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BoG and HFSF schemes under scrutiny as banks look for a way forward on bad loans
EconomyBankingstrong interest. The portfolio contains around 2 billion euros-worth of housing loans. Non-binding... by the winning bidder, while at the same time manifesting positively on the bank’s bottom line. BoG plan
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Simple majority for new electoral law, which threatens future complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsmore short-term implications, is the strong support that the government received from the Union... would lead to the abolition of the 50-seat bonus for the winning party, will not be implemented until... any kind of bonus to the winning party is a recipe for political instability. Simulations of previous
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Newsletter 6 - 5/12/2014
is the involvement of the International Monetary Fund in the ECCL. There are strong indications... Papandreou in 2009. After winning the European Parliament elections (36.6 percent for PASOK vs 32.3..., Tsipras runs a similar risk of finding himself trying to disentangle a complex set of parameters
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
the number of unemployed has contracted by 123,200, mainly on the back of a strong tourism season... by the government at the beginning of the week. Finding a formula to achieve pension cost savings... and, after winning the June 2012 elections and heading a new three-party government, performed a political
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ANEL leader under scrutiny due to party unrest, questions over refugee funds
PoliticsGreek Politicscomplaint filed by Kammenos led to three journalists being detained overnight, prompting strong.... It is also finding it difficult to maintain unity now that this anger has dissipated or translated... down the percentage that the winning party needs in order to form a clear majority. The way the Greek
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Wage ruling gives gov't immediate fiscal headache, political one may come later
PoliticsGreek Politicspressure from the troika. New Democracy has strong support among these groups and was concerned about... on wage maturities If this proves to be correct, the government faces a challenge in finding... program review being carried out by the troika. It has struggled to reach this amount so finding
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IMF insists fiscal targets unrealistic, cites historical evidence to support case
EconomyProgrammethe high surplus period they had strong real GDP growth (2.7 percent) and high inflation (4 percent... to the Fund suggest that sustained periods of high primary surpluses require strong economic growth... primary surpluses that are achieved through strong fiscal adjustment are often reversed following
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Greece’s 14–29s: Ambitious, anxious and lacking trust
Societystrong desires to emigrate; about 29.3% declare a “strong” or “very strong” desire to live abroad... and values. The youngest cohort (14–18) shows particularly strong nationalist tendencies, combining... towards parties and institutions paired with a strong desire to be heard. Trust in politicised
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New rules on sale of NPLs come into play after approval of omnibus bill
EconomyProgrammethat five sectors with strong production characteristics, extroversion and contribution... with a binding timetable on a comprehensive mechanism of effective management of private debt. In addition..., which signed a binding agreement with KKR Credit for the management of 1.2 billion corporate NPLs
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Newsletter 113 - 31/03/2017
ministers in Malta. Before Thursday’s EWG, there had been a strong feeling of optimism that an agreement had... consenting to the proposed debt restructuring. Three binding offers were submitted for the acquisition... investment groups that have tabled binding bids. One the biggest stumbling blocks to have emerged
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