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After Merkel, Samaras faces immediate challenges on domestic front
PoliticsGreek Politics, the matter of the pending talks with the troika, which are due to resume in early December. Speaking... on December 4, when Parliament is expected to vote on the new, unified property tax. With Greeks being... to pass its 2014 budget on December 8. Although it only has 154 of the 300 MPs in the House
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Primary budget surplus in Nov at 1.2bln euros, 2013 target in reach
Economy. After Parliament approved the 2014 budget on December 7, the MoF revised 2013 and 11-month targets... of discussions on December 11, sources from the Finance and Development ministries told reporters... closes on December 20.
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Banks' reliance on Eurosystem funding eases for seventh straight month in Nov
EconomyMacroeconomya significant reduction of 42.2 percent (or 51.10 billion) since the end of December and 48.3 percent... steadily above this level in July – December 2012, when Greek Government Bonds (GGBs) were not accepted... on December 19, 2012, following the Eurogroup’s decision on the disbursement of the next tranche
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Coalition wins crucial votes but at a price as SYRIZA leads polls
PoliticsGreek Politics) December 21, 2013 #Greece Rass poll: Syriza 24.1%, ND 23.7%, KKE 6.3%, GolDawn 6.1%, IndGreeks 4.7...) December 21, 2013 #Greece - Palmos poll: SYRIZA 31% ND 24.4% Golden Dawn 9.1% KKE 6.5% Independent Greeks 6.4% PASOK 6.3% DIMAR 5.6% — electionista (@electionista) December 21, 2013
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Greek trade deficit narrowed 11 pct in 2013 but exports marginally negative
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s trade deficit narrowed 2.1 percent to 1.4 billion euros in December, while the respective... (ELSTAT). The change to December shows a continued deceleration since April, when it peaked... to exports decreasing at a higher rate than imports. The high single-digit drop in December reflects
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Greek banks' Eurosystem funding at lowest since Jan 2010; ELA also wiped out
EconomyMacroeconomybillion in May from 17.2 billion at the end of December. The other three banks showed a higher decrease: Eurobank at 12.5 billion in May (from 17 billion in December), National at 14.5 billion (from 20.7...’ net interest income particularly in 2012. A later ECB decision in December 2012 to suspend
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Don't let the facts get in the way of "Argentinology"
Agorathe Russian default, feeding the same doom loop. In December 2000, Argentina turned formally to the IMF... later, the IMF recalled its Argentina mission and on December 5th announces that it could not make... and the country. By December 20 the country has descended into chaos, with mass protests and riots
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BoG charts how crisis has affected private sector employment
Economythat the number of insured in IKA, fell to a low of 1.43 million in December 2012, which corresponds... by 30,000 and reached 287,000. Ιn the ensuing 3.5-year period to December 2012 it nosedived... reduction at 22.2 percent. The study concluded that since the beginning of the Greek crisis until December
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Troika piles pressure on coalition by insisting on key actions to conclude review
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the December 8 Eurogroup or the December 18 European Council at the latest. European Stability..., Deputy Premier Evangelos Venizelos insisted that the December 8 target is achievable. He said
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Newsletter 6 - 5/12/2014
and the troika will clinch an agreement for the completion of the review within December. After... following Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s recent pledges that the bailout would end on December 31 this year. EU officials have said that the December 8 Eurogroup meeting will take stock of the troika
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