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Athens prepares 2019 draft budget amid pension cuts dilemma
EconomyProgrammeand Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis have been in New York this week. However, Finance... 1 Eurogroup (where Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos will have the chance to exchange views on next... until the December 3 Eurogroup. In the meantime, Finance Ministry officials are reportedly still
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Newsletter 176 -28/09/2018
that the December meeting of finance ministers seems the most likely point at which a decision... Tsipras and Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis have been in New York this week. However, Finance Ministry sources who spoke to financial website Euro2day suggested that there is not much
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Athens to send draft budget to Brussels after talks with IMF on pensions
EconomyProgrammediscussed during a meeting between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and International Monetary Fund.... According to Greek Finance Ministry sources, Tsakalotos explained why Athens does not view the pension... on October 1 and the plan that will be sent to Brussels is that the Finance Ministry will detail
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Athens aims for November agreement with lenders on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeof the November 19 gathering of finance ministers from the single currency area although the focus... version of the budget to Parliament at the end of the month. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos... taken by eurozone finance ministers at the Eurogroup due to take place on December 3
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Athens and lenders search for budget compromise by Thursday's EWG
EconomyProgrammeMinister Alexis Tsipras held what many believe were crucial talks with German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz.... SYRIZA-friendly Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper reported on Monday that Finance Ministry... budget execution data that Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis is due to present
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BoG provides details of ambitious plans to slash NPLs via SPV
EconomyBankingbankers and other banking stakeholders, including the finance ministry and the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF). The Greek Finance Ministry and HFSF are also working on a NPE management... repayment schedule. The SPV will finance the transfer by a securitisation issue, with three classes of notes
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Newsletter 187 -14/12/2018
reminder that Athens must ensure it completes its pending reforms on time, Finance Minister Euclid..., reducing their ELA and that deposits are returning,” added the finance minister. Also this week... to the Finance Ministry’s (MoF) monthly gg bulletin. Overall, the state budget primary balance showed a rise
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Newsletter 193 -08/02/2018
will be taken at the March 11 Eurogroup and that the Greek issue will not be on the agenda when finance... result in higher taxes for all citizens. The Finance Ministry estimates that a judgement against.... The Finance Ministry has argued that much of this is subject to legal disputes and it is likely
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BoG notes economic progress, urges safeguarding of fiscal credibility
Economycredits to finance the move of all denounced loans to an SPV and the solution pushed by Hellenic... for the banking system to support the transformation of the Greek economy and finance new activities... of the Finance Ministry, which sees growth at 2.3 percent this year. According to the central bank, 2019
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Newsletter 215 -19/07/2019
with Mitsotakis and the new finance minister, Christos Staikouras. The latter, along with several cabinet... on the agreed fiscal targets. After meeting Finance Minister Christos Staikouras on Monday, European Stability... impact on growth. Nevertheless, Finance Ministry sources insisted on Monday following the meeting
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