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Ahead of IMF Spring Meetings, questions remain about conclusion of programme
EconomyProgrammeat the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund’s Spring Meetings will provide some clarity on the conclusion of the Greek programme and what will follow. Last week’s Euro Working Group (EWG... in order to reach next year’s goal. Before there can be an agreement on debt and fiscal targets, though
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New overdue taxes jump by 2.01 bln in Feb, total stock climbs to 101.12 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s new tax debt jumped by over 2 billion euros in February, growing sharply from an increase... billion euros). February’s increase surpasses the previous high of July 2017, when new overdue taxes... from January’s total of 1.30 billion. Income tax due declined sharply to stand at 17.2 million euros
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Symbolism takes leading role in political developments
PoliticsGreek Politicscountry’s coast guard officers removed a Greek flag that had been raised on an uninhabited islet..., prepared to visit a number of far-flung Greek islands ahead of the government’s latest regional growth conference on Rhodes. One of the islands included in Tsipras’s brief tour was Kastelorizo
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IMF revises growth forecasts downwards, emphasising gap with other lenders
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the Greek authorities and the country’s lenders as Greece enters the final stages of its third..., the estimate for 2017 was for 1.8 percent growth, now revised down to 1.4 percent, in line with ELSTAT’s..., the Fund believes. In October’s WEO, prices were seen rising by 1.3 percent in 2018, so the latest version
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Lenders still aiming for completion of fourth review in May
EconomyProgrammeGreece’s creditors do not appear to have given up on the hope of completing the fourth review next... that paves the way for the Public Power Corporation’s lignite-powered units at Melitis... the business plans recently submitted by the companies. Friday’s Eurogroup in Sofia will give
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Speculation about timing of next general elections intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicselections could be held on October 13, along with local elections and shortly after the government’s four... decades and Skourletis’s suggestion drew criticism from New Democracy, which suggested..., most likely in the autumn, would also nip in the bud SYRIZA’s efforts to establish common ground
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New overdue taxes up by 776 mln in March, total stock at 101.44 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s new tax debt increased by 776 million in March following a rise of 2 billion euros.... This represents a rise of 321 million month-on-month, which is notably lower than February’s increase of 1.68... in 2018, while Greece’s lenders have also stressed the importance of stepping up collectability rates
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Tsipras moves forward with name talks as domestic balance comes into focus
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a solution to their longstanding name dispute on Thursday following a meeting between the country’s two... turbulent political phase in Greece, where New Democracy has criticised Tsipras’s approach... that the coalition is trying to rig the justice system in its favour. The conservative party’s vice
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Skopje's surprise proposal creates doubts about successful conclusion to name talks
PoliticsForeign Policy. But, the situation has been more complicated the last few days. FYROM’s proposal has provoked strong reactions among... of the EU–Balkan Summit. Saturday’s statement added that Greece encourages its neighbour “to jointly... in the case of a change to the country’s constitutional name, a prerequisite set by Athens for a final
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Debt relief talks enter final phase, with June 21 as target for deal
EconomyProgrammeNo final decision on Greek debt relief is expected at Thursday’s Eurogroup, although Athens has... that debt relief would be discussed in more detail at this week’s Eurogroup but that no final decision... second opportunity to reach a deal if one was not forthcoming by June 21. The head of the Fund’s
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