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Pieces of review puzzle yet to fall into place ahead of Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammefor the debt sustainability analysis and debt relief measures. The IMF has clearly stated that if those targets are not changed, then Greece has to legislate upfront the additional measures... and the institutions, an agreement has not been clinched as the various sides have yet to converge on several key
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Leaders joust over Covid policy as death toll rises but public interest wanes
PoliticsGreek Politicsawareness campaigns – an exchange that the opposition party thinks was a thinly-disguised attempt to buy... leader argued that as a result of the government’s mishandling of the pandemic, Greece now has... population has been fully vaccinated. As of Friday, 58.8 pct of all Greeks had received both Covid jabs
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Newsletter 385 - 16/06/2023
in the 300-member Greek Parliament. Mitsotakis has warned that third elections could be necessary..., SYRIZA and PASOK. If opinion polls are correct, neither of the two groupings has been making any... in the effect of prices, Greece has third lowest per capita GDP in the EU, behind only Bulgaria and Slovakia
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
AgoraNovember 10 and 13, since when the situation has gradually improved. For example, when I visited Samos...-measures and a strong dose of wishful thinking are not going to be enough. The EU has to pull...For some years now, and especially over the last 12 months, Greece has acted as Europe’s lifeguard
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
wants to show that it has completed the legislative process without any major interventions from... Commission has indicated that it is happy to consider the automatic mechanism. This has encouraged Athens, as has the apparent support for its position from the European Parliament (from the social
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Mitsotakis rules out another lockdown, dismisses criticism of new Covid measures
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitically controversial aspect of the new measures has been the exemption of churches from... that would bring closures in the absence of new support measures and furlough schemes. The government has... minister argued that the availability of vaccines has radically downgraded the public health threat
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No victory, just plenty of misery
AgoraIt has become evident over the last few weeks that the eurozone’s pro-austerity camp is trying... for the derailment, the conditionality the country has been forced to implement since 2010 has also had a damaging... also bear the responsibility for the economic devastation and social deterioration Greece has
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Government's focus on defence, plans for more procurements put opposition in tough spot
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFrench-made frigate. Athens agreed in 2021 to buy three new Belharra type vessels for a cost of 3... to buy 24 Rafale fighter jets from France as part of a wider defence pact that was hailed by Prime... not to sell Meteor missiles to Turkey. Dendias also agreed on Monday to buy 16 French Exocet anti-ship
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IMF comments, blog leave no doubt credible debt relief has to be agreed soon
EconomyProgrammereforms and credible measures, while last May’s Eurogroup decisions on medium-term debt relief measures are still considered by the IMF as rather vague. “Pretending that unpayable debts can be repaid... Jeroen Dijsselbloem’s statement on Monday, medium-term debt relief measures will be discussed after
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Newsletter 164 -08/06/2018
in the third programme’s financial envelope to buy out the loans that the IMF has made to Greece. The failure to reach a deal has increased the chances of the Fund not activating its programme for Greece... future has raised some questions about how convincing Greece’s exit from the bailout
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