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Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018
bargaining and plans for an increase to the minimum wage. Finance Ministry officials are already working on the possible tax cuts. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is due to submit the proposals... for June published by the Finance Ministry (MoF). Last year’s figure for the same period came to 1.94
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Tsakalotos states case on pension cuts in bid to overcome lenders' reluctance
EconomyProgrammeFinance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is due to speak with investors in London on Thursday... and growth-friendly, without needing to cut pensions.” The finance minister sketched out two of the four... a meeting of socialist finance ministers in Berlin. It is likely that the Greek government’s main
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Newsletter 181 -2/11/2018
of the November 19 gathering of finance ministers from the single currency area although the focus... the final version of the budget to Parliament at the end of the month. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos... being taken by eurozone finance ministers at the Eurogroup due to take place on December 3
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APS option to help banks with bad loans seen gaining ground
EconomyBankingwith Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Monday. Czurda said he presented a proposal for Greek...-performing loans (NPLs). According to the reported comments from the head of HFSF, the Greek finance... state. Most likely the Finance Ministry will receive a fee for this protection. Securitisations without
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Lenders focus on closing any fiscal gap for 2019 ahead of November 19 Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeof eurozone finance ministers were questioned about the pension cuts in the evening press conference... at 766 million euros in the draft budget and it has been suggested that the Finance Ministry might have... what kind of fiscal gap Athens will have to plug by November 19, when eurozone finance ministers
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After 2019 budget, lenders turn attention to Greek post-MoU reform tasks
EconomyProgrammeGreece is not expected to feature prominently at Monday’s Eurogroup but eurozone finance ministers... in the coming months. Speaking on Friday night at a SYRIZA event, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos attacked... in the final budget, the finance ministry has earmarked over 9 billion euros from the cash reserves
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Newsletter 186 -07/12/2018
, eurozone finance ministers also underlined the importance of Athens moving forward in the coming... Friday night, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos attacked critics who argue the government... and was partly swapped by the current SYRIZA administration. Also, in the final budget, the Finance Ministry
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Fresh reminder about pending reforms for Athens, which remains confident on goals
EconomyProgrammereforms on time, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos appeared confident that there would not be any delays... their ELA and that deposits are returning,” added the finance minister. The SYRIZA official also... to the Finance Ministry bill on cancelling pension cuts that foresees the suspension, for the fourth
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Institutions wrap up talks with focus on NPLs, primary residences and budget
EconomyProgrammeeuros on mortgages secured against primary residences. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos also... to work on the proposal put together by the Finance Ministry and the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund... it to the European Commission soon. The Finance Ministry has also formed a joint committee with the Bank
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Newsletter 191 -25/01/2018
and social matters. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos also discussed with the lenders Greece’s... by the Finance Ministry and the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF), which involves state guarantees.... The Finance Ministry has also formed a joint committee with the Bank of Greece to work on the latter’s
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