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  1. Tsipras has until Sunday to keep Greece in euro, must pass measures immediately

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    loan from the ESM will also contain list of proposed "prior actions" that the government would likely

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  2. Greece submits proposals to lenders in hope of paving way for agreement

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    The Greek government sent to the institutions on Thursday evening its final proposal including prior actions that will complement the request for a new 3-year programme from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). In the 20-page document submitted to the Greek Parliament, the government revealed

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  3. Building activity up by 6.2 pct in April for third straight rise
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    in the prior six years. In specific, building permits plummeted to 13,383 in 2014 from 65,474 registered

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  4. What this week's VAT changes mean for household budgets and public coffers
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    The first draft bill with prior actions that was voted in the Greek parliament early on Thursday included a large reshuffling of VAT rates. The new basic VAT rate was set at 23 percent, while a reduced rate of 13 percent and a super-reduced of 6 percent (from 6.5 percent before) were also applied

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  5. Which way now, Mr Tsipras?
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    against the first set of prior actions demanded by lenders or whether he will commit exclusively

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  6. No further damage for Tsipras in second vote as SYRIZA stand-off continues

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    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras emerged unscathed from the latest vote on prior actions demanded by Greece’s lenders before talks on a third bailout can begin. The vote took place after 4 a.m. on Thursday following some six hours of debate, with 230 MPs supporting the measures, 63 opposing them, five

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  7. Varoufakis and his friendly fire

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    and describes in some detail an exchange between the pair after the first vote on prior actions demanded

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  8. Bailout talks, SYRIZA bickering continue - no definite end date for either
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    is being asked to pass a number of "prior actions" before it can receive any more funding

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  9. Some snags remain in discussion with lenders over new privatisation scheme

    EconomyProgramme

    value of its assets. In the last prior actions sent on July 9, the Greek government committed

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  10. Greece and creditors try to untangle pension complications

    EconomyProgramme

    One of the key issues in the negotiations with the institutions over an agreement for a new bailout programme relates to the pension reforms. The first bill of prior actions voted in the Greek Parliament on July 15 included the following pension-related interventions: 1) Health contributions

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