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21st June 2015 / Politics / Trade and Investment

Politics: Conference on TTIP in Ostrava, 17 June 2015

On 17 June 2015, the Conference on TTIP took place in Ostrava. Videos from the conference in Czech are available here: TTIP from the European Union perspective - Jolana Mungengová, European Commission, DG Trade TTIP from the perspective of national interests - Dita Charanzová, MEP, ANO TTIP fro...

19th June 2015 / Politics / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

Politics: Greek saga reaching its finale

International creditors and Greece failed to strike a deal on the bailout program last week, on technical level as well as on political level – finance ministers met at a Eurogroup meeting. According to the creditors, their side of the negotiations made as much concessions as realistically possibl...

12th June 2015 / Politics / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

Politics: Decisive week ahead for Greece

The Greek saga probably enters its decisive moment. Last week no real progress was made in the talks. Formal and informal talks in many formats did not manage to get over the differences. The EU and the IMF want more budget cuts and mainly pension cuts, while for Greece this is a red line. In addi...