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Greece tries to navigate through uncertainty in Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign Policyand Albanias in FYROM, however, it is most likely the EU and the US will put forward a plan for how... as well as with Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn last week. US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeatureshiring spree as charged by the opposition? Or, to put it in less adversarial terms, what is driving.... The actual number of hires by the end of the year was 7,063, which would put it marginally below the cap.... “The government is proceeding with thousands of irregular appointments and grantings of tenure, while
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Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015
Sliding from No to Yes Govt proposals resemble those put forward by Commission The Greek Parliament... an explanatory memorandum in Greek (compared to the English text sent to Brussels) that put the amount... in the same period last year. This translates into a net drop in retail sales by 305 million over
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Bond difficulties put a dent in coalition's exit plans
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the third bailout in August has put another dent in the government’s hopes of making as clean a break... official told Reuters that the bond issue plans have been put on hold due to the market turbulence... sensing that the debt relief package which Greece’s lenders are due to put forward is likely to fall
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Differences over Macedonia name issue put coalition unity under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the two coalition partners to put this course at risk over this issue, which might not be solvable... the NATO summit in July. This could put the coalition parties in an awkward position before
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PM livens up ministers over fourth review as debt relief proposals are put together
EconomyProgrammePrime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged his ministers on Tuesday to concentrate on any tasks they have related to the fourth review, thereby ensuring that the government does not put at risk the timely... the exit from the MoU in August to be put at risk. “We are in the final stretch to leave behind
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Opposition tries to put surveillance scandal back on political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsand transparency committee is the first step in the effort to put New Democracy under more pressure as opinion... and on Tuesday he indicated that the government is unlikely to put forward a third round of its Fuel Pass
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IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt
EconomyProgrammeput a severe strain on the social fabric of the country. Frequent episodes of political instability... and the OSI, public debt recorded a relatively modest immediate decrease to 305 billion euros (160 percent
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Newsletter 286 - 26/02/2021
Lockdown relaxation put on hold Covid-19 data cancels retail opening plans as parties clash over sex abuse claims The hopes of some government officials that the retail sector might be able to open... was negative with a 305 million-euro drop in lending, compared to an increase of 1.65 billion euros
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Lenders put together proposal that may leave Tsipras struggling
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe details of the proposal Greece’s lenders are set to put to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the next few days have begun emerging, raising questions about whether the Greek leader will be able to convince his party to support an agreement. Following Monday night’s meeting in Berlin, it appears
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