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Mitsotakis responds to coalition's counter-measure challenge with own proposal
PoliticsGreek Politicsefforts to put New Democracy in a difficult position by suggesting that the government should implement counter-measures straight away rather than waiting until 2019 and 2020. During a live interview... than the government, which said it will include the 2 percent of GDP in counter-measures it has
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Debt deal eludes Greece and lenders, June 15 set as final deadline
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeing put back to the next gathering of eurozone finance ministers on June 15. Eurogroup chief Jeroen... the deliberations in the Belgian capital, which lasted more than eight hours. Dijsselbloem struck... reportedly lasted more than three hours. Le Maire was a surprise addition to the breakout group, given
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China's Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agoraor expanding a sphere of influence in this region. Put otherwise, the region comprising Greece... appropriate to consider China as a complement to, rather than a substitute for the countries... viable medium- to long-term. Ports and energy pipelines appear easier to monetize than thermal power
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Back from the brink: What next for Greece's property market?
EconomyFeaturesRightmove put Greece in sixth place among countrries where Britons are looking for overseas property... this scheme, non-Europeans spending more than 250,000 euros on Greek properties can receive a five year... tax continue to put off overseas investors. The one property sector that is doing well is the luxury
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Athens aiming to step up diplomatic contact with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policyaiming to inaugurate a new phase of Greek diplomacy which could be summed up as: “dialogue is better than.... Erdogan’s visit to Greece could be seen as the clearest sign of an effort to put bilateral... aimed at soothing the atmosphere with a “nervous Turkey” - as the Greek foreign minister has put
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Gennimata handed task of transforming PASOK into broader centre-left alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsballot exceeded expectations by reaching just over 210,000. The turnout was also higher than many... for PASOK and To Potami reaches in the current opinion polls. This level of backing could put... of the questions that will be put to Gennimata repeatedly in the coming months is whether she would
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Tsipras focussed on MoU exit in 2018 but will have to avoid pitfalls
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor it to be debated, approved and then for a compliance report to be put together by the institutions before... review, attention will then shift to the fourth review, which is expected to contain more than 80... Tsipras is hoping that his government will benefit from these developments as it will put Greece
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Newsletter 157 -30/03/2018
Fourth review pressure increasing Doubts over prior actions put a damper on premier's plans.... The official put the potential delay down to the fact that the Greek government is behind schedule... of June or even July, rather than in May as had been hoped until now. Greek Finance Ministry sources
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What the ECB did next - a tale from another crisis
Agoraas the interest charged by the ECB is much lower than any available commercial rate. The ECB blocked... than use their banks and ECB credits to finance their deficits. The ECB took the position... in the country in question. Let us put the question differently. Were ECB decisions technically coherent
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Eurogroup suggests there is scope for pension cuts to be called off
EconomyProgrammesituation of Greece today looks much better than 18 months ago, precisely when this fiscal decision... with the argument that Athens has put forward, which is based on the better health of its public... scrapping the measure unilaterally, it could put the debt relief measures agreed this June at risk
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