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Newsletter 220 -20/09/2019
much of their focus on next year’s budget, particularly in terms of how the relief measures... the weekend. A report in Sunday’s To Vima also claimed that at Friday’s Eurogroup, Much of the government’s... stated its intent earlier this year to repay some IMF loans ahead of time. But political developments
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Newsletter 50 - 06/11/2015
. The objective of PPS is ultimately to measure Portugal’s capacity to repay its outstanding loans... The comprehensive assessment conducted by the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) identified... an annual coupon of 8 percent. In addition, they are mandatorily converted to common shares if a bank’s CET1
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Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016
Pensions remain central issue Positive hints from Eurogroup as IMF calls for more measures..., stressing that both need to come about. Thomsen highlighted that Greece’s pension system “remains... the issue of credibility of Greece’s adjustment programme, which is crucial for restoring investor
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IMF outlines areas in which Greece needs further reforms, where it should apply caution
EconomyProgrammeas part of the regular monitoring cycle of assessing policies and the country’s capacity to repay... concludes that Greece’s capacity to repay the Fund is adequate, and public debt-to-GDP is projected... legacy vulnerabilities and the uncertainty due to this year’s election cycle. The Fund urges
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Newsletter 329 - 25/02/2022
PoliticsUkraine crisis adds to cost of living concernsRussia’s invasion of Ukraine on Thursday... to Moscow’s actions. "Greece respects the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of all... of bilateral deals with alternative sources of LNG such as Egypt, as intensified competition for LNG
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Newsletter 82 - 15/07/2016
by the end of 2019. Moody’s published an updated market report on Greece last Monday that expects... is the lowest reading since December 2014. The drop was largely in the wake of the ECB’s decision... hints at changes to electoral bill Govt at loggerheads with judiciary over Siemens trial suspension
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Newsletter 445 - 13/12/2024
up for this weekend’s vote on the 2025 budget, thereby essentially bringing an end.... It is also pushing for certain bank charges to be scrapped completely. PASOK’s stance is in complete contrast to the government’s position. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has made it clear
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Newsletter 276 -04/12/2020
there was no social distancing and nobody was wearing masks. A video also showed the prime minister’s wife... to the opposition’s complaints. Petsas argued that the prime minister’s rivals were trying to attack him... said to be preparing to call for Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee to compel Health
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Mitsotakis tries to calibrate domestic message amid widening EU-US rift
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month. The Greek PM has been struggling to maintain a balance between his government’s efforts to build ties with the Trump administration, cheered... of undermining Athens’s credibility on the global scene. In a televised meeting with President Konstantinos
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Athens launches drive to pre-pay part of IMF loan, bringing budget benefits
EconomyProgrammeintent earlier this year to repay some IMF loans ahead of time. But political developments that led... countries are the ESM’s shareholders and need to provide the necessary waivers. The IMF’s lending rate is the SDR’s interest rate plus 100 basis points, however loans made by the Fund that exceed
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