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Lack of time, lenders' demands back Greek gov't into corner
PoliticsGreek Politicsside buckled under pressure from lenders following Wednesday’s Euro Working Group and is ready... that the Council of State (Greece’s highest administrative court) is due to issue a decision in May... legislation, it appears that the government’s starting position is that it will not rush
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Court ruling on pension cuts could create new problem in talks, fiscal plans
EconomyProgrammeAs the government struggles to find common ground with lenders over this year’s fiscal targets... by 4093/2012. The court’s verdict is expected within May. Reports confirmed that in two Council... the country’s tight fiscal and liquidity position. The retroactive amount was due to be paid in 36
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Greece seen having older and much smaller population by 2060
SocietyGreece’s population is projected to fall by almost a quarter by 2060, to as low as 8.6 million people from its current level of 11 million, according to the European Union’s 2015 Ageing Report... of Portugal (-22 percent). People in Greece will also live longer by 2060, the report says. Men’s life
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Greece sees deal by June 5 but size of gaps tells different story
PoliticsGreek Politicsbillion euros apart on this year’s fiscal gap. Speaking outside the Finance Ministry on Wednesday.... Varoufakis suggested that there is no such gap and that Greece’s lenders are using this as an excuse... rule for supplementary pensions until 2017 seem unlikely, especially given the IMF’s tough position
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Creditors devise proposal in Berlin, Tsipras prepares ground in Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s negotiations with its lenders have entered the final stretch after creditors met in Berlin... the deal or face losing their seats in Parliament. All of the party’s lawmakers were forced... parts of SYRIZA’s pre-election programme would have to be put on hold. Tsipras met with key members
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Tsipras keeps IMF waiting, turns focus to MPs and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicson whether Greece can reach a deal with its lenders in the next few days. Tsipras’s address was announced... at the end of June. Like the prime minister’s speech on Friday afternoon, the decision not to pay the IMF... had enough to cover Friday’s payment so a political decision was taken to become the first country
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Greece works on new proposals as EU rules out political deal on Monday
PoliticsGreek Politicsimpression that there would be a “political solution” to Greece’s problem in Brussels. State Minister Alekos Flambouraris confirmed on Saturday reports that the Finance Ministry is reworking Greece’s positions in time for Monday’s Eurogroup, which will be followed by the eurozone leaders’ meeting
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The political scenarios ahead for Greece after the referendum
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a referendum on Sunday that could decide whether its future lies in the eurozone or not. Parliament’s... Antonis Samaras. Given that Sunday’s vote is now a certainty, it is worth looking at the potential... or whether this will anger Greeks, making them feel that they are being blackmailed by the country’s
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IMF preliminary DSA finds Greek debt unsustainable, points to need for debt relief
EconomyProgrammethe beginning of this year there is a substantial increase in Greece’s financing needs... (additional needs of 9 billion). The programme’s privatization revenues were estimated at 23 billion over the 2014-22 period with half of them coming from the disposal of the state’s holdings
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Tsipras runs gauntlet as he seeks approval for proposals from cabinet, lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsa pivotal moment in Tsipras’s premiership as he will come face to face with Energy Minister Panayiotis... of SYRIZA’s Left Platform repeated his belief that Greece could follow a different route if it cannot reach... the euro. Hopes that Greece’s proposals will be accepted have risen after it was reported
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