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With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Finance Ministry tabled on Thursday the 2014 budget to Parliament without the final approval of the troika since discussions between the two sides on next year’s fiscal gap and other matters have... of Finance (MoF) forecasts the unemployment rate, not comparable with ELSTAT data (last figure at 27.3
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After Merkel, Samaras faces immediate challenges on domestic front
PoliticsGreek Politics, despite German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble suggesting before the German elections that further... to Mega TV on Monday night, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras was confident a deal could be struck
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Support finely balanced as coalition enters make or break December
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat in an interview with Sunday’s To Vima newspaper, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras defended the new... reminiscent of the Greek left than the technocratic finance minister and the coalition he serves
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Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?
Agoraelections in Germany. They were articulated by Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Finance Minister.... Equally, it would constitute gross negligence, if the Ministry of Finance was not aware
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PASOK and DIMAR head for do-or-die moment
PoliticsGreek Politicsdue to the fact that former Finance Minister Filippos Sachinidis was one of the deputies who signed the request. The 50-year-old served for a while as Venizelos’s deputy at the Finance Ministry, when
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The EU, the troika inquiry and the big disconnect
Agorathe main decision-making vehicle. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble argued recently... by their finance minister. A carbon copy response was given by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter
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Greece closes 2013 with 691 mln budget primary surplus despite late investment spend
EconomyMacroeconomyof Finance (MoF) on Tuesday. The state budget deficit narrowed 65.9 percent to 5.35 billion (2.9... in the negotiations with the troika. That said, Finance Minister Yannis Sournaras said
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Greek banks' capital backstop and the funding gap: An uneasy relationship
Economythe capital buffer to as a backstop facility for upcoming or future banks’ capital needs. Finance.... When taking all this into consideration, the chances of the Greek Finance Ministry being able
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Wage ruling gives gov't immediate fiscal headache, political one may come later
PoliticsGreek Politics, thereby forcing the Finance Ministry to find the equivalent savings elsewhere. However, this appears... to find fiscal equivalents on a permanent basis,” Deputy Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told
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Greece and troika: Bailout tranche, funding gap and debt relief still pending
PoliticsGreek Politicsmuch ground to cover in terms of structural reforms. Following Monday's Eurogroup in Brussels, Finance... in September. Stournaras added that this would allow eurozone finance ministers to approve the next
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