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Athens ties up prior actions, IMF hints at programme role
PoliticsGreek Politicsat ensuring that Greece has completed all 140 of its prior actions ahead of Thursday’s Eurogroup... soon after Parliament approved the package of measures agreed with Greece’s creditors. Finance Minister... report in time for Thursday’s meeting in Luxembourg. Completing the prior actions means
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Rising clinical depression hints at hidden side of Greek crisis
Societyof Athens. The institution’s Mental Health Research Institute (EPIPSY) found that 12.3 percent of Greeks... deep economic crisis. The study’s findings appear to show a strong link between the rise in depression and Greece’s worsening economic conditions. EPIPSY found that one in two Greeks in a household
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Tsipras hints at post-election scenario of grand coalition, without him as PM
PoliticsGreek Politics, To Potami and/or PASOK. Tsipras told Alpha TV on Wednesday night what he reportedly told members of SYRIZA’s political secretariat earlier in the week, which is that he is not prepared to work with Greece’s...-election scenario conjured up by Tsipras’s comments is of grand coalition that could include SYRIZA, New
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IMF hints at flexibility as debt relief talks continue
PoliticsGreek Politics’s Eurogroup, but discussions are continuing in the background. Papademos suffered non-life... the disappointing outcome of Monday’s Eurogroup and create the conditions that would allow the eurozone... is seeking clarity on how Greece’s debt could be made sustainable and for a fiscal path that includes
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Budget exudes fiscal stability, but hints at political complications
EconomyMacroeconomyLast week’s five-day debate on the 2025 budget concluded on Sunday without any complications... that stabilising the economy is one of the current administration’s strongest achievements. This can... that a crisis is not brewing in Greece. This year’s rating reviews included just one upgrade further
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Newsletter 144 -15/12/2017
’s testing visit behind them this week, with much of the coalition’s focus turning towards... of the government’s progress in completing the prior actions. After this, the European Commission will compile... and for it to be an electoral battle about the country’s future. The two main options available to Tsipras
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Govt hints at more relief, as economy and inflation jostle with pandemic as top public concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this is unlikely to prove adequate. Reports say that the government’s contribution to electricity bills is likely... by 12 pct of respondents and unemployment by another 12 pct. Those satisfied with the government’s... line from the PM’s office and the Finance Ministry is that despite the worsening epidemiological
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Mitsotakis hints at post-election policy tweaks to address economic concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsweek’s EP elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has started to sketch out several specific... that New Democracy was given in last summer’s national elections and give the green light... the housing measures to the government’s strategy to tackle the demographic crisis, which will aim
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Banks and government inching towards new framework to protect primary homes
EconomyProgrammehomeowners have to repay each month. It has set aside 150 million euros this year for this purpose... Commission set to issue its report on February 27, it was made clear at Monday’s Eurogroup that a range... of interest rates. The state will also be able to step in to subsidise a third of the mortgage repayment
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe resignation on Thursday of Greece’s chief tax collector, Haris Theoharis, has raised questions about the Greek government’s commitment to creating a genuinely independent revenue service and meeting the troika’s demands. Theoharis, an IT expert, took over as general secretary of revenues
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