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Early IMF repayment next goal for Athens after concluding second post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammeGreece and its official creditors. As such, the eurozone finance ministers took specific note... for this year. Eurozone finance ministers would also like to see close monitoring of the wage... a process. But from the ESM perspective, I would support it.” Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos
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Newsletter 203 -15/04/2019
finance ministers welcomed “that the Greek authorities reiterated their general commitment to continue... to the newspaper, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is currently working on the plan, which..., the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin showed. The primary surplus
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Debt relief measures move ahead as Athens prepares to use fiscal space
EconomyProgrammea decision by the Eurogroup on April 5, when eurozone finance ministers agreed that Athens had completed... out by Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis at the Euro Working Group meeting. Greece aims... review in Athens on Monday. Speaking at a SYRIZA event in Ioannina, northwestern Greece, Finance
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Athens revises projections in Stabilty Programme, sees more fiscal space in coming years
EconomyProgrammeinto consideration the slowdown in the global economy. The Finance Ministry also notes that the prospects... translates into roughly 5.5 billion euros of fiscal space. It is reported that the Finance Ministry has been... party’s chances and close the gap with New Democracy. The Finance Ministry is confident
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Athens moves ahead with expansionary measures as it waits for lenders' response
EconomyProgramme. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is expected to get a cool reception at Thursday’s Eurogroup due..., the Finance Ministry insisted that the measures are completely compatible with the available.... The finance minister did not indicate when this intervention might be made but noted
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Tsakalotos douses talk of Tsipras facing post-election leadership challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe party’s future and whether Alexis Tsipras will be in a position to continue as party leader. Finance... by the fact that he heads the influential “53” movement within the party. However, the finance... of the younger members of the party should succeed Tsipras when the time comes. The finance minister
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Newsletter 213 -07/01/2019
Greek Solution and radical left MeRA25, led by former finance minister Yannis Varoufakis, are right.... Shadow finance minister Christos Staikouras and New Democracy spokeswoman Sofia Zacharaki denied... will be incorporated into a new Ministry for Digital Policy. Christos Staikouras is likely to be the next Finance
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Newsletter 214 -12/07/2019
government, including the new finance minister Christos Staikouras and ND’s two deputy presidents... held the portfolio in opposition, Staikouras, 45, was the safe choice for finance minister...). Former Finance Ministry official Stelios Petsas, another key Mitsotakis aide from the previous
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Staikouras strikes note of caution on fiscal space and tax cuts
EconomyProgrammeGreece’s finance minister revealed in an interview with Kathimerini newspaper over the weekend... there. The finance minister believes that acceleration of growth will be dependent on a stable European... clarity and accelerate growth. Bonds and banks The new finance minister estimates that his
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Capital controls to be abolished ahead of schedule
EconomyBanking, but the government is now moving ahead with the measure earlier than planned. Finance Minister... due to the restrictions. In May 2017, the Ministry of Finance published a road map for the gradual... within 2019. Responding in parliament to the government’s plans on Monday, former finance minister
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