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Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis
SocietyLower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most...) was in the 5th decile while those at the top saw their wage income fall by 9.3 percent. It also finds
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Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politics“beaten up out there”, while others claimed they were fearful of being “lynched” if they attempted... and police at roadblocks, Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis called the farmer’s leaders “gangsters
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More than half of small businesses saw turnover dive by at least 50 pct due to capital controls
Economyexceeding 70 percent. Overall, nine out of ten companies saw a decline in their revenues with the overall
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The year that Greece (nearly) saw it all
Agorathe eurozone many more. They saw SYRIZA come to power from virtually nowhere a few years earlier
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This is where the last few days have left Greece and lenders
Agoraon Thursday, when he made it clear that the Washington-based organisation has not dropped its dual..., as well as the counter-measures that will be triggered if future fiscal targets are beaten. Once
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Apartment prices rise by 7.5 pct in Q4 and 7.2 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyapartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices increase by 6.6 percent in Q4 versus a downward revised increase of 8.1 percent in Q3. Across 2019, old apartments saw an average price increase of 6.9 percent compared to a rise of 1.7 percent in 2018. In 2017, old apartments saw
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Newsletter 17 - 27/02/2015
euros in the 9-month period compared to 363 million for the whole 2013. January saw slump in deposits... dual significance. Firstly, because Schaeuble sets the tone for the rest of the Eurogroup
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Moria fire propels migration issue back to top of political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsin another example of the so-called “asymmetric warfare” it has unleashed against Greece. Dual challenge... conducted a month earlier suggested that 65 pct of people living on Northern Aegean islands saw
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Mitsotakis sets out to shore up support ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicschange in their monthly incomes, while another 320,000 saw minimal increases. Now, the government... before Easter. The dual message that Mitsotakis will try to convey wherever he goes is that his
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided
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