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Newsletter 218 -06/09/2019
to The Hague, where he held talks with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The Greek leader focussed on issues... brief summer holiday, the Greek prime minister has stressed his government’s efforts to make Greece... (IMF) view… is excessive and is putting undue pressure on the recovery of the Greek economy,” she
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ND aims to show progress at Eurogroup but QE unattainable for now
EconomyProgrammeEurogroup meeting, the Greek finance minister is also expected to officially request permission... issues and specifically for the effort to get Greek bonds back to investment grade. The open-ended nature of the purchases gives the Greek government some encouragement that with the right policy mix
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Mitsotakis eyes Christmas handout, tries to rally support for diaspora vote proposal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfiscal space at the end of the year “to support the weakest” in Greek society. His comments came ahead... Christmas handout made headlines across the Greek media, which speculated about the funds that might... MPs, Mitsotakis will have to gain the backing of centre-left KINAL, ultra-nationalist Greek Solution
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Newsletter 224 -18/10/2019
surpluses The Greek government overcame a considerable hurdle this week as it appeared to reach... to the previous estimates that were released in April. The IMF sees the Greek economy growing by 2 percent.... The latest growth estimates are in contrast to the view of the new Greek administration, which sees
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Turkey's move in Mediterranean puts Mitsotakis under pressure domestically
PoliticsGreek Politicsout the space to its south. The Greek government appears to have been surprised by the pact, which... deal broke, Mitsotakis dispatched Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias to Cairo, where the Greek diplomat... and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev calling snap elections, the Greek government has been beset by concern about
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Govt delivers diaspora vote, leads polls but receives Hellinikon complaint
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA rare moment of consensus has led to Greek Parliament allowing Greeks living abroad to vote... was considered historic by the Greek media because it is rare to have such a broad consensus among..., New Democracy is expecting that the change will work in its favour as the Greek diaspora tends
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Govt lines up strike legislation to follow brief pause after budget vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsof GDP, fiscal gap to New Democracy. In a statement, he asked for the Greek Fiscal Council... of the year. The Greek prime minister could also feel greater confidence in spending any additional money after his meeting with the new ECB president Christine Lagarde in Frankfurt on Tuesday. The Greek side
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ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Solution, have indicated that they will not back the government’s proposal. Greek Solution has 10... in 2023, but he would not be the first Greek prime minister in recent times to insist the he intents... of the Greek president affecting the timing of the next elections. It is no longer the case
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MoF to announce measures for safeguarding businesses impacted by COVID19
Economyfor the whole economy as and when necessary. The Greek Confederation of Trade and Entrepreneurship (ESEE.... Impact The Hellenic Fiscal Council (HFC) has warned that the Greek economy could be threatened... showed that the Greek economy grew by 1.9 percent in 2019 and contracted by 0.7 percent in the final
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Athens mulls next move after Ankara writes to UN over maritime boundaries
PoliticsForeign Policylimits of the Greek continental shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zone. There are two schools of thought on this matter. The first suggests that the Greek side cannot stand by while Turkey makes its moves... ambivalent stance against some of the Greek positions. The government however insists that it won’t
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