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Greece searches for balanced deal as talks get underway in Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere was a low-key start to the negotiations between Greece’s lenders and government officials... the meeting but appeared before MPs at Parliament’s economic affairs committee a few hours later. There, he defended the government’s stance during the negotiations and denied that it caused delays
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Newsletter 109 - 03/03/2017
, which is contrary to the government’s goal of wanting to lighten the load on the most vulnerable groups... Ministry sources noted that IMF requests could be lowered since the latter’s estimates incorporate.... January’s negative flow mostly stemmed from the corporate sector, which posted deductions of 643 million.
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Athens remains optimistic but no breakthrough in talks yet
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe coalition and Greece’s lenders in time for the March 20 Eurogroup. Speaking at the Delphi Economic... Central Bank’s QE programme this year, Athens would hold a test bond auction within 2017. He did... minister and one of Tsipras’s key advisors on economic issues, spoke of the need for Greek debt
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Lack of trade-offs for Athens keep deal with creditors out of reach
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe lack of progress during this weekend’s talks between Greece and the institutions has lowered... Monetary Fund. The latter’s stance has caused great frustration within the government, which... Syntakton newspaper. The survey suggested that New Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA stands at 14 percentage
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Athens sees faster pace of progress in review talks but no final deal yet
EconomyProgrammeFollowing the small progress made during Monday’s talks, Greek government sources appeared more optimistic after Tuesday’s meetings noting that a “quite large agreement” has been reached on many...-measures. The government’s goal is to clinch measures that will reduce the burden on some citizens
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Sceptical mood in SYRIZA, pending agreement with creditors
PoliticsGreek Politicsto evaluate the progress on reducing PPC’s market share will be in December, rather than June as had been... everyone meets for Monday’s Eurogroup some progress can be identified by all sides. Clearly.... He also insisted that there was no question of there being any splits in SYRIZA’s parliamentary group
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Progress seen after Brussels talks but review conclusion still out of reach
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a limited sale of PPC’s lignite units, despite concern about this among SYRIZA MPs from the lignite... as suggesting it would not sign the Rome Declaration to mark the European Union’s 60th anniversary... Minister Sigmar Gabriel. Both politicians appeared to back Greece’s efforts to ensure that labour
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Wait continues for agreement on measures, tension builds in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Thursday’s setback will derail the discussions but it is clear that a significant disagreement has arisen... reports that this week’s events have put further strain on the relationship between Tsakalotos... that he had reached an understanding with the lenders, which was then undone by Tsipras’s rejection
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Banks saw asset quality and liquidity trends improve in Q4 but process interrupted in 2017
Agoraabout meeting this year’s NPE reduction targets if there is a swift conclusion of the programme review... lender. SREP is calculated by the SMM and is tailored to each bank’s individual profile after the examination of each bank’s business model, governance and risk management, risk to capital and risk
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Stocks climb 6 pct during week, propelled by 16.6 pct surge by banks
Economydue to this week’s performance. Bank shares performed strongly in almost sessions, ending the week... recorded in the previous week. Corporate news Alpha said that Blackrock holds 5.24 percent of the bank’s... Thomopoulos has decided to step down by the end of the year. OPAP’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved
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