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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeatures3,644 Russia 429 990 Turkey 308 811 Egypt 109 265 Lebanon 109 310 Iraq 84 320 Ukraine 83 181 Syria..., around 27 percent of the total. Chinese citizens have long used overseas property as a safe haven... produce. A combination of safe haven investing and protection from political instability at home has
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Greek Jan-Apr primary budget surplus rises above 1 bln despite revenue shortfall
Economyto beat targets by 310 million, yet at a slower pace compared to the previous months. The year... taxes fell 5.6 percent in April bringing the four-month figure down 6.5 percent to 2.33 billion, 252..., bringing the four-month figure to 2.58 billion, which is similar to last year’s level and 76 million
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Growing Greece: From narrative to reality
Agorabringing New Democracy to power with a clear majority, the result, which saw a swing of about 1 million... there is clearly plenty of room for improvement. ND is bringing all of the government’s IT services.... There are several reasons to be sceptical about whether the new Greek “economic miracle” or “pleasant surprise
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora. The markets treated Greek government debt as being almost as safe an investment as German bonds. Borrowing... ($310 billion) from its bailout is going towards repaying existing debt means the amount Greece owes
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
, ahead of their recapitalisation. The remaining amount of 310 million concerns the 90 percent of HFSF... Sakellaridis also played down the comments from Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Labour Minister
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Glimmer of hope for efforts to negotiate over tax-free threshold, but not primary surplus
EconomyProgrammethe institutions to drop the measure. So far, the lenders have appeared largely adamant that the change, bringing... of GDP (roughly 1.8 billion euros). The government is reportedly hoping that there will be a pleasant
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New Democracy comes out fighting against Tempe censure motion
PoliticsGreek Politicsprompted the censure motion. In his remarks, Voridis also sought to undermine the credibility of SYRIZA... that it was stripping a former MP, Michael Tamilos, of his membership for remarks he made to local media..., including the leaking of voter lists from the interior ministry to a New Democracy candidate. It alleges
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On lockdown: The moments that will remain
Agorapassed. We may think about how we crossed to the opposite side of an empty street to put a safe.... This was when we dwelled on whether our businesses will survive and our jobs are safe or if we... to be positive, even when they are the throwaway remarks from persons of note, is not a sign
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
Economythree months, bringing the 10 month figure proportionally slightly above the annual target. The sharp... estimates a gg primary surplus of 812 million (0.4 percent of GDP) in 2013, higher than the initially
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks vol. 2
Agorawas charged in 2010 to ensure getting loans from one’s Eurozone partners would not be a particularly pleasant... claims, you end up with a “subordination risk” where private money is seen as being inferior
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