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Clock ticking on Greek and EU reaction to Turkish activity in East Med
PoliticsForeign Policypreparation and come back to the topic” as far as the East Med is concerned. The Greek government is annoyed... with Italy and Egypt, which delineate sea boundaries. However, New Democracy was knocked off course... deems its continental shelf, there would be a forceful reaction from the Greek side. The inference
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Nightmare on Democracy Street
Agoraof the Greek crisis entered a new, uncertain and dangerous phase. After years of mounting attacks... for the ruptures now appearing in Greek society. Division has been at the heart of Greek history, dating back... frayed by the years, these loose ends still brush tormentingly against the collective Greek conscience
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BoG provides details of ambitious plans to slash NPLs via SPV
EconomyBankingIn the overview of the Greek financial system that was published late on Thursday, the Bank... governor Yiannis Stournaras has been active recently in presenting the aspects of the plan to Greek... Stability Fund (HFSF). The Greek Finance Ministry and HFSF are also working on a NPE management
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S&P sees improved fiscal and growth prospects, raises credit rating to 'B'
Economyconservative than the Greek government’s forecast. The new rating is also supported by the low cost of debt... NPEs and additional actions to improve the Greek judiciary’s efficiency. The rating agency sees... incentives for Greek policy makers to continue the reform path via debt relief and continuation of ECB’s
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Tsipras tries to push snap election talk off political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politics. The other potential risk for the Greek prime minister is that a seemingly minor issue...-economic issue. As we pointed out earlier this week, the noticeable increase in refugee arrivals
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Eurogroup suggests there is scope for pension cuts to be called off
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government was given the clearest indication yet on Monday that its European lenders may... budget in Greek Parliament. The plan submitted in Athens contained two scenarios regarding the pension... be a possibility of the Greek government avoiding the measure, this was the first time that a representative
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S&P holds off on new rating upgrade, ECB holds key to investment grade
Economycosts to historic lows and has led to an active debt issuance strategy by the Greek authorities... purchase programmes. The Greek authorities have set a target of securing the investment grade... rating requirement, the post-programme surveillance that ensures close monitoring of the Greek economy
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Athens wary as exploratory talks with Turkey approach
PoliticsForeign Policyof the demilitarisation of the Greek islands. Athens has publicly reiterated that the only difference between Greece... or the Greek continental shelf. Twitter spat The absence of confidence and signs of scepticism between... and his Greek counterpart on Sunday and Monday, respectively. Mevlut Cavusolglu urged Greece on Sunday
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A Eurogroup deal that might be hard to stomach
Agorafor debt relief at the end of programme, if necessary and upon conditions. Perhaps knowledge... of the Eurogroup means that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has managed to conclude the review... governing council is expected to decide on June 2 to reinstate the waiver on Greek government
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Stournaras eyes easing of capital controls, updates on loan quality and NPL reduction targets
EconomyMacroeconomy, and provided an update on Greek banks’ loan quality as well as unveiling a series of proposals... in the Greek market edged up to 45 percent at the end of March from 44.2 percent a quarter ago. The breakdown..., Stournaras said. The BoG governor also noted that Greek banks submitted on June 24 to the regulatory
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