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Prior actions, pending actions and milestones along the bumpy road
AgoraWhen the Eurogroup of finance ministers met in Brussels last week, a major reform roadmap was agreed with the Greek representative, Euclid Tsakalotos. The 49 prior and pending actions that have to be adopted by the Greek government by mid-October in order for urgently needed financial assistance
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Bailout review resumes in Athens but substantial gap remains
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Parliament to vote on the new laws before the next scheduled Eurogroup meeting due on April 22
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First visit by quadriga to Athens leaves series of issues unresolved
EconomyProgrammeon October 31. The Eurogroup statement of August 14 stressed that the second tranche of 15 billion euros
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Coalition starts to feel backlash from latest round of measures
PoliticsGreek Politicshappen when the Eurogroup meets on November 9. In the meantime, the government also has to contend
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Home foreclosures and refugee crisis top agenda in Greece-EU talks
PoliticsForeign PolicyEurogroup so eurozone finance ministers can give the green light for the disbursement of the next
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Coalition in rush to wrap up pending bailout issues
EconomyProgrammeAhead of Monday’s Eurogroup, the Greek government seems willing to accelerate its efforts to close some key pending issues that could unlock the disbursement of the next sub-tranche of 2 billion. The thorniest issue at the moment relates to the tightening of the eligibility criteria for protection
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EC sees milder Greek recession in 2015, debt ratio to climb to 200 pct in 2016
Economyin the June 27 Eurogroup as well as the negative impact from the official support for bank recapitalisation
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Internal and external difficulties with measures expose coalition's weaknesses
PoliticsGreek PoliticsConcerns about the political and technical limitations of the second SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition are coming to the fore after it emerged Athens will not be in a position to claim the next 2-billion-euro sub-tranche from its lenders at Monday’s Eurogroup. A Euro Working Group teleconference
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Greek stocks on slide for third straight week
EconomyThe Greek stock market headed south for the third straight week, shedding 3.7 percent mainly due to a strong underperformance from banks, while volumes were subdued. The Eurogroup on Monday took stock of the progress made in the discussions of Greek authorities with institutions and gave a one week
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Greece, lenders reach deal to secure bailout sub-tranche and bank recap funds
EconomyProgramme. He did not mentions what the other two measures would be. A Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) is also
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