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Athens hopes concessions can secure review breakthrough
PoliticsGreek Politicsor a reduction in pension spending to make up the shortfall. However, during a regular news... is not up for discussion. What the Greek government certainly does not appear to be prepared to give
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Cat and mouse: Greece and Schaeuble
AgoraOne of the things that makes children laugh at Tom and Jerry cartoons is the ingenious ways that Jerry finds to set Tom up. But the real punchline, and the most laughter, is generated by Tom’s... and its lenders, it is not hard to work out who is the one that ends up being regularly walloped
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No fear of the bear? Bilateral economic relations between Germany and Russia
Agorano signs of decline. Per the Russian Direct Investment Fund, a sovereign-wealth fund set up to assist... is confident that German investments in the Russian economy reached up to 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion
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Tsipras dismisses snap polls and new measures as review deal hangs in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthen be backed up by the insistence that there will be no need for the measures to be triggered since the fiscal targets will be met. This is an argument that will be backed up by the 2.45-billion-euro surplus
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Pensions main source of finance for half of households as income falls again
Society(37.1 percent) homes said they survived on less than 10,000 euros a year, up from 36.3... in four households with a home mortgage, 31.5 percent are in arrears, up from 15.4 percent in 2015
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IMF's outlook on debt unsustainability adds to doubts after inconclusive Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeFinance Minister Michel Sapin backed up the Greek government, which insisted that this kind of legislation... the programme. This means that the Eurogroup was unable to clear up any of the uncertainty surrounding
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The place where sanity goes to die
AgoraWolfgang Schaeuble said that it is up to Greece to complete the review. However, this narrative does... is holding up the conclusion of the review, rather than any significant procrastination on the Greek side
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Stocks down 0.4 pct this week after tumbling in wake of Eurogroup
EconomyThe Greek equity market showed two sides this week. Initial prospects for a positive outcome at Thursday’s Eurogroup pushed shares up by 3.4 percent in the first four sessions. However, those gains... on Monday, trading volumes picked up in the following days and stood above the 50-million mark
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Space and time the missing elements in Greek bailout talks
Agora, elections are coming up in at least three key eurozone member states and the issue of debt relief... (in terms of his and SYRIZA’s future) than hanging on until the last minute and signing up to a deal he
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Trade deficit increases 4.8 pct in Dec and 4.5 pct in 2016 on rising imports
EconomyMacroeconomyedged up 1.2 percent leading trade deficit up by 11 percent. For the whole year, the trade deficit rose
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