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Newsletter 109 - 03/03/2017
tradeoff has put the role of Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos in the spotlight. The government... the premier and his finance minister. Athens and institutions resume talks 15.6 bln in cash... a reduction in the tax-free threshold and the implementation of pension cuts after 2018. Finance
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Greece, lenders fail to make headway on fiscal and labour issues
EconomyProgrammepercent of GDP demanded by the International Monetary Ffund. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou and Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis participated from... the euro area average which stands at around 2.5 percent of GDP. Finance Ministry sources noted
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Greece, lenders tie up some loose ends and continue negotiating
EconomyProgramme’ mission chiefs on Wednesday, with Finance Ministry sources saying that the out-of-court workout issue has been settled. Finance Ministry sources noted that haircut on overdue VAT may be applied... to both revenues and expenditure were also discussed yesterday. Finance Ministry sources claimed
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Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
EconomyProgrammelenders on the thorniest areas of ongoing negotiations. Finance Ministry (MoF) sources confirmed... April 7 meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Malta. According to Monday’s Eurogroup agenda, Greece is the fourth item on the agenda and the four institutions along with the Greek Finance Minister
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No return of institutions after Eurogroup but talks to continue in Brussels
EconomyProgrammeeurozone finance ministers gathered in the Belgian capital, the institutions held talks with Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos. It appears some progress was made at that meeting and a decision... along with Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis and Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou
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Newsletter 114 - 07/04/2017
fiscal targets. Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said that the counter-measures in 2019... and some money would go towards an investment package. The Greek finance minister added the expansionary... period a year ago, according to a Finance Ministry bulletin. Social security funds (SSFs) recorded
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IMF downgrades Greek GDP and unemployment forecasts
EconomyMacroeconomy) and the Finance Ministry anticipate GDP growth of 2.5 percent this year. In addition, the Bank.... The Finance Ministry and OECD have higher unemployment forecasts of 22.6 and 23.1 percent for 2017... for 2016 are based on preliminary data provided by the Ministry of Finance as of February 15
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Newsletter 115 - 21/04/2017
. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos led the Greek delegation to the US capital, where he is due to hold... director, Christine Lagarde, and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. Greece does not expect..., according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin. The year-to-date
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis cheer Macron win, hope to benefit
PoliticsGreek Politics. In an article published in The Guardian last week, Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s finance minister... and Finance Minister Michel Sapin promised support in private but failed to deliver, Macron seemed... commentary in Le Monde), Macron understood that what the eurozone finance ministers and the troika were
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Despite snags, coalition expects multi-bill approval before Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsto completing the second review. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is due to lead the briefing, which... off. Kathimerini reported on Thursday that the government wants the Finance Ministry to have... by the coalition reportedly foresees that the decision will be taken by the finance minister after
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