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As Athens awaits news from Brussels, New Democracy mends fences
PoliticsGreek Politicsdeveloped into one of the main stumbling blocks. The government wants to put a stop to lenders... the last few weeks due to apparent disagreements between key personalities and factions. One... memorandum to be agreed and passed through Parliament. Mitsotakis met with Meimarakis this week in a bid
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Athens and lenders stay mum on agreement, domestic reaction awaited
PoliticsGreek Politicsmay happen in one go in 2020 as the lenders had wanted, and the expansionary counter-measures that the Greek government will be able to implement if fiscal targets are met, the only remaining obstacles... that we will gladly vote for them.” One of the reasons that the details of the potential agreement
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Banks saw asset quality and liquidity trends improve in Q4 but process interrupted in 2017
Agora. At the same time, three of the four banks also recorded negative NPE formation in Q4, while only one... with write-offs. Banks’ management noted that the NPE and NPL reduction targets for Q4 have been met... to almost one quarter of gross loans. Liquidity Deposits increased by around 7.3 billion for the four
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Foreign minister opens up about EU concerns
PoliticsForeign Policybailout programme, he said that one on hand the deal was not what Athens wanted “because it was made due...), and 3. To avert any negative repercussions for trade in goods and services or for tourism. One of the two working groups based at the Foreign Ministry has already met 5 times. The main aim
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What can Greece expect at the next Eurogroup?
Agorain one go. At least two sub-tranches are likely to be needed. An agreement in Luxembourg will also clear... for it to return to the programme can be met. The June 15 meeting may result in some tweaks... all the eurozone member states are willing to back a deal similar to the one proposed on May 22
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Varosha move puzzles amid low expectations on Cyprus
PoliticsForeign Policycomplex. Opening up the abandoned city has been one of the scenarios discussed many times in the past... in a new round of talks “if our conditions are met.” This means no progress should be expected... the situation. No one, though, is expecting any significant developments aimed at reaching a solution
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Third review seen taking longer than Athens had hoped
PoliticsGreek Politicssurplus target. This may prove one of the main complications in the current review as one... that would fast track major investments. The group met for the first time on Wednesday. It included
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a clean exit from the programme in August 2018, Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is one... to claim that he is the one who led Greece out of the MoU once and for all, contrasting... monitoring report released by the Bank of Greece earlier in September, Greek lenders met
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Clock ticks on prior actions as coalition searches for solution on islands
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMorgan. He is one of several ministers that will have to act quickly in the coming days to ensure..., the government is also juggling other balls. One of the biggest concerns within coalition ranks at the moment... in handling the flow of refugees. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with three SYRIZA MPs from some
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Busy January ahead for coalition, which rebuffs accusations over Turkish airmen
PoliticsGreek Politicsa compliance report. If the deadlines are met and the review is completed, this is expected to trigger two... to grant asylum to one of the eight Turkish servicemen that landed in Greece in a military... than a judicial one. He also highlighted that the asylum had been approved on appeal
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