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Question mark over pension cuts in 2019 draft budget as Athens looks to lenders
EconomyProgramme-balanced so that it is a fiscally neutral measure. However, it is unlikely that all of Greece’s... wage and the scrapping of the sub-minimum wage for under 25s. Labour Minister Efi Achstioglou met
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Athens to send draft budget to Brussels after talks with IMF on pensions
EconomyProgrammeThomsen also met separately with the Greek official. Athens claims that the measure was only agreed... target this year and to repeat that performance all the way to 2023, when it is expected to drop to 3
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IMF distances itself from budget talks, leaving Athens and EU to hammer out deal
EconomyProgrammeTsakalotos and IMF managing director Christine Lagarde met in Bali last month, the Greek official was given..., using all the tools at its disposal toward more growth-friendly, social-inclusive policies,” said Rice
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Tsipras seeks to build political capital from "positive" measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsand you met none. The reason that we can make this political choice to rectify injustices is that we... of this criticism. “You spoke all the time about a fourth MoU,” said Tsipras. “Well, we decided to start
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Athens moves quickly to scrap pension cuts as Eurogroup inches forward on euro reform
EconomyProgramme. “Ministers welcomed that the primary surplus target of 3.5 percent of GDP is projected to be met..., arrears clearance, insolvency legislation and product market reforms. We all agree
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Lenders put spotlight back on pending reforms ahead of second post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammeof the relevant legal framework [...] and taking all necessary actions to this effect.” The most recent... on February 27. If the commitments are met, the Eurogroup on March 11 will give the green light
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Tsipras and Erdogan keep conversation going despite lack of specific gains
PoliticsForeign PolicyDuring Alexis Tsipras' state visit, the first in 11 years by a Greek prime minister to Ankara, Greece and Turkey made rather small and careful steps aimed at resolving their bilateral disputes. The two men, who have met at least seven times during the last four years, made a tour d' horizon of all
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With June EU Council looming, ND clarifies stance on North Macedonia and Albania
PoliticsForeign Policyprospects, two sources from New Democracy have claimed that the country has met the necessary... or not, certain chapters". "It will all depend on how the Prespes Agreement is implemented by Skopje
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What next for Cyprus gas after the Exxon find?
Agoraof the biggest finds worldwide in the past two years”. The news was met with euphoria in the local media... will incorporate all the data gathered from the complete drilling program, integrating that into our
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Welcome to the club: Greece Joins the 17+1 network
Agora), Riga (2016) and Budapest (2017). In July 2018, the 16+1 members met in Sofia, only a few days... by both European institutions stated that “all Member States, individually and within sub-regional
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