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IMF may stop contributing to Greek bailout

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GREECE/INT

The second phase of the current bailout, extended until end-June, foresees a final installment of 7.2 billion euros (8.2 billion dollars) in exchange for fiscal and structural…

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…

UK stock market revival plan will struggle for success

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UNITED KINGDOM

The United Kingdom, Europe’s longtime leader in raising private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC), has lost ground to rivals. Hunt's proposals aim to shift pension fund…

Euro-area events will affect Greek return to markets

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GREECE

Market sentiment towards Greece.

UK outsourcing will become more sustainable amid risks

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UNITED KINGDOM

Outsourcing crisis.

UK gilt crisis flags liquidity-driven investment risks

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UNITED KINGDOM

The Bank of England (BoE) judged this a material risk to financial stability and stabilised the market by buying gilts. This prevented wider crisis but the gilt market spike has…

Greece to seek end of austerity, not euro membership

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GREECE

Greece's government and voters have delivered a punishing blow to euro-area policies. However, the underlying dilemmas remain unchanged: whether creditors will countenance debt…

TAP pipeline could reconfigure gas trade in Balkans

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BALKANS

The pipeline will run from Greece's Turkish border across the Adriatic, at a cost of 45 billion dollars. It inaugurates the Southern Gas Corridor linking the EU to producers in…

Greece’s virus recovery forecasts are over-optimistic

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GREECE

The authorities are gradually lifting pandemic-induced restrictions. The need to protect public health has given way to preserving the productive capacity so painfully built up…

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…