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Tsipras faces challenge in turning promise of China trip into reality
PoliticsForeign Policyof his trip to China last week continues to resonate. Although the government may not necessarily yet... relationship between Athens and the shipping giant, while putting to bed any negativity that may have arisen... the resistance it is meeting from port workers, who have been holding rolling strikes over the last
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Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
Agoraimprove its capabilities and that they may soon be returned. It is true that there have been some... borders properly and that its future in the Schengen area may be up for debate as it is not showing... with its migration burden is to turn Greece into a holding area for thousands of people
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Tsipras makes end-year debt deal government's top priority
PoliticsGreek Politicsto uphold the commitment they made at the Eurogroup in May to set out not just short-term debt relief... programme. The government believes that this is what the eurozone agreed to in May. Also, apart from... to be gained by holding elections any time soon.
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Newsletter 102 - 13/01/2017
(the two areas identified by the IMF) may come into the equation. Government spokesman Dimitris...) programme and medium-term debt relief. On the latter two, Athens still seems to be holding out hope that the eurozone may provide enough detail on the medium-term debt relief measures to convince
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Multiple potential benefits await Greece if it can clinch QE eligibility
EconomyFeaturessince last May, having sold more than 10 billion euros of EFSF bonds and recording trading gains... reduced to less than 29 billion. Greek banks may not be willing to sell their GGBs to the ECB and might.... Piraeus’s holding stood at 370 million, while the other three systemic banks held GGBs of 1.7 to 1.9
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Progress seen in Brussels talks but no deal in sight yet
PoliticsGreek Politicsfailing to conclude the review soon. He indicated that Greece’s growth forecasts may soon have... President Donald Tusk. It appears Tsipras is holding out hope that pressure from the European lenders may force the IMF to concede ground. The aim of all sides still appears to reach some kind
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Another privatisation goal ticked off as 600 mln offer secures Athens airport concession
Economywith a positive outcome at the end of May. AIA SA is a privately managed company with the Greek state holding a majority stake of 55 percent, while private shareholders collectively control the remaining... be decided at a later stage. The Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS) voted in Parliament on May 18 foresees
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Greece secures next bailout tranche, moves towards deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politics, 8.5 billion would still represent a substantial improvement on what was on offer at the May 22... that will be more robust than the one made at the May 2016 Eurogroup. It is still doubtful, though, that this would...,” holding off on any further financial commitment until the debt issue has been settled. German
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Government stalls possible bond issue, clashes again with judiciary
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMonetary Fund is holding its executive board meeting on June 20, rather than June 27 as was initially expected, may have dissuaded the Greek government from tapping the markets this week. Athens seems... that if there is no negative reaction to the IMF meeting, Athens may be in a position to tap the markets next week
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Greece completes first bond issue in three years, eyes more on way out of programme
Economyin May 2013 with a 10-year, 3-billion-euro bond that had a yield of 5.67 percent before exiting its programme in May 2014. Ireland issued its first long-term debt since being bailed out in March 2013...) portfolio of 5.7 billion euros in March, with those three lenders holding around 1.7-1.9 billion
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