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Tsipras sails through multi-bill vote, looks to disbursement and debt relief
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere was some last-minute drama prompted by the announcement on Friday from the Finance Ministry... on Saturday to deal with Kammenos’s concerns, before the Finance Ministry announced on Sunday that the measure... finance ministers for the meeting and to assess whether Greece has ticked all the necessary boxes
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Newsletter 75 - 27/05/2016
to implementation of prior actions, the Finance Ministry said that 3.5 billion will be used for the clearance... the 3.5 billion could repay half of the outstanding arrears. Finance Ministry says 3.5 billion... pretty simple: look no further than German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. Even when it appeared
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TV permit auction drags on as coalition tries to draw line under ELSTAT controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsstatistician. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos made it clear at the time that the controversy relates... of the current programme. In this respect, it was significant that Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos... of eurozone finance ministers. The Eurogroup is due to be held on September 9. Apart from wanting
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Newsletter 90 - 30/09/2016
Primary surplus data confirmed Finance Ministry expected to table 2017 draft budget on Monday... of the next sub-tranche of 2.8 billion at the next Eurogroup due on October 10. In addition, the Finance... and that eurozone finance ministers will give the green light for the sub-tranche to be released when they meet
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Budget primary surplus to Sept reaches 5.45 bln on strong revenue performance
EconomyMacroeconomyof 2016 from 2.27 billion last year, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin... revenues in the coming months. The Finance Ministry will provide a detailed revenue breakdown upon..., 1.91 billion better than the target. The Finance Ministry noted that compared to last year
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After first talks in Athens, Greece and lenders aim for swift progress on second review
EconomyProgramme. Finance Ministry sources noted that the two sides discussed the next steps on HCAP, which include... will be formed and its members selected by the end of the year. In addition, Finance Minister Euclid... in the negotiations, Finance Ministry sources indicated that progress has been made so far, while both parties
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Some progress in first round of talks but most second review issues remain unresolved
EconomyProgrammeand concluded last Thursday, Finance Ministry sources claimed significant progress was made on most.... Finance Ministry sources also indicated for the first time that the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS... front, Finance Ministry sources said Greece and the institutions agreed on the next steps for the new
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
be agreed after the completion of the review, with Germany Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble... of key figures such as Euclid Tsakalotos and George Chouliarakis at the Finance Ministry, were signs... Working Group (EWG) convenes, so the finance ministers can rubberstamp the agreement at the December 5
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Second review to resume in Athens under severe time pressure
EconomyProgrammewill be equally quick and pave the way for eurozone finance ministers to confirm at the December 5 Eurogroup... relief. During the first phase significant progress was made in most issues, according to Finance... level by November 28, when the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) convenes. This would allow the finance
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Greece and lenders make headway on review but labour reforms remain biggest obstacle
EconomyProgrammereforms, where all issues remain open, an agreement was reached in the meeting with Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on fiscal issues, particularly the 2017 budget. Specifically, Finance Ministry sources... the draft budget tabled on October included a slightly higher figure of 1.8 percent of GDP. Finance
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