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PM livens up ministers over fourth review as debt relief proposals are put together
EconomyProgrammePrime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged his ministers on Tuesday to concentrate on any tasks they have related to the fourth review, thereby ensuring that the government does not put at risk the timely... the exit from the MoU in August to be put at risk. “We are in the final stretch to leave behind
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Opposition tries to put surveillance scandal back on political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsand transparency committee is the first step in the effort to put New Democracy under more pressure as opinion... and on Tuesday he indicated that the government is unlikely to put forward a third round of its Fuel Pass
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Where next for Greece's troubled privatisation programme under SYRIZA?
Economyin Hellenic Petroleum (ELPE), 65 percent in Public Gas Corporations (DEPA), 30 percent in Athens... European Commission review report on Greece. It foresaw revenues of 1.5 billion euros in 2014 and 2.2... to sell DEPA. In an interview with Star TV channel this week, Varoufakis also expressed his objection
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Privatisation chief hopeful of reaching 2016, 2018 targets as several sales near conclusion
Economyin 2016, 2.2 billion in 2017 and 1.1 billion in 2018. The MoU signed in August envisaged privatisation... in progress. They included the privatisation of Public Gas Corporation (DEPA), Hellenic Petroleum... and real estate properties. HRADF holds a 65 percent stake in the non-listed DEPA, 35.48 percent in ELPE
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Contraction of 0.1 pct in Q4 sees 2018 GDP fall slightly below target at 1.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyby 7.5 percent, meaning that the initial figures for 2018 have beaten this estimate. Imports of goods... by 2.2 percent from a rise of 2.6 percent in Q3. The figures showed that nominal GDP grew by 2.5 percent... by the European Commission anticipated real GDP growth of 2 percent in 2018 and 2.2 percent in 2019
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Scandal allegations playing growing role in path towards elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding an alleged scandal at state-owned gas transmission operator DEPA and unpaid bills totalling 115 million that were left unpaid by Hellenic Fertilisers (ELFE). DEPA’s former CEO, Theodoros..., New Democracy has put pressure on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to reveal the circumstances in which
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Name protests, scandal allegations inflame SYRIZA-ND rivalry
PoliticsGreek Politicsto public gas firm DEPA, the Anti-Money Laundering Agency found large amounts of money in Petsitis’s bank... regarding the DEPA-ELFE investigation and the alleged removal of the official probing the case... to put the issue to bed. For New Democracy, the questions over his actions are an opportunity
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Lenders put together proposal that may leave Tsipras struggling
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe details of the proposal Greece’s lenders are set to put to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the next few days have begun emerging, raising questions about whether the Greek leader will be able to convince his party to support an agreement. Following Monday night’s meeting in Berlin, it appears
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Lenders to put onus on Tsipras with offer to wrap up review
PoliticsGreek Politicshis prize. If, for instance, any meaningful discussion is put off until after the German elections
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Kammenos antics put extra pressure on SYRIZA's minority govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader has often put him in a difficult position but while they were in power together, the prime
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