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Turkey-EU relations stall even on transactional basis

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TURKEY/EU

The mood was milder than might have been expected. Both sides were conscious of the need to improve relations but, given the direction in which Turkey is traveling under…

Generous EU funds will help Greece through 2021-22

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GREECE/EU

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hailed the agreement as a national success. It enables the New Democracy government to maintain fiscal stimulus over the next two years…

IMF will drip-feed funding to drive Ukraine reforms

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UKRAINE

IMF conditionality as a driver for Ukrainian reforms

Singapore’s green credentials will grow

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SINGAPORE

In October, it signed a landmark green economy deal with Australia. The Financial Services Industry Transformation Map (ITM) 2025 released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore…

Greece's Syriza may soften policy to form coalition

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GREECE

Voters may return a left-leaning coalition led by the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza), which has pledged to renegotiate the country's massive debt and roll back many of the…

Czech EU presidency could lift Poland’s fund blockage

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CZECH/EU

This is an opportunity for the new Czech government to differentiate itself from the other ‘Visegrad Four’ (V4) countries, and Poland and Hungary in particular, in terms of EU…

Member states will fight over the next EU budget

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EU

The fiercest fights in the EU are usually about money, and the battle over the EU’s next seven-year budget (the 2021-27 multiannual financial framework, MFF) looks set to be…

ECB liquidity may bring Greece a modest relief

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GREECE

The tranche will meet debt repayments falling due until end-2016. The prospect has been held out of debt restructuring if programme commitments are fulfilled. The IMF, which has…

EU threatens Slovakia with rule-of-law sanctions

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EASTERN EUROPE

The EU has warned Slovakia that it could face fines or blocked EU funds over concerns that the government’s judicial reforms, particularly those protecting politicians from…

Time is running out for amending Greek bailout

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GREECE

The left-right Greek coalition of Syriza and Independent Greeks took office late in January committed to ending the rigours of the country's bailout programme. However, euro-area…