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Greece agrees with troika, looks to tranche release and redistribution of surplus
PoliticsGreek Politicsapparently settled at 2.9 billion, which is well above the 2014 budget estimate of 812 million and even... due on March 21 by S&P and on April 4 by Moody’s. The coalition has made it clear it wants to issue..., the agreement with the troika has come at an opportune moment for the New Democracy-PASOK coalition
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Budget primary surplus at 3.07 bln in Mar on back of 2022 tax collections, underspend
EconomyMacroeconomyby 1.51 billion euros, while transfers were up by 812 million euros. This overperformance is due... balance landed at a deficit of roughly 300 million euros. Greece has also received 1.72 billion euros from the RRF and has allocated the amount fully, with 83 million euros booked by March, below
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Newsletter 104 - 27/01/2017
Monetary Fund has demanded. This was not confirmed in the Eurogroup statement or in the press conference... on February 6. Details leaked to the Greek media suggest that the Washington-based organisation has... long the 3.5 percent primary surplus will have to be maintained. And there has not been any agreement
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Covid-19 puts pressure on health system, forces govt into more restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government has introduced new restrictions for the greater Athens area and officials are not ruling... by the beginning of September, and has now shot up to 67. It is worth noting that Attica has a total of 72 ICU... and its environs, which accounted for 197 of the 310 Covid-19 cases registered on Tuesday. Until
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Coalition sees key targets met in debt deal but opposition has holes to pick
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the coalition met one of its key targets, which has not always been the case during its negotiations... sustainable, allowing the country to return to the markets. “Greece is turning a page. It has all... has been heavily critical of the government’s efforts to beat the primary surplus goals it has been
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Newsletter 212 -28/06/2019
making “mistakes” or “wrong choices” next month. He argued that there has to be a “strong hand... vote. This would require 200 votes in the new Parliament. Centre-left Movement for Change (KINAL) has... of Finance (MoF) annual debt bulletin for 2018 has outlined the government's strategy
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politics. The justice portfolio is a significant one for the coalition as it has come under considerable criticism... that it has tried to interfere in the judicial process. At 42, Kalogirou is one of the younger faces in the new cabinet as has worked in the past as a legal adviser to Digital Policy Minister Nikos
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PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
PoliticsGreek Politics, the fact that the PM has already tweaked his cabinet numerous times since coming to power in 2019 means that he has gradually run out of people he can call on to fill vacant position. Also, following ND’s... appointments, drawing on personalities outside of the party fold, like he has done when naming previous
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After unveiling growth plan, Athens has fourth review loose ends to tackle
EconomyProgrammefor the post-programme era, confirming that this task has now been completed and that his government can... for greater growth, has received some criticism domestically for being too vague. Some reports have... of the way, attention can now turn to the remaining tasks the government has to take care of for the fourth
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Countdown to Macedonia name deal vote has PM weighing up support
PoliticsForeign Policyto the next government, possibly led by New Democracy and Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Tsipras has... 151 MPs. He has also clarified that he will not hold a referendum on the subject and will not leave.... This seems to be based on two crucial factors: SYRIZA has managed to stem the loss of support in opinion
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