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Eurogroup sets up completion of third review, plans for programme's end
EconomyProgrammeof the European Stability Mechanism’s executive board in February. The second tranche of 1 billion euros... to the Greek Finance Ministry, 1.9 billion euros from the first sub-tranche of 5.7 billion will be set aside
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Name and shame
AgoraUntil Sunday’s protest over the Macedonia name issue, Thessaloniki’s most recent notable contribution to Greek politics was to host Alexis Tsipras in 2014, when he set out SYRIZA’s plan for governing.... But it paled next to the 1 million or so who gathered in Greece’s second largest city in 1992
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Travel balance up by 81.4 pct in November, foreign arrivals increase
EconomyMacroeconomyvisitors, meaning that according to BoG at least, 2017 is set to exceed SETE’s estimates. Furthermore, travel receipts are foreseen to increase by at least 1 billion and range between 14.2-14.5 billion
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Athens prepares for bond issue, eurozone works on growth/debt mechanism
EconomyProgrammeAn imminent bond issue by the Greek government is set to attract the immediate attention of local and international observers but discussions are continuing in the background regarding the method.... Provisions reportedly include a ceiling of 1 percent of GDP on annual interest payments and a 2
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Macedonia issue, planned rally stoke tension between parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras is being too soft and that Greece is set to make too many concessions without securing... the two is seen growing by 1 point since earlier in January. The centre-left grouping Movement
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Some loose ends ahead of Eurogroup, questions remain over IMF's role
EconomyProgrammeto be followed by another sub-tranche of 1 billion euros once the e-auctions have progressed and state... a press briefing on Thursday, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice underlined that no date has been set for when
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Focus of discussion for lenders moves to debt relief, post-MoU framework
EconomyProgrammeis also due to receive another 1 billion euros subject to confirmation it has met its commitments... and argued that argued that this would allow the government to “set its own reform imperatives
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New overdue taxes rise by 766 mln in Jan, total stock at 99.44 bln
EconomyMacroeconomythe 1 billion euro mark. New unpaid obligations from tax categories rose by 693 million, declining... to 82.2 percent for December. The IAPR has set a goal for the overall tax collectability rate to reach 84
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Tsipras urges SYRIZA MPs to focus on ever-closer MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsconcern about the impact that the reduction to pensions, totalling 1 percent of GDP, will have... of the Public Power Corporation’s (PPC) lignite units. The draft law is set to be approved
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Ministers urged to speed up reforms as Athens prepares for lenders to return
EconomyProgrammeto set the new ENFIA rates, with the aim of targeting 3.1 billion euros in revenues. The difficulty... to be in place on June 1, it wants to avoid any sharp rises in working class neighbourhoods as this would
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