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Euro-area reforms will reinforce fiscal consolidation

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EU

The reforms would allow the ESM, which provides emergency loans to distressed member states, to offer greater assistance to banks and enhance its capacity to design and implement…

Greece’s Syriza may lose 2019 vote to come back later

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GREECE

The minority Syriza government has declared its intention to row back from tax and pension reforms to regain popularity ahead of the upcoming polls and the autumn national…

Referendum sets Greece at odds with lenders

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GREECE

The decision of the Syriza-led coalition government to call a referendum on the proposals from the Eurogroup of euro-area finance ministers for structural reforms to support…

Greece’s political and economic prospects are fragile

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GREECE

Thus ends eight years of economic policy oversight by the ECB, European Stability Mechanism and IMF, in exchange for some 275 billion euros (315 billion dollars) in soft loans…

Renewable energy growth in Portugal may slow

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PORTUGAL

Portugal’s renewable energy sector.

Malawian political instability could worsen

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MALAWI

Chilima recently split from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after a raft of government corruption scandals. The failure of the UTM to register could heighten…

Prospects for South-east Asia to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

This is helping to insulate them from immediate political pressures relating to the pandemic crisis, but their hopes for spurring long-term economic recovery depend greatly on…

Prospects for the euro-area economy in 2017

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PROSPECTS 2017

Prospects for the euro-area economy in 2017.

Russia's nuclear plans match profit with politics

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RUSSIA

The Bangladesh nuclear power plant (NPP) is part of Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom's ambitious international expansion strategy, which includes newcomers to the civil…

Greek bailout backtrack would split German government

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GERMANY

The prospect of the euro-area extending Greece another bailout, to keep it in the single currency, has opened differences between Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble; a…