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Newsletter 20 - 20/03/2015
that almost every eurozone finance minister deems it necessary these days to make more or less.... It is after all Merkel who can instruct her finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, to show superior... working arrangements towards a mutual solution in the euro group of finance ministers. By contrast
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What will be on the agenda for talks between Merkel and Tsipras?
Agora, it appears that almost every eurozone finance minister deems it necessary these days to make more or less... own. It is after all Merkel who can instruct her finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, to show... flexible working arrangements towards a mutual solution in the euro group of finance ministers. By contrast
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Athens grapples with awkward reduction of tax-free threshold
EconomyProgrammethresholds apply for 2016 income that is due to declared in the coming months. At that time, Finance... of 7,723 euros), Greece could achieve 1 billion euros in savings that could sustainably finance... the tax wedge. Finance Ministry sources quoted in the local media noted that each reduction of 60 euros
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Athens braces for return of lenders, discussion about measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the upcoming talks. As a result, government officials, including Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Finance... year after 2019 is met. Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis was the first member... on Tsakalotos to deliver. There has been much speculation that the finance minister was unhappy
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Ahead of IMF Spring Meetings, questions remain about conclusion of programme
EconomyProgramme. Growth strategy Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos held his first face-to-face meeting with his... regarding the post-programme era. A German Finance Ministry spokesperson stressed, though, the need... as an indirect criticism of the outline presented by Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis
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Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politics, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos indicated that the coalition has become more confident that the institutions will agree to scrapping the pension cuts after Monday’s meeting of eurozone finance... to Parliament in Athens towards the end of November. Elections The finance minister also dismissed the idea
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Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018
be cut,” said Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos in a TV interview on Tuesday. He claimed... of the losses made earlier in the day, when it had dipped by as much as 17.66 percent. Finance... to the Finance Ministry’s (MoF) monthly gg bulletin. In the underlying subcategories, the biggest
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Newsletter 202 -12/04/2019
to tap markets Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has travelled to Washington with the aim of clinching... on the agenda of Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is the early repayment of the Greek government’s... cash buffer. for tax reductions and social spending,” said the Greek finance minister earlier
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Newsletter 210 -07/06/2019
of jobs with higher wages. In a presentation that included Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos... until the Euro Working Group meets again in July. There is a meeting of eurozone finance ministers... in Helsiniki, where the next Greek finance minister is likely to have to set out what fiscal measures the new
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Government looks to review visit for nod on tax package
EconomyProgrammeafter three days of meetings between finance ministry officials and the heads of the institutions..., indicating that the target will be achieved, and leading Finance Minister Christos Staïkouras... to the government’s determination to deliver on its promises of tax relief. One of the finance ministry’s
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