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Break in bailout talks leaves question mark over their conclusion
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings in Washington. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said early... of wrapping the process up by the April 22 meeting of eurozone finance ministers now hangs in the balance
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Greek ministers still hopeful of reaching deal with creditors this month
EconomyGreek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Labour Minister Giorgos Karougalos and Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis gave a joint press briefing on Tuesday afternoon to provide an update on the state... could be held on April 25 or 26 to ratify the agreement. The finance minister reiterated
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What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
Agorathough the Finance Ministry insists that the final figures show a 0.2 percent of GDP surplus. This makes... and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble gave his personal pledge to German MPs that the fund would
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Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsreach a Staff Level Agreement (SLA) and then have that approved by eurozone finance ministers, Athens.... Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos announced during a specially-convened news conference on Tuesday
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Gov't unveils bill to overhaul pension system, increase income tax revenues
EconomyProgramme. The Finance Ministry has noted that the new income tax and solidarity levy tax rates entail a higher..., according to the Finance Ministry. The tax rate on dividend income increases from 10 to 15 percent
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Eurogroup decision on contingent measures, debt leave Tsipras with tough task at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the eurozone finance ministers may meet again next Thursday to discuss debt relief measures... the process down. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos expressed reservations on Friday about whether
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agoraof that year. Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis went as far as suggesting in September 2014 that Greece... with a prime minister that was more or less playing ball and finance ministers that were not sporting
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Greece looks for support as expectations for May 9 Eurogroup lowered
PoliticsGreek Politics. This will be of great concern to the Greek government, which had pushed hard for eurozone finance... if, in the current climate, a proposed meeting between Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and key
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A breakdown of the 5.4 bln in measures that form basis of agreement between Greece and creditors
EconomyProgrammewould be lower at 8,636 euros. Based on its initial proposal for the tax-free threshold, the Finance... scale, according to the Finance Ministry. The income tax reform also includes an increase in the tax
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General gov't primary cash surplus widens to 3.2 bln in March, arrears jump to 6.7 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus almost tripled to 3.22 billion euros in the first quarter (Q1) of 2016 from 1.1 billion in the corresponding period last year, the Finance... of the forthcoming bailout tranches is targeted to reduce the huge stock of arrears. Alternate Finance Minister
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