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Tension with Turkey dominates government agenda at home and abroad
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, violations of Greek airspace close to the Evros land border, and a spike in migrant arrivals from Turkey are being presented by the Greek government as a concerted... of the Greek PM’s visit to Washington. The minister was visiting to inspect the readiness of the border
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Stress mounts ahead of ECB's tests on Greek banks
EconomyA report over the weekend suggests that the Greek government has expressed concerns to its eurozone... newspaper reported on Sunday that Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis warned his eurozone colleagues at the July 8 Eurogroup about the potential impact of the stress tests. “The Greek economy
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Greece in 2014: The risks and opportunities of moving forward
Agorafiscal gap beyond 2014 hinders any flexible accommodation today? The Greek authorities argue... choice between debt relief now or the risk of a Greek default later. A collaborative relationship... commitment to the structural reform process as a central trade off. Given Greece’s volatile social
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Newsletter 128 - 21/07/2017
up The Greek government was forced to put off this week its plans for issuing a bond and testing... have given Athens around 10 billion euros more in leeway. It was suggested that the Greek government... before the IMF approved its participation in the Greek programme with 1.6 billion euros of funding
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Athens braces for review headwinds due to IMF demands, Berlin changes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek banks are adequately capitalised. The IMF has been demanding a new asset quality review (AQR..., would be carried out earlier for Greek financial institutions. Dragasakis suggested that the IMF’s... pointed out that Greek banks were adequately recapitalised in 2015 and that the process of managing
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Ahead of IMF Spring Meetings, questions remain about conclusion of programme
EconomyProgrammeon the conclusion of the Greek programme and what will follow. Last week’s Euro Working Group (EWG... the key players in the Greek programme, including the IMF, an opportunity to discuss what kind.... The two reports will provide an update on how the Fund sees the Greek economy and public finances evolving
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Moments to remember from the euro crisis
Agora. “It was in July 2011 that the ECB had an overall accord with all governments, including the Greek... close to 100 billion euros of Greek debt at the time Athens signed its first bailout. Such was the strength of Trichet’s opposition to the idea of a Greek restructuring that he reportedly wrote
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesThe plight of the Greek middle class has emerged as the dominant theme of the campaign for the July... the experience of the Greek middle class in the course of the financial crisis. The picture... of the population which identify themselves as “middle class”. The Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT
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Govt looks for formula to re-start tourism as calls intensify for support of entertainment sector
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government, representatives of the tourism industry and state health authorities... be right for Greek tourism to begin to open up from July 1. Mitsotakis is being lobbied heavily... to make the Greek offering more competitive in the global market, a freeze on income tax pre-payments
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Fresh accusations against NGOs as govt hardens stance on migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the Greek coastguard and EU border force Frontex from a half-submerged boat off the island... the issue of Greece’s management of migration flows from Turkey. The Greek coastguard issued a report... in the Greek government’s efforts to limit the role of NGOs in aiding migrants and asylum-seekers
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