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Less is more: The Greek government needs a chisel, not a sledgehammer
Agoraof these early days after the electoral victory may come to haunt the victors sooner than they would like
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S&P acts in wake of ECB decision and downgrades Greek rating to B-
EconomyS&P lowered on Friday evening its long-term rating on Greece by one notch to ‘B-‘ from ‘B’, while it maintained the CreditWatch negative, which was placed on January 28. The rating action came one month earlier than the scheduled rating review on March 13 and is justified, according to S&P
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Tsipras sticks to pre-election pledges as eurozone negotiations loom
PoliticsGreek Politicsmonthly pension for retirees earning less than 700 euros per month. · Not raising retirement ages
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No deal at Eurogroup but also no clear way forward
PoliticsGreek Politicsa tougher stance in talks with lenders than previous governments. He is wary of the fact that Samaras
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November sees highest MoM drop in employment as headline figure remains at 25.8 pct
Economythe number of unemployed soared by 701,000 with the November figure being 2.3 times higher than
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Building activity suffers larger drop of 30.9 pct in November
EconomyMacroeconomy, are slipping by around 3 percent over the past 2.5 years with a cumulative drop by more than 13
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Greece and eurozone edge towards deal but details remain sketchy
PoliticsGreek Politics” and Greece’s lenders as “institutional partners” rather than the troika. At home, the government had briefed
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So far and yet so near for Greece and eurozone after second abortive Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFor the second Eurogroup running, Greece and the eurozone failed to reach an agreement on how to move forward. However, an apparent acrimonious falling out may be less damaging than it first appears and, in essence, the two sides do not seem to be far apart from a deal. The early break-up
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Greece's fiscal, debt and funding goals as set out at Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeas to support reforms representing more than 70 percent of the list agreed by the previous government
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Greece and eurozone reach tentative deal, much undecided
EconomyProgrammeif rejected than the deal is dead” but said he was sure this would not happen. We understand
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