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Athens looks to Draghi for positive signals on debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politics, reframed the ongoing debate on Greek debt relief, noting the ECB would draw its own conclusions... and the Greek coalition searching desperately for a breakthrough on the debt issue. Bailout inspectors... by the attention on Greek debt, arguing that major reforms were still needed to modernise the Greek economy
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Tsakalotos sticks to guns as review compromise remains elusive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere was no sign from the Greek government on Monday that it plans to back down in the impasse... at a conference about the Greek economy hosted by the The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.... The finance minister said that his government could not accept an arrangement in the Greek labour
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Cyprus talks resume, putting spotlight on Greece and Turkey amid tension
PoliticsForeign Policy. There are two key aspects to what was agreed at the dinner hosted by the UN envoy. Firstly, the Greek... on Friday. The Greek prime minister is to ask for a new meeting with Turkey’s President Tayyip... Ministers Summit in Brussels. On Friday, Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos welcomed
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Newsletter 102 - 13/01/2017
with the institutions. Although the Greek government remains adamant that it will not legislate any new cuts... the ECB, when its executive board meets in early March, that Greek debt is sustainable and that it can... the Greek government suggest that the target for completion is the February 20 Eurogroup, rather than
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Greece, lenders fail to make headway on fiscal and labour issues
EconomyProgrammeDespite two meetings over the weekend on fiscal and labour market issues, the Greek government... the Greek side. The Fund’s stance that additional savings of 2 percent of GDP, or 3.6 billion euros, are required from 2019 remains unchanged. The Greek government argues that it could be lowered
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Banks saw asset quality and liquidity trends improve in Q4 but process interrupted in 2017
AgoraGreek banks concluded the release of their fourth quarter (Q4) results last week, which showed...) said on February 24 that Greek NPEs fell by 1.4 billion to 106.3 billion at the end of Q4 mainly due... in the Greek market in the first two months of 2017, while negative flow is also expected for March
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Ankara directs ire at Athens over ruling on soldiers as Cyprus talks drift
PoliticsForeign Policyalso claims “the Greek authorities, who until today have obstructed the members of the terrorist... against extraditing all eight. The Greek judges examined separately the cases of the eight Turkish... applications are processed. The Greek Foreign Ministry decided this time not to respond to Ankara’s
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Another Eurogroup for Greece where all options fell short
Agorafor Greek finance ministers and usually ended up with unpleasant outcomes. The minutes of last week’s Eurogroup leaked by the Greek business website Euro2day fully capture the uncomfortable experience which... Greek programme and the ESM loans from the current package. Thomsen said that the IMF was “very far
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Eurosystem funding drops by 2.2 bln in May, mostly on further decrease in ELA reliance
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding fell for the 23rd successive month in May, when it dropped... expected as the ECB had decided on May 18 to reduce the ELA ceiling for Greek banks by 1.2 billion to 45.3... reflecting “developments in the liquidity situation of Greek banks, taking into account private
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Expectations for deal on Thursday rise as Athens tempers own
PoliticsGreek Politicspresident Donald Tusk. The Greek leader added, though, that Athens would like to have an agreement on Thursday. Tsipras has maintained the option of referring the Greek issue to the EU leaders on June 22 since the last Eurogroup ended in an impasse. The Greek prime minister has shown in the past that he
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