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Tsipras looks to recovery, sidesteps review concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be in as it has generally adopted a sceptical, and sometimes obstructive, stance towards... on the lengthy list of prior actions Athens has to get through in the coming weeks. However, the coalition’s... to the tax-free threshold, which has been lined up for 2020, to be brought forward by a year. The Fund also
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Skopje first stop for Kotzias in effort to settle Balkan issues
PoliticsForeign Policygovernment has set as a target to have some kind of progress in the NATO process before... a stable government in the country. Additionally, it has not gone unnoticed in Athens that the new... on the table one of the tricky matters for Greece, which is the Cham issue. Kotzias has repeatedly declared
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Newsletter 131 - 8/9/2017
was meant to be completed in the summer. The Administrative Reform Ministry has drafted... Authority (ELSTAT) labour force survey revealed. The headline figure means that the jobless has now..., the jobless rate has been reduced by 2.3 percentage points (pp) on the back of a drop in the number
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Third review seen taking longer than Athens had hoped
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has asked his ministers to act as quickly as they can..., the government has targeted the December 4 Eurogroup for the completion of the review, which... Merkel teaming up with the FDP liberals to form a governing coalition. The FDP has adopted a tougher
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Eurosystem funding drops by 5.1 bln in Aug driven by ELA fall
EconomyMacroeconomyprogramme review, central bank funding has fallen by 50.41 billion, with around two-thirds of this decrease attributed to lower ELA funding. Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding has decreased... for August is the second time since January 2015 that the figure has fallen under the 40-billion
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Eurogroup stresses need for quick review, leaves some issues open
PoliticsGreek Politicscases and the effect it has internationally on the confidence in Greece and the process... indicated that the lenders are content with the fact that the Greek state has dropped proceedings... over time, and has evolved over time, and that's just standard procedure,” he said. “But again, I am
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Tsipras urges swift conclusion of review but doubts linger
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has urged his ministers to act quickly to complete the prior actions before the end... the government and it seems that since then there has been a decision to focus on the positives..., even though the Finance Ministry reportedly has reservations about whether this is possible
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsonly recognises a Muslim, rather than Turkish, minority in northeastern Greece and has refused... of instability within the coalition has been lifted but also suggests that Tsipras and Kammenos have taken... blow for the leftist party but Chrysogonos has often been critical of the government since 2015
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NBG steps back into markets with 750 mln covered bond issue
EconomyBankingThe National Bank of Greece (NBG) has become the first Greek bank to venture back.... The sale marks the first time a Greek bank has sold a bond on the international markets since 2014. There has not been a covered issue by Greek banks since 2009. The bond issue attracted over 2 billion
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Opposition parties seek renewal as Tsipras visits Washington
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader has been that he want to introduce more outside expertise and dilute the narrow party-based system of appointments. He has also, for instance, pledged a major renewal... has closed the gap on the centre-right grouping since the summer. The announcement of the new advisory
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