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PM livens up ministers over fourth review as debt relief proposals are put together
EconomyProgramme. “Anyone who disagrees with this should speak up now,” he added. Although Athens has more than 70... the International Monetary Fund’s loans to Greece, which carry a much higher interest rate than the funds lent
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Prior actions and crucial meetings dominate agenda for rest of month
EconomyProgrammeto be pressing for the reduction of the tax-free threshold to be introduced in 2019 rather than... into the NPLs, which total more than 90 billion euros at the moment. The report is said to set out five
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Building activity up by 18 pct in Jan, permits dip below 1,000-mark
EconomyMacroeconomycame to 13,847. Although this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than
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Macedonia name talks face stalemate as core issues go unresolved
PoliticsForeign Policy, rather than one that will apply in all cases international and domestically (erga omnes) as Athens wants... take more than six months. Athens has clarified that without an overall agreement, it will not approve
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New overdue taxes jump by 2.01 bln in Feb, total stock climbs to 101.12 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy. In October, the number rose substantially by more than 410,000, before again posting a negative... of the spectrum, one percent of debtors (40,514 taxpayers) owe more than 100,000 euros, with the total making
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IMF revises growth forecasts downwards, emphasising gap with other lenders
EconomyMacroeconomyto fall to 18 percent, substantially more positive than the 19.5 percent rate in the SBA document... Greece to grow by 2.3 in 2018 and 2 percent next year. Ratings agencies are also more optimistic than
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Aegean tension presents Tsipras with urgent domestic, foreign policy challenges
PoliticsGreek Politicswas an exaggeration. The foreign minister claimed that Greek soldiers had fired at a “noise” rather than an object... organised country on all levels and in all areas than Iraq and Syria,” he said, referring to Turkey’s
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Debt, fiscal path still divide lenders ahead of Washington Group meeting
EconomyProgrammethan wait until 2020. The Fund sees this as a necessary step to achieving the 3.5 percent of GDP... quo in terms of the Fund having a more conservative stance than the European lenders.
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Over one in five Greeks struggled to make ends meet in 2017
Societyis therefore the first time in seven years that the rate has gone down rather than up, but still means that material deprivation in Greece is much higher than the European average. Broken down by age
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Institutions prepare for Athens return, completion of fourth review
EconomyProgramme” and that it is “more than doable” to reach an SLA by May 24. If this is the case, then there is still... officials rather than the two that other programme countries undergo. No further details were revealed
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