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Government tables amendments with aim of securing bailout tranche within days
EconomyProgrammevoted last month foresees that the equivalent fiscal measures will be split between 2017 and 2018... of fiscal measures in absolute terms and relative to GDP will be taken into account on a net basis
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Talks on bailout review head for crucial weekend
EconomyProgrammeproposals on the short-term debt relief measures initially agreed on May 25. Further clarification on debt relief measures is also crucial for the IMF to prepare its debt sustainability analysis, which
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Tsipras springs surprise with handout pledge for pensioners
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the local media also speculated that the measures announced by Tsipras strengthened the possibility... the latest fiscal measures that are included in the 2017 budget which is currently being debated
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IMF proposes rebalancing of fiscal policy, reform implementation and debt relief
EconomyProgrammethe adjustment made so far with legislated measures expected to bring primary surplus to around 1.5 percent... relief as well as a fiscal adjustment via high-quality measures consistent with Greece’s
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BoG sees chance of normality returning if review concludes swiftly
EconomyMacroeconomyrelief measures, the specification of medium- to long-term measures and a possible quantification
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Sceptical mood in SYRIZA, pending agreement with creditors
PoliticsGreek Politicsagreement with the lenders. The main topic of concern appears to be how the burden of the new measures will be distributed and how much of that can be absorbed by the counter-measures proposed by the Greek
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No return of institutions to Athens yet as differences persist
EconomyProgramme. The measures that appear to have been agreed include the reduction in the tax-free threshold to around... group, the counter-measures would include a cut in the first rate of personal income tax from 22
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EC lowers growth forecasts, sees fiscal targets within reach
EconomyMacroeconomyand the measures agreed in the second review to offset the national roll-out of the social solidarity income..., the agreed measures to cover the fiscal gap in 2018 amount to 0.3 percent of GDP (535 million
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IMF sees eurozone debt relief pledges failing to deliver sustainability
EconomyProgrammeSustainability Analysis, which includes the relief measures that were agreed in the June 15 Eurogroup... to include the short-term debt relief measures that were agreed in last year’s Eurogroup and the medium-term
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Tsipras and Erdogan keep conversation going despite lack of specific gains
PoliticsForeign Policydiscussions about confidence-building measures (CBMs). The first attempt will take place during talks... such measures. It will be a challenge for both sides to decide which of these could be firstly
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