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Tsipras, Erdogan pledge to keep talking amid tension in Aegean
PoliticsForeign PolicyAnother violation of Greece’s territorial waters by two Turkish military boats off the coast... an accident or a general crisis with Turkey in the Aegean. This is why one of its priorities is to keep... no illusions and knows very well that Ankara is pushing its relations with Brussels to the edge
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The wit and will of men
AgoraThe stock phrases came thick and fast after Monday’s Eurogroup. “Great progress,” “very close... on this matter between Greece’s creditors since then. Yet, we seem to be back at square one. As complex... was duped – even if the delay on agreeing debt relief measures is put off for a few months rather
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In the case of Greek debt, it's the "how" that's missing
Agoraof the International Monetary Fund as Alexis Tsipras’s strongest ally to secure debt relief was one... and given the very vocal stance of the Fund on the need to deliver serious interventions on Greece’s debt... to encounter a funding crisis, facing a default on the ECB, led the Fund to dust off a legacy
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Newsletter 128 - 21/07/2017
up The Greek government was forced to put off this week its plans for issuing a bond and testing... recovery from a very low base. Over the long-term, with the obvious implications for debt sustainability... rose by 599 million in May, a notable decline from the figure of 714 million in April. Around one
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Georgiou conviction may test relationship with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween Athens and its lenders. The Appeals Court found Georgiou guilty of one of the three charges he... did not attend the trial. “We are very pleased with today’s result because he was cleared... into concerns about the independence of the judiciary, with the government recently trying to fight off
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NBG reports net losses in Q2, NPEs down for fifth straight quarter
EconomyBankingoperations, a loss of 97 million from discontinued operations and an one-off capital gain of 144 million..., the parent NPE stock dropped by 500 million during H1 to 18.2 billion and currently stands very close
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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts and reforms, hopes for lower fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicsup to people who have not voted for us in the past. “You know very well that I am a moderate liberal... off Athens because a staunch SYRIZA supporter worked at the company that owned the stricken tanker... highlighted as proof of New Democracy’s “neoliberal” agenda, which was also one of the main lines
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PASOK emerges victorious from first round of centre-left leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Androulakis, a former party secretary, will go into a run-off vote next Sunday to determine who..., in the September 2015 elections. Sunday's results means that less than one in two of these voters chose to have... and Alexis Tsipras for votes. It is still very early to tell and will depend to a large extent on whether
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Tusk proposals over refugee quotas puts Athens on alert ahead of EU summit
PoliticsGreek Politicsis to defend European unity and principles. This paper is undermining one of the main pillars of the European... that were already stretched due to the fact that returns to Turkey are moving very slowly. As of September... to put off plans to scrap the 30 percent discount on VAT that has been in place on many Aegean
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After Washington talks, debt relief and fiscal remain main obstacles on way to MoU exit
EconomyProgrammeare “very close” to an agreement with the Fund. The other key issue that remains unresolved relates..., the preparatory work for dozens of others has been done and they will soon be ticked off the list. It is however... be completed before August. One of the key deliverables that is moving towards a conclusion
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