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Tsipras focuses on debt relief goal as review resumes in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Greek programme resumed in Athens, and used his first televised interview for weeks... and the path to exiting the memorandum and the crisis as major gains for the Greek side. Tsipras stressed... will ratify at the Eurogroup on that day the terms for Greek debt relief. Tsipras said his
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Eurosystem funding down by 535 mln in April, ELA falls for second straight month
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding continued heading south for the 22nd straight month, albeit... the beginning of the year, mostly due to a decline in ECB funding by 5.91 billion, as Greek banks replaced...) related to lower ELA funding. Overall, Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding has been reduced by 67.43
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Full backing for multi-bill from coalition MPs, Tsipras looks to lenders for next step
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe multi-bill of measures agreed between the Greek government and its lenders passed through... and his administration. It is now vital for the Greek premier that the lenders reach an agreement on debt... of the midnight vote that capital controls could be lifted by the end of the year. The Greek government published
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Athens absorbs Eurogroup fallout, hopes for better offer
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere was a relatively calm reaction from the Greek government on Tuesday following the failure... they were unable to agree on Greek growth projections for the next few decades and the primary... on the table, unchanged, between now and June 15. If that is the case, then the Greek premier will face
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Greeks tending to shop less often and opt for local products
Societyin the supermarket, they would choose a Greek product over a foreign one (based on choice alone and not the final... that they believed that consumers are turning to Greek products in greater numbers, 86.7 percent... percent said that they believed that Greek products were safer and of better quality. More than 90
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Coalition guards unity as Tsipras briefs opposition leaders
PoliticsGreek Politicsfew days suggests that after last Thursday’s agreement in Luxembourg, the intensity in the Greek..., for instance,” he told Greek public broadcaster ERT in relation to a question about programme ownership. “And that gives a signal to markets and to the wider European public that the Greek government
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Some optimism for Cyprus talks but complex issues remain
PoliticsForeign Policyand the United Kingdom), as well as Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots are called to table... on political terms. There have been suggestions that perhaps the Greek and Turkish prime ministers... President Nicos Anastasiades to call for more specificity. The Greek proposal tabled by Foreign
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Athens wrestles with timing of market return, aiming for maximum impact
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMarket access has replaced debt relief as a main topic of discussion in the Greek media and country... to the international bond markets. There are some in the Greek government who believe that Athens should... of Greek debt, while approving a new programme “in principle.” Government sources denied on Thursday
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Newsletter 126 - 07/07/2017
for the transfer. There had been reports in the Greek media that the decision would be deferred until the following... in the Greek government who believe that Athens should tap the markets this month to capitalise... improvement in the Greek manufacturing sector. The PMI stood at 50.5 in June, up from 49.6 in May, rising
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SYRIZA seeks to re-connect with left through contested university changes
PoliticsGreek Politicsfairness at Greek universities, but which most opposition parties see as an attempt to challenge... Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis claimed that the bill takes Greek universities back decades... over Greek universities.” Tsipras may also sense another political opportunity to sow division within
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