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Govt focusses on post-lockdown management amid persistently high Covid numbers
PoliticsGreek Politicsas educators. Meanwhile, there has been speculation in the media around the timing and manner...). Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, who has taken a more prominent role in fronting pandemic.... Earlier in the week, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis repeated his warning that if the measures
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Vaccines provide govt with hope of pandemic exit as labour reform battle gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsto abide by the measures. New Democracy has previously been critical of SYRIZA either encouraging... has not taken any responsibility for a failed strategy that saw Greece spend some six months... adopted last November. “The government had no plan or strategy and no measures for public transport
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Lenders also require health and labour market reforms from gov't in next months
EconomyProgrammeof understanding (MoU) has fallen on the areas of fiscal policy, pension reform, energy market and privatisation, there are a series of measures that have to be implemented that relate to health care and the labour... products to two thirds (three quarters in 2016). Labour market The government has to launch
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Tsipras identifies debt relief, bank recap and attracting investments as key goals
PoliticsGreek Politicsreview has been completed when he presented coalition’s policy programme in Parliament on Monday night... that the implementation of the bailout has to proceed quickly in the weeks ahead, the prime minister identified a couple... to adopt 6.4 billion euros worth of fiscal measures and the economy will contract by another 1.3
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Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot intend to have MPs vote on the draft legislation until an SLA has been secured. Solution sought In fact... their differences over the fiscal gap, primary surplus target and debt relief. Athens has made it clear... extra fiscal measures. Where there still seems to be an as-yet-unresolved difference is on how
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Greece looks for support as expectations for May 9 Eurogroup lowered
PoliticsGreek Politics. The Tsipras administration seems to feel that it has some useful allies on its side, who could help... banking on the support of the European Parliament. It has been encouraged by the stance of Gianni... agreement by May 9, including on the 2 percent of GDP in contingent measures, is possible. The nature
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Greek stocks climb 3.8 pct during week amid increasing optimism on swift agreement
Economyon Friday. Since the beginning of the year, the domestic equity market has recorded losses of 4.1... and Titan on May 12, while Coca Cola Hellenic has scheduled a Q1 trading update on May 13. Aegean Airlines... and institutions have reached an agreement on the 99 percent of measures worth 3 percent of GDP
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Tsipras makes end-year debt deal government's top priority
PoliticsGreek Politicswanting to have a victory to present to his domestic audience at the end of what has been a difficult... with the direction the government has taken since last year. Patience Lastly, in the part of his speech... more than just the short-term debt relief measures by Christmas. Finance Ministry officials told
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Greece, lenders tie up some loose ends and continue negotiating
EconomyProgramme’ mission chiefs on Wednesday, with Finance Ministry sources saying that the out-of-court workout issue has... beating the fiscal target of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2018. Moreover, almost zero progress has been made so... or 50,000 euros) that would be eligible for inclusion in the mechanism. The fiscal counter-measures, related
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Rating agencies concur in improved prospects for Greece
Economyof the programme will bring the debt relief that the eurozone has pledged. In a similar vein, S&P considers the legislation of fiscal measures up to 2020 as a development that will sustain the fiscal... and in this juncture, ratings agencies believe that political risks have receded and that Greece has
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