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  1. Obama emphasises need for debt relief in Athens but Berlin keeps expectations low
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    it clear that this may not be the view of all his fellow eurozone finance ministers. This appeared almost to be an invitation to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaueble to step forward. He

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  2. Greece, lenders inch forward after talks on settlement of tax and bank debt
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    EconomyProgramme

    does not allow the residents affected to claim the money they paid this year back, while the Finance... have to be retroacctively adjusted as of May 21, 2015. Following this ruling, the Finance Ministry

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  3. Talks on bailout review head for crucial weekend
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    EconomyProgramme

    of the tabling of the 2017 budget on Monday. In the draft budget tabled on October 3, the Finance Ministry.... A positive outcome at that point would pave the way for finance ministers to rubber stamp

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  4. Budget for 2017 sees primary surplus at 2 pct on 2.6 bln fiscal measures, strong growth
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos tabled in Parliament on Monday afternoon the 2017 budget detailing the government’s fiscal and macro estimates for 2016 and 2017. The government’s initial forecasts... are seen edging down to 3.1 percent in 2017 from 3.2 percent in 2016. The Finance Ministry stresses

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  5. Second round of review talks concludes without breakthrough on labour reforms
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    EconomyProgramme

    on Tuesday but the discussion will continue via teleconference. According to Finance Ministry sources... on November 28. Finance Ministry sources noted that the fiscal gap for 2018, mostly related to the funding

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  6. Newsletter 97 - 25/11/2016

    Newsletters

    an agreement on the key issues of the second programme review. Finance Ministry sources said... (as promoted by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble) is still on the table, the odds may change

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  7. Greek 2017 budget reveals size and source of extra tax burden
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    Agora

    in total interventions will be on the revenue side. The Finance Ministry forecasts that five revenue... and 54 percent of the incremental VAT and consumption tax revenues respectively. The Finance Ministry

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  8. Budget primary surplus to Oct confirmed at 6.5 bln, 2.9 bln above revised target
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s budget primary surplus was confirmed at 6.5 billion euros in the 10-month period of 2016 from 4.53 billion a year ago, the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget execution bulletin showed on Thursday. Following the tabling of the 2017 budget in Parliament last Monday, the Finance Ministry

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  9. What the agreement between Greece and lenders means for fiscal and tax policy
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    EconomyProgramme

    Following the first round of meetings between the Greek ministers and the institutions’ mission chiefs at the end of October, Finance Ministry sources said the biggest stumbling blocks in the second... discussions the fiscal gap for 2017 was eliminated, while that for 2018 was reduced to 0.1 percent, Finance

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  10. Eurogroup leaves Greece snared between its creditors
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    Agora

    overshadowed eurozone finance ministers’ decision to approve a series of mostly debt management measures..., German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is closing another year of the Greek crisis without having

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