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Cabinet act firms up details of CoCos issuance by Greek banks
Economyin the next few weeks. The bank may decide to repay in cash part or the whole CoCos amount at any time... is at the discretion of the bank’s BoD, which may also decide to pay the coupon in the form of common shares
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General gov't primary cash surplus more than doubles to 4.14 bln in 2015, arrears ease to 5.4 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus more than doubled to 4.14 billion euros in 2015 from 2.05 billion in 2014, the Finance Ministry (MoF) gg bulletin showed on Monday. The fiscal... indicated it would repay a portion of arrears with part of the last two sub-tranches of 2 and 1 billion
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Alpha Bank reports net profits of 20 mln in Q4, leading full-year earnings to 42 mln
EconomyBankingwith the bank’s target of 1.12 billion. The key driver for the cost containment was the further decline... bonds currently stands at just 300 million, while it estimates to fully repay those bonds
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Athens outlines 2018 debt management plan for post-bailout era
EconomyMacroeconomyconsiders an implicit guarantee that the eurozone member states will facilitate Greece’s return... being used to repay official sector loans to smooth the near-term debt obligations after August 2018
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Second post-MoU review set to begin as Athens eyes return to bond markets
EconomyProgrammeat a yield of 3.5 to 3.75 percent, helping Athens to repay some of its International Monetary Fund loans, which carry a higher interest rate, early. Greece’s last bond issue came in February 2018.
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EC reports highlight tight fiscal path and economic challenges
EconomyMacroeconomythe previous DSA. Greece is seen retaining the capacity to repay and the debt is regarded as sustainable.... The Commission’s spring recommendations highlight the challenges that the Greek economy will have
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Greece in 2014: The risks and opportunities of moving forward
Agora? It is noteworthy that the start of Greece’s EU presidency will coincide with Latvia joining the euro..., at the height of the global financial crisis Latvia’s GDP shrank within one year by almost 18 percent... for the country’s citizens and the electoral calendar at the end of Greece’s EU presidency. Let us
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Athens resumes contact with Ankara as interest in FYROM referendum grows
PoliticsForeign Policyfor the resumption of talks between Athens and Ankara following the recent improvement in bilateral... as Athens would have hoped. The Greek side was prepared for Cavusoglu to reiterate Ankara’s... standards regarding Turkey’s European course.” “I always stress that a European Turkey, a Turkey
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China's footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
AgoraThis is the first of three articles in which the author will analyze China’s investment, lending... on China’s ‘Gateway to Europe’ via the Port of Piraeus in Greece. The second contribution will look at China’s emerging footprint in neighboring countries such as Serbia, FYR Macedonia and Bosnia
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The dragon's head roars in Athens
AgoraIt was a visit worthy of a plethora of superlatives. The arrival of China’s President Xi Jinping... ancient civilizations of the West and East. President Xi described China’s multi-decade anchor investment... Port Authority (OLP) was termed “the dragon’s head” by President Xi. Greece and China issued
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