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Newsletter 17 - 27/02/2015
. The flash estimate on February 13 had put the contraction slightly lower, at 0.2 percent. The year... into any and all microphones put in front of them is compounding the problems it faces. On Wednesday... and Schaeuble in another to thrash out a deal before the meeting of the eurozone finance ministers began
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
director Christine Lagarde would have a month before needing to report this to the board and put... that is not conducive to composed thinking. In fact, two months on from when the new Greek coalition began its... tax. Beyond that, the reforms put forward by Athens are seen as “aspirational” (in fiscal terms
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Tsipras faces lenders' wall in Brussels as political tension grows in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the institutions that finance ministers can assess during their meeting. Tsipras began a new meeting.... It is fairly likely that if Tsipras comes back with the deal that has been put on the table by the lenders his... critical of the SYRIZA-led government have started wondering out loud whether the proposals put
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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
Representatives of Greece’s lenders began their meetings with government ministers in Athens on Friday... can put the growing tension within SYRIZA aside for a few weeks. The toll of capital controls.... Put otherwise, when the future of Greece’s membership of the euro is at stake, with capital
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Tsipras sees political mileage in bill for broadcasting licences
PoliticsGreek Politicssince private broadcasting began in the late 1980s. An annual Public Issue poll last November found TV... that they will put opposition parties in a difficult position as opposing the bill could send... the size of the Greek market. Limiting the number of permits would also put a lot of the current key
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Coalition and New Democracy at odds over anti-government protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsnotable figures then this will provide New Democracy, which began a campaign called “Leave” (Fygete... for these issues to be put to a plebiscite. In comments on Wednesday, parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis... to a referendum is “dangerous.” However, Voutsis indicated that the government might choose to put
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Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
PoliticsGreek Politics, arguing that the tender was unconstitutional. The fact that since the legislative process began late... Tsipras sought to put distance between his administration and Kalogritsas by telling SYRIZA’s central... of revelations has put the government in a very difficult position as SYRIZA will find it difficult to argue
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Newsletter 91 - 07/10/2016
, is that the government will put on hold plans to change religion classes and textbooks at schools. Instead... morning. Controversially, the premier began the meeting by declaring that judges’ wages would... of various individuals and businesses strategically defaulting on their payment obligations. Put
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Technical talks progress but debt relief, credit line continue to grate
EconomyProgrammeTechnical discussions between the creditors and the Greek government began in Athens on Monday... that strategic defaulters are not able to obtain protection. One of the measures being put forward... of whether the Fund will take part in the programme has to be put to its board soon. Credit line
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Newsletter 164 -08/06/2018
have been put on hold due to the market turbulence caused by political developments in Italy. “We... of positive growth for Greece. The last uninterrupted quarterly growth streak experienced by Greece began... percent, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures showed this week. The figures for 2017 put
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