Search
-
Samaras, Venizelos opt for earlier presidential vote in high-risk strategy to save coalition
PoliticsGreek Politics, with the first roll call ballot taking place on December 17, followed by the second three days later and the final round on December 29. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Deputy Prime Minister.... If a third round of voting is needed it will be held on December 29. If there is no winner
3% -
Talk of negative impact from political risk sees tightening of Greek polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsto December. The poll gave SYRIZA 24.2 percent and New Democracy 21, a lead of 3.2 percentage points compared... Ind Greeks 10 #Greece — MacroPolis (@MacroPolis_gr) December 15, 2014 A GPO poll conducted for Mega... (@MacroPolis_gr) December 15, 2014 Interestingly, though, the GPO poll revealed how much concern
3% -
First vote for president leaves coalition with uphill task to avoid snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsballot is due at noon on Tuesday and the third on December 29. Five Independent MPs – Giorgos Davris... to prevent snap elections it is more likely to come before the third and final vote on December 29. The government might try to squeeze out a few extra votes for the December 23 vote to put it in a stronger
3% -
Newsletter 8 - 19/12/2014
of reaching the magic 180 needed by the time of the final ballot on December 29. Independent MP Panayiotis... calm for now Situation may change if general election follows December 29 vote One of the key concerns... withdrawals, it is not clear how they will react if snap elections are called on December 29 in case
3% -
Samaras softens stance on snap elections as decisive presidential vote looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsof at least 20 votes to elect a president by the final ballot on December 29) offered opposition... rounds of voting, on Tuesday and in the final ballot on December 29, when 180 rather than 200 votes... is expected to deliver a report as early as Monday, December 22.
3% -
Newsletter 9 - 30/12/2014
surveys this month and they indicate that the leftists’ lead is slipping. SYRIZA’s rating on December 29 was 28.1 percent, compared to 28.5 on December 17. During the same period, New Democracy saw its... of a euro exit if SYRIZA emerged victorious. The December 29 Marc poll indicated that 53.5 percent
3% -
Funding needs take centre stage in row between New Democracy and SYRIZA
Economyof November. However, an extraordinary issue of 3-month T-Bills of 1.6 billion on December 10 led the current... media have reported that deposit outflows accelerated in the second half of December, reaching 3 billion euros for December in total. Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis stated the same figure
3% -
Greek banks set for early ELA return in apparent precautionary move
Economyfollowing deposit outflows of 3 billion euros in December, a process which is continuing in January... extension approved in mid-December. According to ECB rules, ELA means the provision by a Eurosystem... Government Bonds (GGBs) were not accepted as collateral by the ECB. The ECB decision in December 2012
3% -
Central gov't cash surplus reaches 1.42 bln in 2014 after 1.19 bln deficit in Dec
EconomyMacroeconomydeficit of 6.72 billion in 2013, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). However, December recorded... revenues grew by 1 percent to 47.1 billion euros, with December revenues up 5.1 percent. MoF data showed revenues fell by more than 17 percent in December. The cash figure for 2014 includes revenues
3% -
Industrial turnover dips again in November after upswing in two previous months
EconomyMacroeconomy, since the October release initially due on December 19 was postponed for January 14. November’s... 14.7 percent). For December, the Markit’s Manufacturing PMI showed a slight improvement by 0.3 points to 49.4. However, Markit analysts noted that business conditions remained tough in December, while
3%