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Newsletter 106 - 10/02/2017
Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem criticised the IMF’s assessment of Greece one day and then told Dutch... 2009. As a result, Greek banks’ operating expenses have been slashed by around one third, from 8.63
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Athens in search of counter-measures to secure MPs' support for potential deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding a possible rebellion from the nine Independent Greeks MPs. One SYRIZA MP, Nikos Manios, stated.... The shape of the final agreement, if there is to be one, may depend on the view that the institutions
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Eurogroup agrees return of mission to Athens but key issues unresolved
PoliticsGreek Politicson ensuring that any citizens affected by one measure would benefit from another. The idea... that the volume of measures would be one of the issues that will be examined by the technical teams
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Athens grapples with awkward reduction of tax-free threshold
EconomyProgrammewas reduced to 8,636 euros for a single person, to 8,863 and 9,090 euros for a family with one child..., the reduction in the tax-free threshold is one of the measures that the government has agreed
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Greece searches for balanced deal as talks get underway in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politics-measures proposed by Athens. One report suggested that the coalition may try to convince lenders... to deliver an upbeat message, one that foresees the review being wrapped up soon. Tsipras met today
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First day of talks highlights distance that needs to be covered
EconomyProgramme, Economy, Labour and Energy ministers. Although the most important meeting was the fourth one...) has not been tabled yet. One report suggests that the institutions believe they will probably have
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Revenues beat target by 3.9 pct in Feb, remain above target for year
EconomyMacroeconomyin February amounted to 331 million euros, 83 million or one-third higher than target. As a result, net... estimates in the coming years. Although a part of this overperformance is related to certain one-off
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Labour reforms, fiscal measures loom largest as Athens resumes talks with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicssince) by 1 percent of GDP in one go from 2020. This seems to be the proposal from the lenders... and leaving just one or two issues that will still have to be settled after the Eurogroup.
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As Athens awaits news from Brussels, New Democracy mends fences
PoliticsGreek Politicsdeveloped into one of the main stumbling blocks. The government wants to put a stop to lenders... the last few weeks due to apparent disagreements between key personalities and factions. One
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Athens and lenders stay mum on agreement, domestic reaction awaited
PoliticsGreek Politicsmay happen in one go in 2020 as the lenders had wanted, and the expansionary counter-measures... that we will gladly vote for them.” One of the reasons that the details of the potential agreement
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