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Tsipras delivers SYRIZA's first, tempered message of Greek election campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsin terms of the size of the lead they give SYRIZA. Palmos poll for @tvxs: SYRIZA 29.4 New Democracy 22 G
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Where did all the money go?
Agoraof the face value of the debt exchanged. Also, they were offered short terms EFSF notes for the accrued
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What is in SYRIZA's 3-pillar programme to overcome the crisis?
EconomySYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras presented at the party’s congress last Saturday its updated economic platform with the key topics being: a) official request for write-off of nominal debt, b) renegotiation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) terms and c) implementation of a 3-pillar program
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Greek unemployment drops slightly to 25.8 pct in October on lower jobless
EconomyMacroeconomydeclining by 52,800 MoM in September. In absolute terms, inactives reached 3.29 million in October, which
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General government cash surplus widens to 3.68 bln in November, arrears down by 502 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyreflects a net decrease in long-terms bonds by 9.7 billion and in T-Bills by 2.1 billion counterbalanced
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Greek exports rise by 6.6 pct in November to trim trade deficit
EconomyMacroeconomyThe drop in Greece’s trade deficit accelerated to 10.7 percent in November after easing by 4.4 percent in October, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). In absolute terms, the trade deficit reached 1.46 billion euros in November, which is the second lowest reading in 2014
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SYRIZA looking for six-month breather from troika
PoliticsGreek PoliticsBarring a few uncompromising voices within the party, SYRIZA has largely toned down its message over the last few days in terms of how it plans to handle Greece’s relationship with its lenders should it come to power after the January 25 elections. One of the party’s most moderate voices is Yiannis
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Polls continue pointing to SYRIZA victory as new post-election scenarios emerge
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGoing into the last week of Greece’s election campaign little has changed in terms of what the opinion polls suggest will be the outcome of the January 25 vote (a SYRIZA win just short of a parliamentary majority) but new scenarios about what might happen after the elections are starting to emerge
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Travel surplus soars 57.2 pct in November on surging tourist arrivals
EconomyGreece's travel receipts grew for the sixth successive month by 30.7 percent year on year (YoY) in November at an accelerating pace compared to the 4.6 percent YoY recorded in October, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). In absolute terms, travel receipts reached 267 million from 205 million
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Top SYRIZA officials hint at path to compromise with eurozone
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe bailout terms that have gone before. If, for instance, a settlement on debt relief also forms
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