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IMF Spring Meetings seen as next waypoint in completion of review
PoliticsGreek Politicsa staff-level agreement (SLA). This would lead to the prior actions that the Greek government has... to be agreed is the regular gathering on May 22. However, the Greek government has suggested.... There has been no visible decent from the right-wing grouping so far. Kammenos also said
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Disposable income rises slightly in Q4 for first time since Q3 2014
EconomyMacroeconomysecurity contributions. Over the last seven years, disposable income has been slashed by 36.6 percent... and landed at 15.75 billion. Since 2009, compensation of employees has recorded a nosedive of 32.8... quarter and stood at 14.61 billion in Q4. This item has declined by 27.5 percent over the last seven years
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Tsipras rallies ministers and MPs before multi-bill arrives
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe multi-bill containing the measures the government has agreed with the lenders is due... “undoubtedly positive.” This will be music to Tsipras’s ears as the government has been trying... that any MPs from the ruling party will now turn against the agreement. Tsipras has also decided to use
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Ankara directs ire at Athens over ruling on soldiers as Cyprus talks drift
PoliticsForeign Policyrequest for the men, which it has branded traitors, in January after Greece's top court ruled... activity in the Cypriot EEZ has coincided with reports in the Turkish Cypriot press according to which... further pressure on the Cyprus Republic ahead of hydrocarbon exploration in July. UN role There has been
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Ahead of vote, Tsakalotos appeals to SYRIZA MPs with positive message
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has made a last-minute bid to secure the votes of all 146 SYRIZA MPs in the upcoming... the government and the institutions, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has attempted to ensure... for personal incomes, which is scheduled to apply from 2020 unless Greece misses its fiscal targets and it has
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China's bumpy road to Greece
EconomyFeatureshas found itself a potential ally in China. China wants to strengthen its foothold in Europe... and a year of cultural exchange has also been launched. Chinese investment One of the private.... The world’s largest coal producer, Shenhua Group has signed a renewable energy deal with Greek
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Tsipras in tight spot over debt deal but QE access may hold key to compromise
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe programme. Tsipras has slightly limited his options at home by declaring before the vote... but with the IMF not returning to the programme with funding until the debt relief issue has been settled... the markets, starting with a test bond issue this summer, would still be alive. The ECB, however, has set
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Another Eurogroup for Greece where all options fell short
Agora, an agreement that “would convince markets the debt has been addressed on a permanent basis... warning sign came from the man who, since 2011, has been tasked with preparing these gatherings, Thomas Wieser, who has about a decade’s worth of Eurogroups under his belt. “So the implementation
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Greek and Turkish PMs tone things down, look to new Cyprus talks
PoliticsForeign Policyof communication open to prevent the escalation of tension. Yildirim has said that violations are being carried... soldiers who fled to Greece but whose extradition to Turkey has been blocked (much to Ankara’s frustration... and that no decision has been taken yet on their political asylum applications. Yildirim phrased his
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Conference on Cyprus: foot-dragging towards a dead end
AgoraAnyone even remotely interested in the Cyprus issue has, by now, become an expert on the geography... has explained. Given that more than 75 percent of the privately owned land in northern Cyprus.... This is true. One has also to take into account, however, that the two communities have failed
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