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IMF urges substantial debt relief for Greece
EconomyProgrammesustainability analysis (DSA) that was released on June 26, arguing that Greek debt has become highly... reforms without any specification of alternative reforms has raised concerns over the country’s ability... ambitious and steadfast reforms. This means that the government, which has put on hold key structural
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For Greek banks, it's business as unusual
AgoraNow that the rather bizarrely termed “bank holiday” has come to an end in Greece after three weeks... of the situation and inquire where do we go from here. As the Greek real economy has been turned... without domestic banks being open for business. What this experience has exposed so far is revealing
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Varoufakis and his friendly fire
AgoraPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has a lot on his mind at the moment: A quarter of his MPs... and want to start visiting ministries, his government has just over three weeks to reach an agreement... in the euro area has a clear idea of how it would deal with a Grexit if it comes. It would be criminal
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Possibility of snap elections after third bailout agreed is firmly on Tsipras's agenda
PoliticsGreek Politics, after it has wrapped up an agreement with the institutions on a third bailout. Government spokeswoman... (ANEL) has also voiced support this week for Tsipras and possible early elections. Top ANEL official... that the next elections will produce, especially as the agreement with Greece’s lenders has not yet been
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Refugee crisis poses multiple political challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign Policyand migrant crisis in Greece that has caught his government completely unprepared. Tsipras met... Avramopoulos informed the prime minister Greece is missing out on European Union funding because it has... into a direct vote loser for Tsipras. This is one of the few areas in which Tsipras's coalition has
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Lafazanis out of blocks early, announces anti-bailout party ahead of bailout vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA will follow Lafazanis’s lead. There has been no indication over the last few days that a larger... Flambouraris launching attacks on her. Konstantopoulou has long forged her own path, making it clear... passed with the support of 229 and 230 MPs in the 300-seat Parliament. However, there has been
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SYRIZA rebels launch new group, promising more discomfort for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras officially has a new rival as of Friday, when former Energy Minister... that this will chip away at the lead SYRIZA has over them, which cannot be quantified at the moment... at the beginning of September. The fact that Popular Unity has 25 MPs makes it the third largest
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Tsipras seeks fair exchange with EU over migrant crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday. The refugee crisis has left Tsipras’s government trying to balance its own.... For the time being there has been no agreement on a way forward between the two countries. The recent... in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last week that if spending on the crisis has to increase
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Athens seeks enhanced regional role via international religious conference
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Tuesday, has two main aims. The first aim lies with Athens’s desire to show that it can play..., especially from Syria and Iraq. Greece has a particular interest in this issue as it is currently... Security Council, France has brought the issue up for discussion in New York. In early September
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Final structure of bank recap taking shape, cautious optimism for outcome
Economyin Alpha and 66.93 percent in Piraeus. At the same time, its initial investment of 25 billion has... bond exchange offers in an effort to reduce the amount that has to be raised via share capital... the required capital from private investors. Unlike the other Greek banks, Eurobank has a major
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