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Athens looks to Draghi for positive signals on debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politics.” She added: “The government considers the remarks made by Mr Draghi to be helpful. It’s a major... Minister’s prerogative,” she said. “But I do expect there to be new people.” Athens is racing
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Deadlock at NBG over chairman appointment
EconomyBanking(BoD) convened last Thursday and chair Louka Katseli resigned. This move was expected as she does... a top position in a Greek bank as she was involved in politics in the last five years
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NBG elects chairman, HFSF calls time-out in dispute over management
EconomyBankingreplaced Louka Katseli, who resigned on November 3, as she did not fulfil the criteria set by the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) of the ECB for holding the post of chair at a Greek bank, since she
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Kammenos's odd partnership with Tsipras still holding together
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader insisted that she wants to maintain the party’s independence and suggested that calls for a change in direction are driven by “specific interests and their political representatives.” She did
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Athens and lenders left with gap to bridge ahead of Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLabour Minister Efi Achtsioglou to the Financial Times, in which she explained the government’s... is overgenerous and a drain on the economy,” she writes. “It is based on the crude statistic that pensions
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Amid review doubts, changes to constitution back on main agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the second review,” she said during a press briefing. “We never pre-commit to return date... of the mission from Athens,” she said. This has generated some hope in Greece that some progress is being made
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Nouy voices concern about impact of uncertainty on banks, rebuffs capital concerns
EconomyBankingbe “a temporary phenomenon” explained by payment of taxes and bills. However, she said that although “2016 had... that they are “well capitalised now”. In addition, she stressed that the key priorities for Greek banks are to address
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To Potami and PASOK battle it out for dominance of centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicssignificantly, it is a further boost to the leadership of Fofi Gennimata. Although she has strong... predecessor and ex-finance minister Evangelos Venizelos, feel that she has to take a stronger line
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New Democracy's internal disputes continue to pester Mitsotakis
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat there is more to the incident. Papakosta incurred the party leadership’s wrath earlier this year when she... the party if she commits another transgression, highlighting the opposition leader’s effort to nip dissent
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Greece gets bigger tranche from Eurogroup but Tsipras misses other key targets
PoliticsGreek PoliticsChristine Lagarde said that she would recommend to the Fund’s board an “in principle” approval... debt sustainability. She indicated that the IMF expects this detailing to take place in the coming
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