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Tsipras maps out path to next elections via Prespes Agreement and possible confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsresidences to replace the Katseli law, and setting up a new payment scheme for unpaid social security... legislation following. It would then be up to Tsipras to decide whether to hold on until the autumn or call snap elections before the government’s term is up. The advantage of waiting until October
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Travel balance rises by 73.5 pct in Nov, 9.7 pct in aggregate period
EconomyMacroeconomythat tourist numbers could reach up to 30 million in 2018, but warned of competition picking up... arrivals went up by 29 percent in the month and by 12.7 percent in the year to date. Road arrivals fell
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Newsletter 192 -01/02/2019
sought to pick up momentum this week by announcing an increase to the minimum wage and issuing Greece’s... euros net pay and is almost 64 euros higher compared to the one set up in 2012. The increase is much... the figure came to -27.1. Retail turnover up by 4 pct in Nov Volume index increases by 3.2 percent
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Speculation about May elections revived by SYRIZA officials' comments
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSkourletis that were also seen as talking up the possibility of elections being held in May along... in national elections where they live but in local elections in the place they were born, or grew up... that will be set up for their salaries, their wages will still be paid via the Single Payment Authority
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EU officials suggest frantic days ahead for Athens until March 11 Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeministers delaying a decision to disburse up to 750 million euros to Greece on March 11 have raised... and the Eurogroup to tie up the many loose ends that it seems to be facing. Reports suggest..., a costly state guarantee would further eat up their profit generation capacity. The other obstacle
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Minister's actions put PM on the spot as politicians' loans stir controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the annual accounts for 2017 filed by PASOK, it had outstanding loans of almost 226 million euros, up from... million euros in 2017. The leftists frequently bring up this issue to accuse the opposition parties... leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife, picking up on allegations made in government-friendly
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Central government debt increases by 2.91 bln to 358.95 bln in Q4
EconomyMacroeconomythat ESM loans made up 54.2 percent of all government borrowing, followed T-bills (38.2 percent... showed that long-term (over 5 years) debt made up 76.7 percent of the total, while short-term (up
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Travel balance falls by 45.6 pct in Dec but rises by 9.6 pct in 2018 as visitors top 30 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyoutlook had predicted that tourist numbers could reach up to 30 million in 2018, but warned of competition picking up in neighbouring destinations. The latest figures from the BoG for 2018 confirm SETE... airport arrivals went up by 29 percent in the month and by 12.7 percent in the year to date. Road
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Athens starts MTFS process with baseline scenario that sees growth slowing down
Economy. The assumptions remain broadly unchanged from last year’s process, which ran up to 2022. Greece’s nominal... from a slowdown in expectations on private expenditure that will not exceed 3 percent growth up... picking up in 2019 and 2020, with growth rates of 9 percent and 9.9 percent in 2019 and 2020. Equipment
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EC sets out improvements Athens should make to primary residence proposal
EconomyProgrammewith extensions of up to 25 years, a loan haircut of the loan amount that exceeds 120 percent... up being a safety net for those in serious financial distress but willing to meet their mortgage... teleconference involving the institutions, government officials and Greek bankers has been lined up
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