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SYRIZA unveils array of pledges to win over voters ahead of July 7 vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsand solidarity for society. The line-up of ministers was, in itself, part of the message that SYRIZA... that it never lived up to its promise of representing something new and fresh in Greek politics. SYRIZA’s... and to tend to its interests in the run-up to the May 26 vote. The main policy pledges reflect an effort
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Regling underlines concerns about fiscal target after voter-friendly measures
EconomyProgrammeup to cushion it in the post-programme period. The ESM estimates the total cash resources of Greece... measures last month, in the run up to the European Parliament elections, might put the target of 3.5...-programme period up to the third quarter of this year. The exercise will be led by former European
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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agorapublished in the run-up to the Greek general elections on July 7 prove accurate. New Democracy... betrayed or disappointed. The first is that Alexis Tsipras and his party were unable to live up... not gone down this path and had it lived up to expectations about bringing new and better standards
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Mitsotakis, ND officials rebuff suggestion of credit line
PoliticsGreek Politicsclaims from the SYRIZA camp that New Democracy is lining up what will essentially be a fourth... up to accuse New Democracy of having ulterior motives and not being honest with voters. Prime... a memorandum of understanding. He went on to accuse ND of being ignorant of what was involved in building up
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Bid for better use of digital tools likely to have decisive impact on ND's goals
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order to catch up with the fourth industrial revolution. The Digital Governance Ministry’s aim.... Telecoms Regarding telecommunications, Pierrakakis pledged to have the 112 emergency hotline fully up... completed by the end of next year. The government is also aiming to speed up the roll out of super-fast
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Third bill on way as Athens looks to autumn reforms, negotiations with creditors
PoliticsGreek Politicsto this issue to come up with proposals. On a related subject, Georgiadis also admitted that he... by ill-intended allegations, which will hold up the restructuring process. Institutions A report... to remove up to 25 billion euros of NPLs from banks’ books would involve state guarantees being issued
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Athens hopes lower bond yields strengthen case for reducing fiscal targets
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government is keeping high up on its agenda the matter of renegotiating lower fiscal... of the target below 3.5 percent of GDP. Greece has committed to this fiscal goal up to 2023... consultation last summer, it estimates the official interest rates of the eurozone loans to go up to 3.3
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Government looks to boost business-friendly credentials with visits, progress on investments
PoliticsGreek Politicsis trying to create a flow of investment into the energy sector by opening up majority holdings... in the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DEDDIE) by putting up for sale between 51 and 65... to cut red tape, make the information essential to investment decisions more transparent, and speed up
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Capital controls to be abolished ahead of schedule
EconomyBankingceiling of 840 euros in mid-2017. From September 2017, individuals could withdraw a lump sum of up... loosened. The lump sum withdrawal limit was raised up to 2,300 euros in March 2018. The amount of euros... allowed to send up to 40,000 euros overseas as part of business activity. This applied per customer per
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Mitsotakis returns from Berlin with warm words but no encouragement on fiscal front
PoliticsGreek Politicsto countenance lower fiscal targets were meticulously damped down by the Greek side in the run-up... that the previous government had signed up to for 2019 and 2020. Merkel, for her part, said the reform programme... trailed as a charm offensive to soften up key European leaders on fiscal targets is turning
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