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Tsipras seeks to build political capital from "positive" measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsaims to put the opposition, particularly New Democracy, in as difficult a position as possible. One... the programme because the pressing fiscal targets have remained. The collection of measures set
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Athens prepares final 2019 budget after green light to ditch pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeThe government is set to submit the final version of the 2019 budget to Parliament on Wednesday without the pension cuts that were pre-legislated in 2017 but with the so-called “positive” measures... is scheduled to publish the first post-MoU surveillance report put together by the institutions
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Moments to remember from the euro crisis
Agora. This chafing exacerbated the crisis and set a negative precedent for dialogue and decision-making within... being put in place. He suggested that before the crisis, longstanding current account imbalances
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Mitsotakis pledges more benefits, new faces as election build-up intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicssettlement by arguing that it would put an end to attempts by Skopje to usurp Greek history and culture. The argument looks set to rumble on in the coming months, likely becoming one of the key issues
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Institutions wrap up talks with focus on NPLs, primary residences and budget
EconomyProgrammeto work on the proposal put together by the Finance Ministry and the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund... that the government is set to announce next week an increase of around 8 percent in the minimum wage, taking
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Newsletter 191 -25/01/2018
plans for reducing NPLs. The Greek side said it will continue to work on the proposal put together... for under-25s. Some reports on Thursday indicated that the government is set to announce next week
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PPC lignite unit bids fall flat in blow to privatisations
EconomyFeaturesfive times below the asking price which had been set by an independent consultant. No bids qualified for the Megalopolis unit. The consortium composed of Seven Energy and Gek Terna decided not to put
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Lenders fret over reform delays as Brussels revises 2019 growth forecast upwards to 2.2 pct
EconomyProgrammeThe institutions have put on record their concern about the delays from the Greek side regarding the implementation of the post-MoU reforms just as Athens pledged that it will be ready to legislate... and legal advisers for the Mykonos and Rhodes marina tenders. Also, the Transport Ministry is reportedly set
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Our daily bread
Agoramake bread every day and take it to them. “Anyone who hasn’t felt hunger in their life cannot put... in the same year. The example they set is far more important than the awards they won or plaudits
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ND keeps pressure on PM over minister as Tsakalotos muses on fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA day after Alexis Tsipras attempted to put the furore surrounding Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis and his bank loans to bed, New Democracy revived the issue on Thursday and demanded... set out his plans for negotiating a lowering of fiscal targets, Tsakalotos agreed that the goal
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