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Samaras finger wagging at troika a sign of pressure on Greek government
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitical pressures. Among the quotes that stood out during the premier’s speech at a conference... or four years ago, when everything was collapsing. We have a duty to protect the country’s dignity. I... in Athens at the failure to conclude the troika’s review of the Greek adjustment programme. On Sunday
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What are SYRIZA's plans for Greek banks if it comes to power?
Economyin Thessaloniki in mid September the key pillars of his party’s policy on the domestic banking sector... though that the state’s majority participation is accompanied with restricted voting rights... obligations for bank loans, unpaid taxes and SSC will not exceed one third of the borrower’s income
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Greek budget primary surplus up to 3.53 bln at end of November despite revenue shortfall
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s budget execution showed the primary surplus widening by 879 million euros to 3.53 billion.... This turnaround is attributed to November’s fiscal performance, combined with the monthly target calling... revenue shortfall (by 975 million). Compared to last year’s figures, the primary surplus grew by 27.2
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Conditions for Greek ECCL reportedly outlined in German document
EconomyProgrammeon the HFSF’s 9-month financial statements, its capital buffer amounted to 11.6 billion euros... that Greece’s funding needs for 2015 range between 6 and 12 billion euros. This means that the 10.9... summer, Greece’s access to markets is uncertain. However, the document underlines that full market
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SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFive opinion polls published on Sunday reaffirmed SYRIZA’s steady lead over New Democracy... Research poll for Sunday’s To Vima gave SYRIZA 28.1 and New Democracy 25.5. Kapa Research for Vima..., the survey’s results project only 151 out of 300 seats going to the leftist party. One of the key
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The demand for Greek debt relief: Is the cart being put before the horse?
Agoraon one issue: Is the country’s accumulated public debt sustainable or does it need to be restructured... a doubt, any answer provided to this recurring challenge is central to the country’s future economic... conditions were stipulated for such a process to be initiated by Greece’s European creditors: I
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Three things to watch out for in today's Greek elections
PoliticsGreek Politicspollsters indicate that SYRIZA’s support could even exceed 35 percent, which is much higher than its... as high as this only looks possible if Independent Greeks and George Papandreou’s Movement of Democratic... Independent Greeks will scrape in but that Papandreou’s new centre-left movement will fall a little short
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Key players in new Greek gov't strike moderate tone but bailout strategy won't change
PoliticsGreek Politicsand markets displayed unease at SYRIZA’s first moves in office. However, this scepticism is unlikely.... After announcing the end to the previous government’s privatisation programme, rolling back... focussed on banks, where there are concerns particularly about SYRIZA’s plans to change the management
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After Schaeuble talks, Greek gov't still focussed on ditching existing bailout
PoliticsGreek Politics’s determination to reject the option of extending the current bailout. Schaeuble said that the two... unmoved by Varoufakis’s insistence that Greece is locked in debt deflationary spiral which... from the European Central Bank’s SMP programme as being of interest from the 7.2 billion euros
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This is the deal Greece will go in search of at Wednesday's sceptical Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsbillion euros. - The return to Greece of 1.9 billion euros in profits from the ECB’s purchase... administration. Greece’s position is far removed from the rest of the eurozone, which is only prepared... that the current coalition would accept them. It would also go against the logic of the government’s
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