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IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt
EconomyProgrammeprojections, largely due to lower growth and deflators, while unemployment was much higher than originally... and strong political resistance in some EU countries on outright debt reduction, delay of debt restructuring... the sustainability assessment around the gross financing needs (GFN) metric rather than a specific debt
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Newsletter 107 - 17/02/2017
of measures substantially lower than 3.6 billion euros. Following this, Athens also wants the creditors... the target by 342 million, a performance largely attributed to higher than expected revenues (by 340... million lower than target, respectively. Specifically, revenues (before tax refunds) rebounded
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Newsletter 217 -02/08/2019
, “not a single euro of relief has been applied to properties worth less than 60,000 euros.” In his... for those on lower incomes and the middle class.” He said that those owning properties worth more than 1 million euros are less than 15,000 of 7.3 million taxpayers in total and that their tax relief
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
(Marc for Alpha TV) has been falling over the last few weeks, from the staggeringly high 83.1... widened to 847 million euros in January, more than 2.5 times higher than a year earlier. Imports fell... thanks to the travel surplus more than doubling to 10.63 million. Exports dropped by 16.9 percent
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Goalposts shift as European elections near and SYRIZA cements lead
PoliticsGreek Politicscoincide with the second round of the local vote, rather than the first. This move carries great... a consistent, albeit relatively small, lead over New Democracy. Alco poll for Action24 TV: SYRIZA 21.4...) February 12, 2014 GPO poll for Mega TV (EP elections): SYRIZA 20.8%, ND 19, GD 7, KKE 7, PASOK 5.3
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Run this way: The recurring pattern of Greek leaders
Agoraon national TV: A SYRIZA win would cause a bank run. It is difficult to know where to start... attends plenary sessions) rather than have coffee with them. Are Parliament and the country's banks... Tsipras of hiding more than half of the 27 billion euros it would cost to implement the measures he
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Lack of liquidity, political cost push Greek gov't to seek swift deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsdirection than creditors want by raising the minimum wage and calling in the International Labour... to the process, even earlier than the next scheduled Eurogroup on May 11. Liquidity shortage This may... precarious. Earlier this week, Alternate Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas claimed in a TV appearance
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Government bolsters aid package as questions mount over deadly fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 1,200 homes in Mati have so far been deemed unsafe. The Greek state will initially contribute 40.... It did not go unnoticed that the current SYRIZA-led coalition is offering victims more than the 3,000... to the dozens of deaths rather than a momentary lapse of coordination or action by authorities. There have
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Buckling under pressure of Mati death toll, Tsipras searches for corrective actions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlmost a week on from the wildfire northeast of Athens that caused the deaths of more than 90... devasted by last Monday’s fire, on Monday morning without any TV cameras present. His visit came.... The head of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) Panos Kammenos visited Mati with TV cameras
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Tsipras claims EU vote will be close as SYRIZA looks for boost from relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsbills from 13 percent to 6 percent. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gave an interview to Alpha TV... concerned about this issue. In a debate on ANT-1 TV, New Democracy’s vice president Adonis... billion euros, rather than the 800 million euros SYRIZA is making available for retirees. “He is making
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