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You've heard the Greek crisis myths, now here are some truths
Agora, it was decided that a unique package of loans should be put together for Athens. This was deemed.... They put together a mechanism to provide financing to an insolvent Greece based on bilateral loans... of the crisis.” By the time the second programme came into play, the eurozone had put in place
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Greece stands on fault line between vicious and virtuous cycles for 2016
Agoraprevious ones meant that any troika financing was put immediately on hold. This left Alexis Tsipras’s... Tsipras himself, that Greece would pay pensions and salaries rather than the IMF if it was forced... dropped to a mere 77 million as more than 2.5 billion had been sapped in the previous twelve months
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Tsakalotos eyes conclusion of review and debt talks, will not dispute pension cuts
EconomyProgrammebe postponed. Speaking to Sto Kokkino FM on Thursday, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos put an end... and the debt, then we’ll see.” The idea of the lenders agreeing to the pension cuts being put off, unless... for the government. He said that the short-term measures have had a bigger than expected impact
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Tsipras pushes for revision of constitution, hoping to score political points
PoliticsGreek Politicsand allowing voters, rather than MPs, to elect the Greek president. During his speech on Tuesday, Tsipras addressed both issues but adopted a less absolute position than his party has done in the past... on who should become head of state, the decision should be put to citizens. Regarding the role
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Newsletter 250 -11/05/2020
this week when it put forward some guidelines regarding travel this summer, although the recommendations... the proposals put forward by Athens, the issuing of a coordinated position on key aspects of travel... not receive favourable treatment, which Greece feared would put it at a disadvantage due to its remote
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Govt calls on local businesses and banks to free up capital for investment
PoliticsGreek Politicsbacking during 2020 and 2021 is expected to reach more than 40 billion euros) Mitsotakis is expecting..., Staikouras said he is optimistic Greece will grow by more than 3.6 pct, which is the ministry’s latest..., the Bank of Greece put growth expectations for 2021 a little higher, at 4.2 pct, rising to 5.3 pct next
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Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy
Societyhave more than doubled since the start of the year, as a combination of external and domestic... the price of carbon more keenly than most, thanks to the country’s continuing dependence on highly... permits will have to be met at a significantly higher price. PPC’s own estimates put the emissions from
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Pandemic and pushback rows spark political clashes
PoliticsGreek Politicsin daily cases (8,613), which was more than 3,000 higher than the number recorded at the start... situation has put the government under increasing pressure and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... to get vaccinated (the overall coverage stood at 60 pct on Tuesday) and of trying to put the blame
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Newsletter 375 - 24/03/2023
. The Cretan lawmaker said he would hope a solid double-digit return would put the party in a strong... 2.5 to 3.4 pct, while undecided voters have increased from 12.4 pct to 13.8 pct. The findings put New... a decline of more than 3 points, followed by SYRIZA on 26.1 pct and PASOK on 9.2 pct, both of which
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Newsletter 446 - 10/01/2025
Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday. Reports suggest that he will reveal who will put forward... tried to reassure voters that the country is on a stable path, having put the crisis years behind... and policies which lead to the abandonment of the countryside. In his question he promises to put forward
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