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EconomyProgramme
Round of talks nearing end with limited progress, serious doubts about March 20 goal Following a series of inconclusive meetings over the previous days, some progress was apparently recorded during discussions between Greek ministers and the institutions’ mission chiefs on Monday evening.
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EconomyProgramme
Greece, lenders fail to make headway on fiscal and labour issues Despite two meetings over the weekend on fiscal and labour market issues, the Greek government and the institutions’ mission chiefs were unable to bridge their differences, creating more doubts about when an agreement may be reached.
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EconomyProgramme
Greece and creditors dive into details of measures and counter-measures The second day of negotiations between the Greek government and the institutions’ mission chiefs included a lengthy (4-hour) meeting on the measures and counter-measures that will be legislated now and implemented until 2020.
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EconomyProgramme
First day of talks highlights distance that needs to be covered The new round of negotiations between the institutions’ mission chiefs and the Greek ministers began on Tuesday.
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EconomyProgramme
Institutions back in Athens to resume review, agree new measures After a stalemate of more than 2.5 months, discussions between the Greek government and the institutions’ mission chiefs are due to resume in Athens on Tuesday.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Budget primary surplus at 1 bln in Jan as tax revenues outperform The budget primary surplus was confirmed at 1.02 billion euros in the first month of 2017 broadly stable from last year, according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget execution bulletin published on Friday.
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EconomyProgramme
Athens grapples with awkward reduction of tax-free threshold Discussions between the institutions and Greece, which are due to resume in Athens next week, will, among other issues, focus on plans to reduce the tax-free threshold for personal incomes.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Budget execution starts 2017 with primary balance outperformance on target-beating revenues The budget primary balance recorded a surplus of 1.02 billion euros in the first month of 2017, broadly similar to that posted a year ago, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin revealed on Tuesday.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
European Commission positive on Greece's macro and fiscal prospects Greece is showing signs of recovery and its economy is expected to strongly rebound as of 2017 if the second programme review is completed, the European Commission (EC) notes in its winter economic forecasts published on Monday.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Lenders to put onus on Tsipras with offer to wrap up review It appears that Greece’s lenders are set to make an attempt to break the deadlock in the bailout review before a cycle of elections in a series of eurozone member states, starting with the Netherlands in March, begins.