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Market value of HFSF's bank holdings plummets by 11 bln in 2014
EconomyBankingpercent) and a minority share in Eurobank (35.4 percent). The annual report also revealed that the HFSF... in 2013) with cumulative collections at just 277 million, while the cumulative impairment amounts
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor... from invoices and bank statements pertaining to the activities of EYP contractor Krikel, which..., transactions totalling 5.3 million euros linked to the government contractor appear to have escaped
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Newsletter 203 -15/04/2019
part of its bailout programme. 2 Primary surplus at 1.46 bln in Mar Budget balance for first three... in Mar Overall cash balance shows deficit of 1.17 billion euros Greece’s central government primary cash.... Eurosystem funding falls by 625 mln in Mar Banknotes in circulation rise by 12 mln The composition
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...
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PMI at 54.2 in Feb as new clients and overseas orders spur growth
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s manufacturing PMI increased to 54.2 points in February from 53.7 points in January, staying over the 50-mark threshold for close to two years. PMI noted that the latest reading was the best since May 2018. It also stood above the long-run serie...
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Athens hopes Biden will spur change in policy, curbing Ergodan
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe election of Joe Biden as the 46th US President has fired up expectations in Athens for a further improvement in Greek-US relations and that Washington will be supportive of Athens’s positions in its ongoing crisis with Turkey. A lot will depend on h...
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Tempe rail crash charges reignite debate about scrupulousness of investigation
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepresentatives and employees of the contractor were charged with instigation of subsidy fraud... signalling-telecommand systems, but the contractor attempted to construct an entirely new signalling system
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Newsletter 18 - 06/03/2015
of these moments, like Timmermans’s initial remark, seemed in genuine jest. Tsipras, after all, has answered... humour. However, the Dutch politician did not stop there. He continued his remark by adding.... This is as cutting as any remark that has been made by officials in Athens but adds a layer of controversy because
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agorapublic debt is reduced. Both of these moments, like Timmermans’s initial remark, seemed in genuine jest... continued his remark by adding: “And take their shirts out of their pants.” Finance Minister Yanis...-February. This is as cutting as any remark that has been made by officials in Athens but adds
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Submarine deal resurfaces, threatening new political divisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto ask for a parliamentary investigation into a contract between the government and Abu Dhabi Mar... and ThyssenKrupp resulted in Abu Dhabi Mar’s arrival. However, problems have persisted as the new
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