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S&P holds off on new rating upgrade, ECB holds key to investment grade
Economythe pandemic uncertainty. Moody’s on the other hand, was the first major agency that upgraded Greece by one notch during the pandemic, moving it up to ‘Ba3’ in November last year, one notch behind the other two... and public finances was cited as one of the reasons that gave the ECB more comfort in buying Greek
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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe amount of inflows making their way to the “real” economy. Finally, no-one in the government is willing... plans have been few and muted, however one prominent liberal economist accused the government... it was the opposition which brought this event to the political foreground, the issue of border control is one
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Newsletter 14 - 06/02/2015
Parliament, this one will reject them out of hand. Instead, what Varoufakis has indicated that Athens... will be a complicated task. But without an agreement, Greece will not be able to fund itself for very long... 11. Coalition to present programme Thessaloniki policies expected to form template Following a very
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From MoU exit to Grexit: Where next for Greece?
Agorameasures and further liberalisation of the energy and labour markets with very little in terms of counter.... One is if a New Democracy government is unable to reach an agreement with the lenders. Mitsotakis has... in opposition following snap elections would very likely be a reincarnation of its older, more militant, self
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Newsletter 426 - 07/06/2024
is an attempt to cut off this line of attack for the conservatives. Kasselakis wants to avoid Greek voters... created many jobs and profits for his investors. However, his aggressive approach failed to pay off... for Alpha TV. The portion of voters who say they are very interested in the outcome has fallen to 57 pct
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PASOK edges into second place as leadership contest takes shape
PoliticsGreek Politicscandidates will face each other in a run-off vote a week after the original ballot in early October... that it was the only one of the three major parties to increase its share of the vote in the European Parliament... of the result has let Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government off the hook after New Democracy
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Government dismisses early elections as opposition call foul on rule of law debate schedule
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe message from the PM’s office is that early elections are off the table as long... an upcoming parliamentary debate on the rule of law, Marinakis brushed off the threat as a tactic by the main... and the justice system. The court ruling prompted one of the figures in the frame, the Israeli software
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Greeks express most negative sentiments about economy in global poll
Society. An average of only 41 percent believe that a child in their country today will grow up to be better off... they will be better off financially than their parents,” 29 percent of Greeks aged 18-29 agreed, 23... the next generation would be better off or worse off financially compared to their parents, Greeks had
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Piraeus announces transformation plan amid 2020 loss of 662 mln
EconomyBankingfrom Covid and one-off loan securitisation losses. The bank offset this news with the announcement... for the year came to 1.32 billion euros, with one-off initiatives and provisioning related to Covid... percent in Q3, while the coverage ratio dipped one percentage point to 44 percent. Pro forma
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SYRIZA's bid to force elections by early 2015 will be a close-run thing
PoliticsGreek Politicslook at how the numbers stack up in Greek Parliament indicates that it would be a very close run... pull this off. On the other hand, the government faces a serious challenge in getting the minimum... a presidential nomination is not a new one in Greece. In fact, it was used as recently as 2009, when PASOK leader
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