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Athens searching for compromise formula should IMF remain on board
PoliticsGreek Politicsto take place. The message was repeated by a German Finance Ministry official. On Tuesday, the ESM... it was made clear to Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos that some kind of upfront legislation would.... Finance Ministry sources said earlier this month that a reduction in the tax-free threshold of 8,636
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Revenues reach 4.3 bln in January, beating target by 258 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyto the Finance Ministry. However, the last Eurogroup questioned the structural nature of the revenue outperformance, meaning that the finance ministers were not convinced that public revenues could continue.... The same statement was also made by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos after the last Eurogroup on January
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Tsakalotos and Stournaras raise objections to IMF assumptions
EconomyProgrammeon Tuesday evening included letters by the Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Bank of Greece... is significantly less than the average household number. The Greek finance minister also disagrees... that “it criticizes everybody else except the IMF”. Since Stournaras held the position of Finance
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Lack of clarity across the board highlights review impasse
PoliticsGreek Politicson Thursday as it emerged that Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis would not be attending... is not on the cards or that Athens is not prepared to make it yet. The alternate finance minister... the prime minister [Alexis Tsipras] and the finance minister [Euclid Tsakalotos] have indicated
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Tsakalotos appears but gives little away about negotiations with creditors
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFinance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos admitted in Parliament on Thursday that there would be “winners.... The finance minister responded with a quote attributed to Mark Twain, when he told Efimerida ton... that people have to keep in mind is “net.” The Greek finance minister said that the net outcome
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Greece and creditors dive into details of measures and counter-measures
EconomyProgrammethreshold and would like the cut in pensions to be implemented gradually until 2025. Finance Ministry..., as the Finance Ministry claims. Such a development could trim the currently anticipated fiscal gap for 2018... by the Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem at the last meeting of eurozone finance ministers on February 20
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Newsletter 109 - 03/03/2017
tradeoff has put the role of Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos in the spotlight. The government... the premier and his finance minister. Athens and institutions resume talks 15.6 bln in cash... a reduction in the tax-free threshold and the implementation of pension cuts after 2018. Finance
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Greece, lenders fail to make headway on fiscal and labour issues
EconomyProgrammepercent of GDP demanded by the International Monetary Ffund. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou and Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis participated from... the euro area average which stands at around 2.5 percent of GDP. Finance Ministry sources noted
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Greece, lenders tie up some loose ends and continue negotiating
EconomyProgramme’ mission chiefs on Wednesday, with Finance Ministry sources saying that the out-of-court workout issue has been settled. Finance Ministry sources noted that haircut on overdue VAT may be applied... to both revenues and expenditure were also discussed yesterday. Finance Ministry sources claimed
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Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
EconomyProgrammelenders on the thorniest areas of ongoing negotiations. Finance Ministry (MoF) sources confirmed... April 7 meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Malta. According to Monday’s Eurogroup agenda, Greece is the fourth item on the agenda and the four institutions along with the Greek Finance Minister
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