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PM attempts to regroup, shift focus after testing week over Tempe crash
PoliticsGreek Politicsprosecutor on Monday to discuss the recent media reports regarding the allegedly doctored audio.... PASOK believes the media reports about the tampering should be investigated. Androulakis is riding... Minister Stavros Papastavrou, were forced to resign after reports that the met with the publisher
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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicswill Greece have to make next year? Opinions differ vastly on this issue. Reports over the past few... than 500 million euros. Some reports in Greece have suggested that the Finance Ministry is preparing... implemented at the end of last year but reports over the last few days have revealed that there are still
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Newsletter 162 -18/05/2018
to reports, the lenders have also accepted that the fiscal performance in 2019 and 2020 will be strong... spending. According to reports, the government is also hoping to convince the lenders during talks... auctions by the end of 2019. Reports suggest that this will be linked to the divestment of some
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Amid market turbulence, Greece searches for scheme to help banks reduce bad loans
EconomyBankingin bank share prices on Wednesday, there have been reports of efforts to provide the Greek lenders..., compounded the pressure. This led to a series of research reports that amplified those concerns... reduction targets up to 2021. According to reports, the new targets involve the restructuring of 50 billion
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Athens edges towards compromise on pension cuts but may have to plug fiscal gap
EconomyProgrammethe cancellation of the pension cuts that were due to kick in next year, but reports suggest that Athens and its lenders may still need to agree on a way to bridge an apparent fiscal gap in 2019. Reports..., Tsipras rejected reports that the lenders had asked for a partial implementation of cuts. He claimed
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Broad consensus on border action holds, but concerns emerge over use of force and press intimidation
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe use of force by both official and unofficial border protection units. More reports... circulated on social media there are further reports of intimidation against journalists by local self-declared militias, as well as silencing of critical newspaper reports. Concerns are beginning
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 2)
Agorato be based on too-favorable labor productivity growth assumptions. The Commission’s Reports explain... section of economic country reports. More often than not, when you see this, the reader may assume... scenarios in subsequent Reports. What we would expect is that, if there is an optimism bias
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Greek banks' capital backstop and the funding gap: An uneasy relationship
Economy, of which 4.4 billion refer to 2014 and 6.5 billion to 2015. Nevertheless, recent media reports citing... of recent local media reports indicating that the amount of Greek banks’ capital needs could be as high as 5.3 billion euros. Some reports have speculated that the amount could even surpass the current
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Troika and Greece in stalemate over budget targets, prior actions as time ticks away
EconomyProgrammeof the thorniest issues, with recent reports suggesting it is estimated by the troika up to 3.6 billion... an additional revenue shortfall next year. However, today’s press reports indicate that the troika has lowered....” Kathimerini daily reports that Stournaras reminded Samaras that if Greece is left without a program
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New Democracy and PASOK ponder next moves after election defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsto continue as the party’s leader. Reports have indicated that there is a lot of dissatisfaction within.... Reports also suggest that the hard drives from the computers in the office were removed along with most... and diverting votes from PASOK. According to press reports on Tuesday, PASOK will likely hold a congress
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