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Newsletter 466 - 13/06/2025
voters. Since stepping down as SYRIZA leader in 2023, he has maintained a relatively low profile... party. However, speculation has persisted that he is carefully preparing for a strategic return. While Tsipras himself has not confirmed any immediate intentions to re-enter the political fray, sources
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Finance Ministry challenges SYRIZA's plans for economy, ups cost
Economy, this would result in a debt burden of 10 billion euros. A prominent SYRIZA MP Giorgos Stathakis has... NPL portfolio. However, the Bank of Greece has not provided specific figures for SME NPLs, which... calculations on the estimated cost of SYRIZA measures. The document also details the potentially
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Newsletter 249 -08/05/2020
Minister Haris Theoharis, who has spoken of capitalising on the boost to the country’s brand image... for a fifth month. Since the peak of 1.35 million unemployed in September 2013, unemployment has... is entering “uncharted waters” and that the measures would have to be reviewed regularly and updated
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Lack of time, lenders' demands back Greek gov't into corner
PoliticsGreek Politicsmade by both parties. One eurozone official told Reuters on Wednesday that the government has to “pay... out of cash and has more than 700 million euros to pay to the International Monetary Fund on May 12... liberalisation measures. Apart from the case of VAT on islands, the remaining references were vague
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Eurogroup leaves Greece snared between its creditors
Agorafor Germany has shaped Greece’s fate and caused significant problems in Greek politics. It is widely..., with what Athens describes as “extreme demands” seems unavoidable. There is a sense that Greece has... overshadowed eurozone finance ministers’ decision to approve a series of mostly debt management measures
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Athens hopes concessions can secure review breakthrough
PoliticsGreek Politicsin terms of medium-term debt relief measures. Berlin has made it clear that this is a discussion which... the post-2018 fiscal targets and the measures needed to reach the appropriate primary surplus has... of the decision to implement the short-term debt relief measures. At their joint news conference
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Coronavirus outbreaks highlight limited progress in disbanding hotspots for migrants
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the rest of the country’s population. The Commission has urged Greece to accept offers of EU... in the area has offered to house the inhabitants in church facilities “so that they can live like... of the lockdown measures in controlling the spread of coronavirus among the general population, a handful
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Greece's extension proposals to the Eurogroup and what they mean
PoliticsGreek Politicsof debt relief to one of lesser importance. The demand for some form of debt reduction has been SYRIZA.... Varoufakis has indicated over the last few days that the government would seek to lower fiscal... for a six-month extension of its programme, although it remained vague on what measures and fiscal
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This is how things stand as bailout talks head for a brief pause
EconomyProgrammeLottery Terminals (VLTs), whose launch has been delayed, and significant savings in military expenditure... a tax on bank transactions that has been rejected by all the institutions. NPLs The government..., broadly stemming from pension reform, tax overhaul and a combination of other measures, each fetching
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Multi-bill tabled as Greece aims to take last step to completion of review
EconomyProgrammeonly if within twelve months before the sale the borrower has been notified to restructure his/her... of the budget execution that has to be cut and ascertains the fiscal impact from a potential slower growth...’s key provisions relate to the parametric fiscal measures yielding 1 percent of GDP
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