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Tsipras sets off for USA as prior actions, e-auctions dominate at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe possibility of the pension cuts and the tax-free threshold reduction lined up for 2019 and 2020 being... trepidation as it sees such demands as the greatest threat to holding up the review, which it would... December. The government and Greek banks have come under pressure from the institutions to speed up
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Opposition parties seek renewal as Tsipras visits Washington
PoliticsGreek Politicsto live up to his promise to bring technocrats into policy-making and include them in his government... team came a few days after Mitsotakis shook up his press office, bringing in new faces... whether Tsipras is living up to his bailout commitments and if the government is imposing too many
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Tsipras returns from US with positive sentiment but absence of tangible results
PoliticsForeign Policyas the government hopes to wrap up the review and focus on the build-up to the exit from the programme in August... there was an agreement to set up a joint team at the Greek Economy Ministry and the US Commerce
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Industrial turnover remains on growth path with 6.1 pct rise in Aug
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the year. Double-digit rises over the preceding months pushed the 12-month trailing index up by 12.2.... On the other hand, energy turnover improved by 4 percent, intermediate goods were up by 15.1 percent and consumer non-durables up by 2.9 percent. A more detailed breakdown revealed that the most significant
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Overdue social security debt reaches 30.5 bln in Q3 on consolidation of debtors
EconomyMacroeconomyof the third quarter (Q3) of 2017, up from 23.32 billion at the end of the previous quarter, a bulletin... initiative (law 4321/2015) that provided for the payment of overdue SSCs in up to 100 installments... that revenue collection in 2016 stood at 820.2 million, up by around 30 percent from 2015 and beat
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Sub-tranche released but PPC poses key challenge in review
EconomyProgrammeAvgi newspaper claimed that up to 800 million euros may be paid out to recipients of the social... ones if they are not up to date with their payroll obligations. The new rules are due to come... up to 6 months of salaries owed. The changes agreed with the institutions last week are designed
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Tsakalotos stands ground on taxes, finalises social dividend plan
PoliticsGreek Politicsup by 300 million euros that were earmarked for health and education in the 2017 budget. Another 800 million euros from the surplus will be used to build up the cash buffer that the coalition wants... to have 12-15 billion euros set aside to back up its position. Credit line Earlier, government
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Tsipras rallies MPs, marks dividing lines with opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras stepped up on Wednesday his effort to put distance between SYRIZA... that the third review would be wrapped up without the need for any extra fiscal measures. He also... paid up to 6 months of ​backpay. This also ties in with another important part of the message
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Deal seen on energy liberalisation as third review SLA edges closer
EconomyProgramme. Kathimerini reported last week that eight auctions have been lined up for that day. It followed up..., building up the cash buffer (which lenders would like to be between 12 and 15 billion euros
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Greece's open floodgates
Agoracemented over, leading to flood waters being directed to built-up areas when there is heavy rain. He... but suggested that these were held up by the Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, where Christos Spirtzis... their actions, or lack of, leading up to the disaster in Mandra. History, though shows that protecting
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