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S&P leaves Greece's 'BBB' rating unchanged, hints at slower pace of upgrades
Economyfrom an aging population. These factors constrain potential growth and may limit future
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Athens buoyed by content, mood of Mitsotakis trip to Washington
PoliticsForeign Policythe world's longest submarine power cable (310 kilometres (190 mi) from Israel to Cyprus and 898... Europe. Additionally, Mitsotakis has announced the appointment of Nikos Tsafos, a member of the Center... of talks Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias held with his US counterpart, Antony Blinken at the US State
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Budget passed but troika accord still some way off for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politics. - Achievement of a general government primary surplus of 812 million (0.4 percent of GDP) in 2013... would be in Athens this coming week for several days. Kathimerini’s Brussels correspondent Nikos
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Lower yields for short- and long-term borrowing boost Athens
EconomyMacroeconomyThere was a promising start to May for Greece’s debt management agency (PDMA) as interest in its T-Bills rose and borrowing costs dropped in the two issues it auctioned successfully on May 2 and May... ratio of 2.81. The PDMA accepted 812 million euros for an auctioned amount of 625 million. The yields
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To Potami's rise and Golden Dawn's strife shake things up for May vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJust as it looked as if May’s European Parliament elections would be an antagonistic but relatively... to be reckoned with in the May 25 vote. Kapa poll - EP elex in Attica: SYRIZA 20.1, ND 17.6, G Dawn 7.2... to a poorer showing the May vote than many had expected until recently. That the appearance
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Greece agrees with troika, looks to tranche release and redistribution of surplus
PoliticsGreek Politicsapparently settled at 2.9 billion, which is well above the 2014 budget estimate of 812 million and even... a sovereign bond before the local and European Parliament elections in May. In the absence... the European Parliament elections on May 25.
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ND tweaking stimulus measures as SYRIZA flounders in Novartis backwash
PoliticsGreek Politicswill have to pay sanctions of around 310 million dollars, of which 85 million dollars relates to bribery... secret recording being released, this time of former State Minister Nikos Pappas, Tsipras’s right-hand
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Lenders put together proposal that may leave Tsipras struggling
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras portraying this as a concession wrestled from the hands of the country’s lenders. Greece may... and parliamentary spokesman Nikos Fylis) insisted on Tuesday that the government would not accept a deal that it cannot be considered a fair compromise with lenders. Skourletis suggested that elections may have
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Greek effort to heal rift with Balkan neighbours may have come too late
PoliticsForeign Policyin Thessaloniki recently may provide a springboard for an improvement in relations that have been severely... (FYROM) to exchange views on the common problems they face. While the atmosphere may have been tinged... the invitation issued by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. Whether the gathering was enough to lead
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Tsipras in tight spot over debt deal but QE access may hold key to compromise
PoliticsGreek Politicsproposed at the May 22 Eurogroup, with access to the European Central Bank’s QE scheme perhaps holding... to consider Greek bonds as eligible. There have been reports over the past few days that Stournaras may take...” on June 15. Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas insisted in an interview with Real News on Sunday
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