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  1. Athens and lenders left with gap to bridge ahead of Eurogroup
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    received by the leftist lawmakers who were present during the debate. Tsipras has a knack of using... if the primary surplus target is beaten. There has been no indication that Athens and its lenders... will then have to promote at home as Athens will undoubtedly have to pass measures that some MPs will have

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  2. New Democracy's internal disputes continue to pester Mitsotakis
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for places on New Democracy candidate list for the next elections has already begun. Both are candidates... expect to be considered for important positions within the party. Mitsotakis has spoken before about...The Greek political scene is going through a brief lull as Parliament waits to vote on the measures

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  3. Review set to resume in Athens as debt talks drag on
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    at the sidelines of the IMF’s Spring Meetings in Washington last week that convergence has been... Velculescu is due to return to Athens for this week’s talks is a sign that the Fund has decided... the relevant measures through Parliament by mid-May, leaving enough time for a global agreement

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  4. Athens banks on French support for debt relief and growth
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as it heads into the last few days of intensive negotiations before Thursday’s Eurogroup. Athens has... breakaway group that held lengthy discussions that night. Since then, he has put forward a new... on Thursday to have two elements. He said the first is the further detailing of debt relief measures

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  5. Draft budget highlights taxpayer fatigue, creates policy mix doubts
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    budget, not just the 2017 figure has been revised. The total revenue figure for 2018 has also been... are compounded by the fact that 2017 contained a total of 2.59 billion euros of revenue measures... measures with little effect. Direct taxes estimates for 2018 have also been downward revised from

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  6. Trust in Greek banking system shaky, survey suggests
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    EconomyBanking

    Trust in the Greek banking system has been badly damaged by events of recent years according... of the rare positive trends has been the increase in electronic transactions, which had the positive... capital controls, those surveyed believed the full lifting of the measures would take around 3 to 4

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  7. Athens eyes ample cash buffer, prepares for bond swap
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    EconomyProgramme

    by the European Stability Mechanism, with the rest being raised from bond issues in the coming months. It has... and to give it a fall-back position in case there is turbulence on the international markets and it has... that this will continue in some form. Also, the idea of linking debt relief measures for Greece

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  8. Athens prepares for bond issue, eurozone works on growth/debt mechanism

    EconomyProgramme

    of the concerns the coalition has going forward is that investors may see more of a risk in holding... ministers by the end of March. The newspaper claims that the aim is to ensure that Greece has as light... will be watching closely to ensure there is no rollback of reforms and that the measures agreed

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  9. An uncertain and wasted year for Italy
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    Agora

    significantly stronger anti-Euro and Eurosceptic tones. The League leader Matteo Salvini has already said... with Mattarella, the M5S has promptly re-embraced its more radical anti-systemic views by calling...’s tenure in office will avert the risk of expansionary spending measures in the short term and buy

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  10. Minimum wage increase set for end of January amid concerns about economic impact
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    Economy

    faces a very delicate fiscal balancing act going forward, and more than one voice has warned about... will be the first in around a decade. However, the timing of the announcement has been noted with interest... 5 and 10 percent amid calls for caution over such measures. The issue is due to be discussed between

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