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Policy pledges bolster top two parties as ND erases losses from surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politics, where it had stood at the end of July prior to the surveillance revelations. Compared to July, the two... it was a flat 63.9 cents. Overall, the monthly cost of the measure has fallen by about 40 pct, from 1.9
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Government faces pushback on labour law amid lukewarm response to tax cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be withdrawn, accusing Labour Minister Niki Kerameus of springing drastic changes on them without prior... the message that the PM’s TIF package has fallen flat with voters. Kyriakos Mitsotakis had been pinning
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Is Greece on track to decouple from fossil gas?
Agora, which is due to be completed in June 2024. In order to explore the prospects of gas use in Greece... and which saw Greece forced to build new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in order to reduce its... of 68% over the last five years. Therefore, in order to understand the prospects of gas use in Greece
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Athens promotes role as energy hub as PM prepares for talks in Washington
PoliticsForeign Policythe northeastern Greek city of Komotini and Stara Zagora, in central Bulgaria. That includes
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Time deposit rate almost flat in Jan, average loan rate falls 12 bps
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek households’ new time deposit rate remained broadly stable for the second straight month in January, when it eased marginally by 1 basis point (bp) to 1.01 percent in January, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures displayed on Wednesday. Since the impositio...
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PPC lignite unit bids fall flat in blow to privatisations
EconomyFeaturesThe Public Power Corporation’s (PPC) divestment of 40 percent of its lignite capacity has hit an obstacle as it emerged that the bid process for two lignite units had attracted very little interest. PPC received one binding offer for the Melitis unit in...
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Eurogroup to approve release of bond profits but bid to repurpose funds falls flat
EconomyProgrammeWednesday’s Eurogroup is expected to result in eurozone finance ministers approving the conclusion of the fourth enhanced surveillance review and the next round of debt relief measures, but will not include a discussion on how Greece can use the bond pr...
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Building permits down by 2.3 pct in Jul as YTD activity growth nearly flat
EconomyMacroeconomyBuilding permits growth in July returned to negative territory, dropping by 2.3 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a 3 percent increase in June), according to the latest data released by the Hellenic Statistical Agency (ELSAT) on Thursday. The total numb...
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Newsletter 3 - 14/11/2014
review of the Greek programme. By sending the government a list of 19 prior actions that need.... The troika has issued the government a list of 19 “prior actions” that need to be resolved... quarter of this year, according to the troika. The second prior action relates to the troika’s
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Varoufakis adds to pressure on Tsipras ahead of lenders' return
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe two bills containing the prior actions demanded by Greece’s lenders as a pre-condition for beginning... and is totally reliant on opposition parties in order to pass legislation required by Greece’s creditors... are now admitting that there is pressure from some eurozone countries for Greece to pass more prior
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