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Greek finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos said it clearly on Friday during his press conference after the Eurogroup meeting “The measures will be unpleasant for the Greek people.” the additional austerity measures the Greek government agreed with creditors is a 1%+1% formula for the years 2019 and 2020, a total package …

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We  agreed on the key pillars that are important for us, some elements of the agreement are satisfying, some are not, Greek finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos said during a press conference right after the end of the Eurogroup meeting in Malta. “The restrictive [austerity] measures will be legislated now, in …

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In a surprise move, prime minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the nation on Thursday night and stunned Greeks and creditors alike. The PM announced that he will spend 617million euros in one-off “Christmas bonus” for low-pensioners receiving less than 850euro per month. Further, he announced that the upcoming Value Added Tax …

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Alexis Tsipras and his junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos pushed the Fast Forward button to restore a series of so-called “reforms”, that is austerity measures imposed by the country’s lenders, the Troika. Several new appointed ministers of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition started to announce thorough changes, right after they assumed …

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