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  1. Second round of review talks concludes without breakthrough on labour reforms
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    on Tuesday but the discussion will continue via teleconference. According to Finance Ministry sources... on November 28. Finance Ministry sources noted that the fiscal gap for 2018, mostly related to the funding

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  2. Newsletter 97 - 25/11/2016

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    an agreement on the key issues of the second programme review. Finance Ministry sources said... (as promoted by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble) is still on the table, the odds may change

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  3. Greek 2017 budget reveals size and source of extra tax burden
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    in total interventions will be on the revenue side. The Finance Ministry forecasts that five revenue... and 54 percent of the incremental VAT and consumption tax revenues respectively. The Finance Ministry

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  4. Budget primary surplus to Oct confirmed at 6.5 bln, 2.9 bln above revised target
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s budget primary surplus was confirmed at 6.5 billion euros in the 10-month period of 2016 from 4.53 billion a year ago, the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget execution bulletin showed on Thursday. Following the tabling of the 2017 budget in Parliament last Monday, the Finance Ministry

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  5. What the agreement between Greece and lenders means for fiscal and tax policy
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    EconomyProgramme

    Following the first round of meetings between the Greek ministers and the institutions’ mission chiefs at the end of October, Finance Ministry sources said the biggest stumbling blocks in the second... discussions the fiscal gap for 2017 was eliminated, while that for 2018 was reduced to 0.1 percent, Finance

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  6. Eurogroup leaves Greece snared between its creditors
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    overshadowed eurozone finance ministers’ decision to approve a series of mostly debt management measures..., German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is closing another year of the Greek crisis without having

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  7. Fiscal dispute dominates as Greece and lenders gear up for more talks
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    the toughest issue to resolve at the moment, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said in Parliament... on December 6, Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis stated that the European institutions see

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  8. Greece and creditors feel their way into new round of talks in Athens
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    EconomyProgramme

    to Finance Ministry sources, the two sides agreed on the work schedule both at chiefs... by the European Commission and the European Stability Mechanism and appointed by the Finance Minister

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  9. Lenders' reaction to pension pledge leaves Tsipras short of options
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the eurozone bailout fund came just hours after a German Finance Ministry spokesman said that Berlin asked... the blog post written by Poul Thomsen and Maurice Obstfeld, increased tension. A Finance Ministry official

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  10. Review delay brings Greek liquidity needs back into focus
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    as postpone a part of the Public Investment Budget (PIB) expenditure, to avoid having to also finance... finance the country’s debt obligations until June but not thereafter.

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