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Athens and Skopje press ahead with confidence measures despite uncertainty
PoliticsForeign Policy. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias revealed last week that Petros Mavroidis will visit Skopje within... of the Albanian party DUI. Additionally, the Greek Foreign Minister has revealed that he and his... visit to Skopje, which is due to take place by the end of June, according to Greek diplomatic
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Tsipras opts for referendum, leaving many issues open
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat will be put to voters. The Greek Constitution does not allow referendums to be held on fiscal issues... as Greece’s programme extension is due to run out on June 30 and Greek banks will no longer... and whether lenders will grant it. The Eurogroup is due to meet at 3 p.m. (Greek time) on Saturday
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Tsipras forges ahead with referendum as lenders hold back, wait for result
PoliticsGreek Politicspackage. In his speech, Tsipras also placed the blame for Greek banks being closed firmly... would default on the European Central bank as it would be unable to pay the Greek bond that matures... Assistance limit for Greek banks at an unchanged level and took no decision on increasing the haircut
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Who voted "No" in Sunday's referendum?
PoliticsGreek Politicsliving comfortably. For a large number of Greek voters the “No” vote was perceived as a resistance against the lenders’ proposal, with 69.2 percent of those declaring themselves “very proud to be Greek... that are “not at all proud to be Greek”. From a political point of view, the ‘No’ vote clearly prevailed
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Greece sends request for 3-year ESM programme, reform proposals to come
EconomyProgrammeAs agreed at Tuesday’s Eurogroup, the new Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos sent a letter... debt obligations as well as ensuring the stability of the Greek banking sector. Moreover, Greece... by the Greek authorities of the detailed reform and measure agenda on Thursday. This will be assessed
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New prior actions may prove obstacle as Athens talks intensify
PoliticsGreek Politicstime on Wednesday, two days after technical teams started meetings with Greek government officials at the General Accounting Office, the Finance Ministry and the Economy Ministry. Publicly, the Greek... receive any new loans. "More reforms are expected... on the part of the Greek authorities to allow
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Agreement on third bailout with revised fiscal and macro targets, host of prior actions
EconomyProgrammeFollowing an all-night meeting with the quartet of Greece’s lenders, the Greek Finance Minister... included in the latest list sent by the Greek government on July 9. We present below the key interventions... to be submitted to Greek Parliament by Tuesday afternoon so that MPs can vote on it by Thursday. After
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This is the government's strategy on banks and NPLs as part of third bailout
Economydecisions that would undermine the liquidity, solvency and future viability of banks. Greek authorities... Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) of the ECB that will determine Greek banks’ capital needs and the submission... and the state. Greek banks’ DTA stood at 15.6 billion euros at the end of 2014 of which 12.8 billion relates
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Greece commits to ambitious privatisation targets as part of new bailout
EconomyProgrammeprivatisation programme, Greek authorities have pledged to adopt the following measures, which are also... independent asset fund will be established with the objective to manage Greek assets ultimately... and managed by Greek authorities under the supervision of the relevant European institutions. A key
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Tsipras may choose benefits of longer game on elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government appeared to distance itself further on Tuesday from the possibility of snap... this might allow him to capitalise on the discussion about Greek debt relief that is due to begin after... government. Having worked to rebuild trust with lenders over the last month, the Greek prime minister
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