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Tsakalotos stands ground on taxes, finalises social dividend plan
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFinance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos used his speech to Parliament on Thursday concerning the draft... clamping down on tax evasion. The finance minister, though, was careful to underline that he agreed with a comment made earlier in the week by Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis regarding
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Newsletter 146 -12/01/2018
that the measure had not been properly discussed even though Finance Minster Euclid Tsakalotos and Labour Minister... to be resolved via ministerial decisions and circulars ahead of the January 22 Eurogroup, when eurozone finance ministers are expected to rubber stamp the review’s conclusion. The Finance Ministry said
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Lenders wait for prior actions to be completed, Athens expects 4.5-bln tranche
EconomyProgrammecompleted its prior actions, to finalise their recommendation to eurozone finance ministers. The EWG met... to the eurozone finance ministers. Everything still appears to be on track for the Eurogroup to rubber stamp... speculation. The Greek Finance Ministry took the unusual step on Thursday of responding to reports
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Athens puts off bond sale, has fiscal concerns to address
EconomyProgrammefor the 7-year bond that Athens wants to issue due to volatility on the international markets. The Finance... the 7-year note. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has indicated that the government would like to sell.... In the meantime, the Finance Ministry also has a number of significant fiscal issues to contend
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Clearer roadmap for completion of third programme emerging
EconomyProgrammeis smooth, and that the gathering of eurozone finance ministers will discuss the latest progress... strategy and the timeline until the end of August were on the agenda of the meeting that Finance Minister... on the fourth review and Greece’s strategic growth plan were also discussed. The finance ministry is also
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Greece's immediate focus on prior actions and growth plan
EconomyProgrammefor Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and his colleagues, who will come under increasing pressure... it will be credible for Greek society,” he said. The finance minister added that the government... to finance projects across the country and not just major works. He noted that in the past, 80 percent
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Newsletter 159 -27/04/2018
. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos was due to present Greece’s strategic growth plan at the meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Sofia, ticking off another significant prior action... member states. A report in Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper on Wednesday suggested that German Finance
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Tsakalotos eyes conclusion of review and debt talks, will not dispute pension cuts
EconomyProgrammebe postponed. Speaking to Sto Kokkino FM on Thursday, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos put an end.... The finance minister’s comments suggest that, at the very least, the government does not want... will have a bigger say regarding the means we use.” The finance minister added that it is too early
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Mission chiefs take up negotiations in Athens but focus on IMF's decision
EconomyProgrammemedia suggest that the text for the SLA is already being drafted. Greek Finance Ministry officials... will be concluded afterwards. For instance, a Finance Ministry official told the local media... Finance Ministry official as saying the chances of the Fund remaining are slim. IMF Speaking to MSNBC
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Newsletter 163 -25/05/2018
sides seem to remain committed to achieving a deal by June 21. In what Greek Finance Minister Euclid... briefly at the meeting of eurozone finance ministers because the Washington Group, made up of some... finance ministers decided that the process of drafting a new debt sustainability analysis for Greece
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