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Greece and lenders start technical talks as tension between Athens and Berlin rises
PoliticsGreek Politics. The Greek team in Brussels is to be headed by the Finance Ministry’s general secretary for fiscal policy... to the Dutch finance minister. The Greek government has been reluctant to enter negotiations which... monitored by the troika – the “cabal of technocrats,” as Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis referred
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agoracontinued his remark by adding: “And take their shirts out of their pants.” Finance Minister Yanis... inhibitions on the other side as well. Listening to the doorstep comments made by finance ministers going... for Europe’s big guns, like German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. "I feel sorry for the Greeks
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Newsletter 19 - 13/03/2015
to be seen if the visiting technocrats will be allowed to enter buildings like the finance ministry.... Economist Elena Panaritis, who is acting as an adviser to Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, claimed... by the finance ministry showed that bank support scheme guarantees increased from 43.2 billion in December
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Tsipras to meet Merkel amid search for political backing
PoliticsGreek Politicswith EU leaders rather than a technocratic one with eurozone finance ministers. The coalition... allows great flexibility on the primary surplus target for this year. One of Finance Minister Yanis.... Although the finance minister’s overall performance was considered uncontroversial, the show and its
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Unpaid taxes ease to 1.16 bln in Feb, collections progress at stable rate
EconomyMacroeconomyof February - up by almost 2 billion euros in the year to date. The Finance Ministry has officially... at the same time an equal amount of surcharges and penalties. The Finance Ministry (MoF) announced... tax debt including surcharges. In the latest reform list sent by the Greek Finance Minister Yanis
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This is where Greek gov't could find cash to cover May's obligations
EconomyProgrammeFinance Minister Dimitris Mardas said on Thursday that Chinese investors participated with 100 million... amount to 2.5-3 billion, with the bulk held by pension funds. Mardas left open the option the Finance... billion euros in the public coffers. In addition, the Finance Ministry expects increased revenues soon
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Greece holds back spending, rakes in one-off revenues for 2.1 bln primary surplus at end of April
Economy), reaching 2.1 billion from 1.05 billion last year, according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) final... collected from the settlement of tax arrears in up to 100 instalments. Alternate Finance Minister... million for the whole year. The Finance Ministry repeated its position that expenditure will revert
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Severe underspend covers lower revenues for end-May primary surplus
Economyeuros from 707 million in the corresponding period last year, according to the Finance Ministry... to an underperformance of 976 million in the 5-month period. The Finance Ministry suggests that two thirds.... The Finance Ministry said the revenue shortfall that emerged in May is to large extent attributed
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Greece and lenders talk at cross purposes, head for crisis summit
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter eurozone finance ministers were unable to make any headway, and with Greek deposit outflows continuing at pace. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis appeared annoyed that his new proposals.... The Dutch finance minister made it clear that lenders are expecting Athens to make new proposals
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Newsletter 32 - 26/06/2015
to Thursday’s meeting of eurozone finance ministers. Starting from VAT, the institutions demand net... is in charge. It smacked of payback for the numerous verbal pot-shots that Tsipras and Finance Minister... of the last few months. Too many finance ministers, leaders and unnamed “European officials” have been
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