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Growth to return to Greece in second half 2016 – EU forecasts

10/11/201610/11/2016 ENstaff Autumn 2016 Economic Forecasts, crisis, debt, economy, EU, European Commission, GDP, Greece, growth, labour market, recovery

The second half of 2016 will see an economic recovery and stabilisation of growth in Greece, according to the European Commission’s Autumn 2016 Economic Forecasts report.

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PM Tsipras: ‘Greece’s economy is on the threshold of exiting the crisis’ – interview with Euronews

22/04/2016 ENstaff crisis, debt, deficit, economy, Euronews, fiscal policy, Greece, interview, Tripras

Greek economy is just one step away from a recovery but needs debt relief, not further austerity, to overcome its crisis for good, Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras told Euronews in an interview.

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Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras talks to FT

30/01/2016 ENstaff Bank of Greece, banks, debt, economy, fiscal policy, Greece, institutions, privatisations, Stournaras, troika

STOURNARAS: “Greece is in the frontline because we have thousands of kilometers of coastline, so it is very difficult to control the refugee wave. Now, the analysis we have done and we have presented abroad, is that from the refugee problem the benefits mainly go to the host countries and the costs mainly stay with the transit countries…”

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ECB’s Mario Draghi on economic developments

01/11/201502/11/2015 ENstaff debt, Draghi, ECB, economy, European Union, Greece, inflation, markets, QE, structural reforms

In an interview yesterday [Oct 31] with newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, ECB president Mario Draghi referred to key economic developments in Europe and internationally, whilst he did argued on Greece’s national debt. Key parts of the interview, based on a translation published on ECB website have as follows:

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Ambassador of Norway:”The challenge for the Greek economy is its competitive edge and its business climate” [interview]

07/06/2016 ENstaff

The Ambassador of Norway in Athens, His Excellency Jørn Eugene Gjelstad, spoke to EmbassyNews.net and commented on the current developments in Greek and European politics, the economy and the refugee crisis.