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Cabinet reshuffle and new bond issue coming up next for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsZouraris following the vote, which saw the omnibus bill receive the support of 154 MPs. Zouraris.... The discussions about debt relief and the post-programme set-up for Greece are also pending. However, before these begin in earnest, Athens is set to conduct its next bond issue after last summer’s tentative
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Newsletter 170 -13/07/2018
Tsipras’s government this week as it expelled Russian diplomats and saw the disbursement... on the five islands. The savings are set to come from reductions to the defence budget. Tsakalotos also had... not constitute a fourth programme for Greece, Brussels set out the key parameters for enhanced
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Newsletter 192 -01/02/2019
will be in the upcoming campaign. Tsipras said that this was a measure the government owed to “those who saw... A higher-than-expected wage increase and a bond release set the stage for SYRIZA’s election battle... euros net pay and is almost 64 euros higher compared to the one set up in 2012. The increase is much
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BoG awaits go-ahead from DG Comp over NPL scheme
EconomyBankingpurpose vehicles (SPVs). The highest possible provisions have been set aside for such loans, which... of the majority share of the platform has been set at 328 million euros, with both parties aiming to close... billion euros. With the drop of NPEs outpacing the deleveraging in the system that saw loans drop
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Newsletter 223 -11/10/2019
towards the 30 percent bar set by ND) are taken out of the equation, the amount left over might... into a “trustworthy, safe and optimistic” country. He pointed to the latest market development, which saw... the conservative lawmakers as he set out the government’s plans for the next 100 days, including the voting
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Greece takes first round against Covid-19 but fight continues
Agora, and leasing capacity from the private sector. At the time of writing, 350 ICU beds were set aside.... It is to the credit of the decision-makers involved that they recognised their predicament and saw... will be considerable and could set the country back several years on the path to recovery. A stronger health system
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PM presents roadmap for relaxing lockdown, highlights political messages from handling of Covid-19
PoliticsGreek Politics. In a televised address, the sixth since the coronavirus outbreak, Mitsotakis set out... from several ministers on the details of how the new set-up will work. The most significant change from..., which saw Greece being held back by incompetent leadership and populist policies rather than any
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SYRIZA ponders election footing, slow vaccination rollout rate troubles govt
PoliticsGreek Politicson possible early elections. Party officials have set out a roadmap up to April to complete all internal... by ND would put governing firmly out of its reach. Vaccination programme Monday saw the launch... season. A report by Ethnos.gr news website on Tuesday suggested that the Health Ministry could be set
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
of the National Bioethics Committee set up specifically to consider this issue. In its recommendations... October are thought to have exacerbated the second Covid wave in Greece. Wednesday saw the first mass.... The primary balance was above the target set in the 2022-2025 medium-term fiscal strategy by 831
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Stock taking: Where is the Greek economy now?
Agoraineffective, discriminatory, set up a new clientele (of which Greece is already overflowing), and pit one... an important pension/labor reform in 2021, intended to set up funded retirement schemes and thus to diversify... (which has incurred reforms and saw its wages fall)? We hope that we are simply mistaken about
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