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  1. Greece stands on fault line between vicious and virtuous cycles for 2016

    Agora

    , the Finance Ministry was looking for cash in every nook and cranny, collecting via repo operations... by finance ministers Gikas Hardouvelis and his successor Yanis Varoufakis. However, since the agreement

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  2. Gov't mounts defence of pension plan but lenders' approval may take time

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Thursday that he has not yet... to main pensions that are already being paid out. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotis is also expected

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  3. Holding out for a (reformist) hero
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    Agora

    the departure of hundreds of school guards and Finance Ministry cleaners, as well as the entry... ex-finance minister Yanis Varoufakis won 142,046 votes in last January’s elections. If you add

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  4. The pension and revenue interventions Greece has to make to meet its 2016 fiscal target
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    EconomyProgramme

    savings of 1 percent of GDP for 2016. In the 2016 budget, the Finance Ministry (MoF) adopted those cost... Michel Sapin in Paris on Sunday, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos appeared optimistic, noting

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  5. Where things stand on the Greek pension reform proposals
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    EconomyProgramme

    from the Labour and Finance ministries and representatives from the ETAA pension fund for doctors... on pension reform as being insufficient. In wake of these reports, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos

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  6. After criticism over public sector jobs, gov't names new revenues chief
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    highlighted by Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem after last week’s meeting of eurozone finance... and is believed to have been favoured by Tsakalotos. However, reports suggested that the finance minister

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  7. Newsletter 59 - 22/01/2016

    Newsletters

    , comprised of labour and finance ministry officials and lawyer, doctor and engineer representatives, has... was and the role of ex-finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is still the subject of intense debate

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  8. Budget primary surplus of 1.19 bln in Jan markedly better than target
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s budget primary surplus rose to 1.19 billion euros in January from 443 million last year, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget bulletin displayed on Monday. The marked improvement... decreased by 5.3 percent to 3 billion euros, 469 million lower than target. The Finance Ministry noted

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  9. Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016

    Newsletters

    . The Finance Ministry announced on Monday that Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos signed

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  10. Programme review talks continue, progress on tax, pensions and NPLs at a premium
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    EconomyProgramme

    a 2.5-hour meeting on Sunday afternoon, Finance Ministry sources told reporters that it is feasible... result in higher taxation for the vast majority of Greeks. The Finance Ministry proposed an alternative

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