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Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not
Economythat the review is on hold. The Greek side has denied this and Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told... the primary surplus. Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras believes that no more than 500 million... on no more than the assumptions being applied by the two sides. The troika questions the Finance
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Newsletter 11 - 16/01/2015
of the bailout might be needed, Hardouvelis says Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis outlined this week... into a precautionary credit line, in line with the ECCL. Finally, the finance minister said that the 2014 primary... the previous government forecast of 1.8 percent incorporated in the 2015 budget. According to Finance
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We need to talk about unemployment
Agoraon Wednesday, Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras challenged the institution’s forecast... on the devastating projections for unemployment. The finance minister has designed Greece’s medium... its peak, the chances of the Finance Ministry’s unemployment projections being met seem remote
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Greece and troika agree 2013 primary surplus will be just 500 mln - here's why
EconomyProgrammeJust as the Finance Ministry in Athens announced on Wednesday a final state budget execution... is the main variable in the general government balance. For the year to August, the Finance Ministry... up for the shortfall in revenues from both direct and indirect taxes. The Finance Ministry may have
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Greece’s return to capital markets: Why not try a diaspora bond first?
Agoraby Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras voice a sense of entitlement... the Greek finance minister is hoping to jump on the band wagon set in motion by other countries having... that nobody in the Finance Ministry or Public Debt Management Agency in Athens is considering
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Omnibus bill passes but leaves marks on coalition and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsapproves the release of the next loan instalment. This is due to happen when eurozone finance ministers... was submitting a censure motion against Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras. The move caught everyone... reason for Tsipras’s move may have been to put Stournaras under scrutiny. The finance minister suggested
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After Schaeuble talks, Greek gov't still focussed on ditching existing bailout
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA meeting between Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and his German counterpart Wolfgang... that the two men had “agreed to enter deliberations as partners.” The German finance minister appeared... that Greece was due to receive. Schaeuble encouraged the Greek finance minister to continue working
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Newsletter 14 - 06/02/2015
a flurry of trips abroad by both Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis... the key problem will lie. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made it clear on Thursday... busy agenda this week that involved a series of meetings of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance
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Greece's fiscal, debt and funding goals as set out at Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek Finance Ministry leaked today all the key documents that were presented to Greece’s... Eurogroup, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis indicated that the primary surplus of 1.5 percent.... The finance minister also said that Greece would consult with its eurozone partners before
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Greece submits reform proposals but Eurogroup unlikely to be moved
EconomyProgrammeAhead of Monday's meeting of eurozone finance ministers, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis... to public finance management and involves the activation of the Fiscal Council, achieving economies..., an intervention that was already pre-announced by the Alternate Finance Minister Nadia Valavani a month ago
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