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Parliament's budget office highlights economic challenges beyond bailout
EconomyMacroeconomythat the sustainability of the pension system is the key criterion, albeit not the only one, for the evaluation of the draft bill. The PBO stresses that growth has not been among the key government priorities so far, adding that key condition for growth is private, particularly foreign, investments, which require
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Newsletter 80 - 01/07/2016
by Parliament. COSCO outlined seven key issues that notably alter the initial agreement that it signed with the Greek government in April, while it also stressed that the bill amends the key.... However, a key difference here is that Varoufakis was no longer a minister from July 6 onwards, while
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General government primary cash surplus expands to 3.9 bln by August, arrears drop further to 6.3 bln
EconomyMacroeconomybudget is now the second key contributor to the overall gg primary balance after extrabudgetary.... All key revenue items posted a rise with the most notable in taxes, which rose by 2.21 billion..., the key driver for the decline in guarantees was a further drop in bank support and Emergency
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Countdown to start of second review begins, focus on more reforms
EconomyProgrammediscussions with the Greek authorities on a number of key issues, which may not be as tough as those... government and the lenders. Labour reforms are at the top of the agenda. One of the key prior actions... the key topic since the government has to amend the legal framework for the out-of-court workout
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Tsipras makes end-year debt deal government's top priority
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras launched SYRIZA’s four-day congress with a relatively low-key speech on Thursday that contained three key messages. The main takeaway from the prime minister’s address was his comment... necessary for Greece. Ministers The second key message issued by Tsipras was aimed at his ministers
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Second review to resume in Athens under severe time pressure
EconomyProgrammeMinister Efi Achtsioglou noted that the key government targets include the restoration of collective bargaining and to safeuguard employees from mass layoffs. She added that the government’s key...-offs, while VAT debt will be excluded from any write-off. There are also several other key actions
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New round of talks on second review begin with labour reforms high on agenda
EconomyProgrammeinternal code of operation. In addition to those issues, the key deliverables of the second review..., the Labour Ministry repeated the government’s key priorities in negotiations with institutions, which... repeated that the government’s key weapon in negotiations with lenders is the report
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Greece and lenders make headway on review but labour reforms remain biggest obstacle
EconomyProgrammeon Sunday, when the key focus was on labour and fiscal issues. According to reports, the institutions were... in Parliament. Out-of-court workout On the third key issue of the review, the government is close... judicial intermediaries will be appointed to settle their debt obligations. The key pending issue
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Pieces of review puzzle yet to fall into place ahead of Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeand the institutions, an agreement has not been clinched as the various sides have yet to converge on several key... Tsipras and key ministers. On the fiscal front, where initial estimates were pointing to a fiscal gap... in 2018 is the key area of dispute between the government and the IMF on one hand and the European
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Newsletter 98 - 02/12/2016
reforms were seen as a key obstacle in the discussions with the lenders but the visit of Moscovici, who... by 1.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) in Q3 from a downward revised drop of 0.5 percent in Q2. The key...-offs, in addition to by collateral liquidations, collections and loan sales, will be the key drivers
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