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Athens rushing to reduce arrears and secure 800 mln in bailout funds
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek Finance Ministry finds itself in a race against time to meet the target of paying back... tabled last Monday, the Finance Ministry outlined the arrears clearance effort that started last year... in July. Up to September this year, the Finance Ministry had transferred for this purpose a total
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Newsletter 135 - 13/10/2017
, the Finance Ministry outlined the arrears clearance effort that started last year, which has accounted... the issuance of 70,000 pensions by year end. In the draft budget, the Finance Ministry outlines that up.... Before Tsipras meets with Lagarde, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Alternate Finance
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Tsakalotos stands ground on taxes, finalises social dividend plan
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFinance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos used his speech to Parliament on Thursday concerning the draft... clamping down on tax evasion. The finance minister, though, was careful to underline that he agreed with a comment made earlier in the week by Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis regarding
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Newsletter 146 -12/01/2018
that the measure had not been properly discussed even though Finance Minster Euclid Tsakalotos and Labour Minister... to be resolved via ministerial decisions and circulars ahead of the January 22 Eurogroup, when eurozone finance ministers are expected to rubber stamp the review’s conclusion. The Finance Ministry said
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Lenders wait for prior actions to be completed, Athens expects 4.5-bln tranche
EconomyProgrammecompleted its prior actions, to finalise their recommendation to eurozone finance ministers. The EWG met... to the eurozone finance ministers. Everything still appears to be on track for the Eurogroup to rubber stamp... speculation. The Greek Finance Ministry took the unusual step on Thursday of responding to reports
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Athens puts off bond sale, has fiscal concerns to address
EconomyProgrammefor the 7-year bond that Athens wants to issue due to volatility on the international markets. The Finance... the 7-year note. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has indicated that the government would like to sell.... In the meantime, the Finance Ministry also has a number of significant fiscal issues to contend
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Clearer roadmap for completion of third programme emerging
EconomyProgrammeis smooth, and that the gathering of eurozone finance ministers will discuss the latest progress... strategy and the timeline until the end of August were on the agenda of the meeting that Finance Minister... on the fourth review and Greece’s strategic growth plan were also discussed. The finance ministry is also
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Greece's immediate focus on prior actions and growth plan
EconomyProgrammefor Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and his colleagues, who will come under increasing pressure... it will be credible for Greek society,” he said. The finance minister added that the government... to finance projects across the country and not just major works. He noted that in the past, 80 percent
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Newsletter 159 -27/04/2018
. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos was due to present Greece’s strategic growth plan at the meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Sofia, ticking off another significant prior action... member states. A report in Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper on Wednesday suggested that German Finance
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Tsakalotos eyes conclusion of review and debt talks, will not dispute pension cuts
EconomyProgrammebe postponed. Speaking to Sto Kokkino FM on Thursday, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos put an end.... The finance minister’s comments suggest that, at the very least, the government does not want... will have a bigger say regarding the means we use.” The finance minister added that it is too early
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