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Government's ongoing stand-off with livestock breeders heralds resurgence of farming protests
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPM Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with livestock breeders in an effort to put out the dying embers of the farmers’ protests that have troubled him for weeks, but with questions still being asked about... that vaccination would damage the export potential of premium products such as feta cheese and has
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Newsletter 196 -01/03/2019
loans secured by primary residence collateral. Additionally, the new scheme creates an additional... to zero, has met structural obstacles. The institutions also appear sceptical over the government’s...Spotlight on pending reforms No breakthrough on primary residences as EC outlines steps ahead
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...
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Government makes last-minute change to main homes bill in bid to satisfy creditors
EconomyProgrammefor a deal to be reached before April 5 but confirmation that Greece has met its pledges will have... residence scheme, the creditors will be satisfied that the eligibility criteria are not too generous...MPs are due to approve on Friday the new framework for the protection of primary residences from
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Launch of new insolvency process may carry political significance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe scheme’s acceptance is that it coincides with the withdrawal of protection for primary residence... for repossessed properties, this was met by protests from the radical left and activists. The local media... of the new insolvency framework, which includes an end to the protection of primary residences for most
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The IMF crisis and how to solve it
Agorathat institutional biases are being tackled is to open up its kitchen to public scrutiny. Fund staff and real... is the perfect time for the Fund to open up its kitchen and show the world the ingredients that go
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Newsletter 152 -23/02/2018
arrears. Regling noted that the latest data confirms that Greece met its target for arrears... percent of the total and came to 232.96 billion at the end of December. The majority of FSM loans relate to the EU’s financial aid of 224 billion, of which 52.9 billion relate to the Greek Loan Facility’s
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Greece and Turkey go into new round of exploratory talks with trust at a premium
PoliticsForeign PolicyAfter months of bilateral tension over maritime borders and gas exploration rights, Turkish and Greek diplomats are scheduled to resume in Istanbul this Monday, January 25, the exploratory talks long-standing territorial disputes in the Aegean between t...
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Athens eyes implementation of name deal as Skopje homes in on NATO membership
PoliticsForeign Policyhappens next? There are specific steps to be taken from now on, as well as deadlines to be met... are expected to be reviewed. Athens has three aims that need to be met long before the beginning... 1, paragraph 1 (a) of the Agreement, which foresees "the technical transitional period shall relate
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Troika review begins with fiscal targets and tax breaks in focus
EconomyMacroeconomy), settlement of non-performing loans and abolishment of the primary residence’s protection from foreclosure... for October relate to the EU Summit (on October 23) and the announcement of ECB-EBA stress tests results
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