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Newsletter 29 - 05/06/2015
, for the 1 percent primary surplus target to be met, additional measures of 3 billion have to be adopted... medicines, food and hotels, while all other products and services would fall under the existing higher... and will keep SYRIZA in power. It seems unlikely that having gone through all this turmoil, the prime
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorathe political system and Greek society, helping to build the political careers of all sorts of opportunists... and women, as a subsequent Eurogroup president intimated, in order to avert a messy default that was just...-wing politician wanted to lead the resistance and scoop up all the political gains. At the time
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Where did all the money go?
Agora, which Greece could not get from financial markets, it was able to maintain all of its public... their own crisis management decisions and answer the uncomfortable question: Where did all the money
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Greek leaders' contrasting visions all a blur
Agorato be limited over the short-term. All this has been evident in the sceptical approach that Greece's... them. The greatest shame of all is that Greece has waited almost a decade to start shaping its
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Greece moves closer to lifting all capital controls as limits on cash withdrawals removed
EconomyMacroeconomycompletely in the coming months. The latest announcement revealed that all limitations were being.... The first step includes the lifting of restrictions for the opening of bank accounts by all individuals
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Reopening public broadcaster poses multiple challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsof her role - which is to all intents and purposes an institutional rather than political position...) voted present. However, two MPs (both New Democracy) did not vote at all, while a SYRIZA MP who... civil service targets were met was a particularly unpopular move. It also provided a very public
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The race to reduce Greece's bad loans
EconomyBankingsales. In order to be on track, the target for banks by the end of 2019 is 35 percent. Action... sales. The Bank of Greece’s (BoG) latest report showed that banks had met their targets for bringing... was reported by all four banks in their most recent quarterly reports. Piraeus Bank’s first quarter
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Reshuffle and handouts put on ice as New Democracy closes ranks ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor personnel changes in the cabinet in order to focus on institutional reforms. The decision was no doubt... the conservatives swing into full campaign mode with visits by top politicians to all thirteen... in emergency spending is set to be included in a supplementary budget. In order to meet the government’s
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Locating Europe's pulse in the refugee crisis
Agora, and the Solidarity 4 All group in Greece that worked with six municipalities in Athens to run awareness..., as Gonzalez knows, there is a layer of power between civil society and central governments that has yet
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Speculation about election date resurfaces as Mitsotakis mulls options
PoliticsGreek Politicson the election date. It is clear that Mitsotakis wants to keep all options open. In the meantime... for Alpha has added a new layer of tension to the political atmosphere, showing a further dip in support
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