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Greece and troika agree 2013 primary surplus will be just 500 mln - here's why
EconomyProgrammeJust as the Finance Ministry in Athens announced on Wednesday a final state budget execution... is the main variable in the general government balance. For the year to August, the Finance Ministry... up for the shortfall in revenues from both direct and indirect taxes. The Finance Ministry may have
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Greece’s return to capital markets: Why not try a diaspora bond first?
Agoraby Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras voice a sense of entitlement... the Greek finance minister is hoping to jump on the band wagon set in motion by other countries having... that nobody in the Finance Ministry or Public Debt Management Agency in Athens is considering
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Omnibus bill passes but leaves marks on coalition and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsapproves the release of the next loan instalment. This is due to happen when eurozone finance ministers... was submitting a censure motion against Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras. The move caught everyone... reason for Tsipras’s move may have been to put Stournaras under scrutiny. The finance minister suggested
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After Schaeuble talks, Greek gov't still focussed on ditching existing bailout
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA meeting between Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and his German counterpart Wolfgang... that the two men had “agreed to enter deliberations as partners.” The German finance minister appeared... that Greece was due to receive. Schaeuble encouraged the Greek finance minister to continue working
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Newsletter 14 - 06/02/2015
a flurry of trips abroad by both Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis... the key problem will lie. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made it clear on Thursday... busy agenda this week that involved a series of meetings of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance
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Greece's fiscal, debt and funding goals as set out at Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek Finance Ministry leaked today all the key documents that were presented to Greece’s... Eurogroup, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis indicated that the primary surplus of 1.5 percent.... The finance minister also said that Greece would consult with its eurozone partners before
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Greece submits reform proposals but Eurogroup unlikely to be moved
EconomyProgrammeAhead of Monday's meeting of eurozone finance ministers, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis... to public finance management and involves the activation of the Fiscal Council, achieving economies..., an intervention that was already pre-announced by the Alternate Finance Minister Nadia Valavani a month ago
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Ahead of Eurogroup, Greece juggles funds to cover liquidity shortage
EconomyProgrammeEurozone finance ministers meet on Monday afternoon to discuss, amongst other things, the list of seven reforms submitted by Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis last week - a vital step towards... examined yet at a technical level means that there is no way the finance ministers can approve any
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Here's why Greece's fiscal difficulties will dominate the agenda
EconomyProgrammelower income tax and VAT revenues. The Finance Ministry (MoF) attributed the bulk of the slippage... anticipated by the previous government. Since the elections, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has pledged... debt generated until the end of 2013 seems to have been abandoned. The Finance Ministry had identified
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
surplus target for this year. According to Kathimerini daily, Finance Ministry sources estimate... Finance Minister Nadia Valavani recently said she would favour increasing the reduced VAT rates enjoyed... sent by the Finance Minister on February 23, Greece committed itself to VAT reform. On the issue
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