SYRIZA seeks to bolster post-MoU narrative with early IMF repayment
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Fund’s European Department, Poul Thomsen, on Friday. Reports suggest that the Greek minister... Regling has already indicated that he would support Greece’s request. Although the early repayment... as it will strengthen SYRIZA’s argument that it has overseen the end of the bailout era and that even
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Glimmer of hope for efforts to negotiate over tax-free threshold, but not primary surplus
EconomyProgrammeto the fiscal targets and then we can discuss how to spend the additional revenues.” The Commission’s apparent..., though, that Dombrovskis’s more accommodating position comes with a significant qualifier, which.... There are indications that last year’s primary surplus reached 4 percent of GDP, according to the methodology used
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Confidence vote and relief measures expected after Easter break
PoliticsGreek Politicsof some independent MPs. Tsipras’s reaction was designed to deflect attention from Polakis’s... that SYRIZA will be able to limit the magnitude of New Democracy’s expected victory in the EU... the result of Sunday’s elections in Spain, which handed a victory but not an outright majority
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Tsipras claims EU vote will be close as SYRIZA looks for boost from relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday night in which he stressed the permanence of the measures, dismissing the opposition’s accusations... and unsustainable, he doesn’t vote for them. Otherwise, why does he vote for them? There’s a contradiction... and society. It is not clear if the government’s efforts to convince voters that it is not attempting
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Piraeus confirms deal with Intrum for 27bln in NPLs as Eurobank launches SPV
EconomyBanking. In a statement, Piraeus Bank announced the key aspects of the deal. Specifically, Piraeus Bank’s internal... into an exclusive contract to service the Bank’s existing 27 billion euros NPE portfolio, together with any... that will manage Piraeus Bank’s 1-billion-euro real estate owned assets (REO) portfolio along with any new
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Mitsotakis aims to pass key legislation in Sept if ND wins elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand his chances of convincing the creditors to lower Greece’s fiscal targets. In a TV interview... of the Finance Ministry. He also envisions a more prominent role for the Prime Minister’s Office, where the New Democracy leader is also seen appointing an official that will oversee the cabinet’s work. New
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