Greece
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Troika sees ‘great progress’ in talks on cuts
Envoys to leave Athens on Sunday, measures to be announced in September.
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Minister sees cuts as part of recovery
The Greek government sees the adoption of 11.5 billion euros in spending cuts for the next two years as part of a strategy to get the country out of the crisis.
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Campaign to improve Greece’s image
Foreign minister heralds effort to improve Greek image abroad.
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Greece tries to finalise cuts in talks with troika
A day after a meeting of the government’s three coalition leaders ended in agreement for the implementation of 11.5 billion euros in budget cuts for 2013 and 2014.
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Pension payments under scrutiny
Labour Minister Yiannis Vroutsis launched a drive to collect all their files on state pensioners in order to cross-check the information these contain.
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Official denies he leaked FinMin document
The head of a department at the State General Accounting Office was granted conditional release.
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Athens mayor open to new migrant unit
Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis raised the prospect of a migrant reception center being created in the capital to curb the issue of illegal immigration.
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Lagarde finds word of praise for Greek efforts
IMF MD Christine Lagarde defended the lender’s role in Greece and said the nation has made progress even as it needs to deepen structural changes to its economy
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Alpha has bid for Emporiki Bank
Alpha Bank confirmed on Tuesday that it has made a bid for the acquisition of rival Emporiki, in response to a question by the Capital Market Commission.