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Newsletter 73 - 13/05/2016
and economic terms once the review has been concluded. Broadly speaking, there are two paths... reform-minded Greek government but it is also likely to be another weak administration in terms of its... uncertainty. Greece has not received any programme funding since December and is in line to get at least 5.7
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With review completion in sight, which way next for Greece?
Agoracrisis? The question now is what lies ahead for Greece in political and economic terms once the review... Democracy but it is also likely to be another weak administration in terms of its parliamentary majority... programme funding since December and is in line to get at least 5.7 billion euros that is overdue
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S&P affirms Greece’s rating with stable outlook
Economythat the government is meeting, albeit with delays, the formal terms of the third bailout programme. S&P... comply with the programme terms, as it does not think that the alternative would be viable for Greece... agency stresses it remains in distress due to the high reliance on Eurosystem funding and the huge
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IMF's outlook on debt unsustainability adds to doubts after inconclusive Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeor under what terms the institutions will return to Athens. According to reports, the representatives... will exists (particularly in terms of further debt relief) for the IMF to be a full participant..., these interventions would lower Greece’s gross funding needs to 15-20 percent of GDP. Speaking
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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts and reforms, hopes for lower fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicsto follow in terms of how to balance Greece’s fiscal adjustment, arguing that the current..., but that can happen to all of us.” In terms of his overall political ideology, a couple of comments... and for public universities to be evaluated by an independent quality assessor. The funding
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Newsletter 147 -19/01/2018
in political terms as 2019 is scheduled to be an election year. Clearly, Tsipras and his party would... of properties, several long-terms concessions, the sale of 35 percent stake of Hellenic Petroleum, 30 percent... for further stand-by funding would mean the Eurogroup also having to agree. Eurozone member states do
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Key debt relief talks fail to result in deal, leaving IMF role in doubt
EconomyProgrammethe IMF and Germany over the terms of Greek debt relief but the indications from the meeting...,” he said, adding that nobody is discussing this option. Measures In terms of the type of debt relief... with funding in Greece. This would leave open the possibility, though, of the IMF being involved
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Tsipras pledges array of tax cuts, hopes for break on pensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsunnecessary in fiscal terms, the government believes that the pension cuts are not needed in structural terms either and that reducing pension spending would be damaging for growth. During Sunday’s press... and more funding for research and innovation. Finally, Tsipras also announced a set of subsidy measures
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SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsto members of the uniformed personnel late last year, have yet had the desired impact in terms of voting... of the national elections, the government has tried to pull out all the stops in terms of measures... and the funding for the rent subsidy scheme launched earlier this year. It is clear, though
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
Societyfrom Greece to Portugal, which is currently in progress. Under the terms of the EU-Turkey statement... of failed asylum seekers to Turkey under the terms of the EU-Turkey agreement, and said... and emergency funding to the war in Syria. It is hard to ascertain how credible these threats are. When
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