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Athens edges towards compromise on pension cuts but may have to plug fiscal gap
EconomyProgrammeand its lenders may still need to agree on a way to bridge an apparent fiscal gap in 2019. Reports... a fresh costing in the coming months. Either way, it appears that Greece’s insistence that the pension
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IMF distances itself from budget talks, leaving Athens and EU to hammer out deal
EconomyProgrammeit up to the Greek government and its European creditors to find a way of settling the content of next...… that has been agreed for some time and we think it is important that Greece moves in a convincing way
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Tsipras reaches settlement with church, aiming to subdue critics
PoliticsGreek Politicsand elsewhere will remain and if there will be any changes to the way religion is taught in Greek... school textbooks for religious classes, raised doubts about whether the state benefits in any way
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Backpay for civil servants gets "positive" measures rolling for government
EconomyThe Greek government has submitted to Parliament draft legislation that paves the way for thousands of civil servants to receive millions of euros in backpay, marking the start of a period of intense... of legislation due in the House is expected to be the one paving the way for the social security
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Coalition optimistic about pension cuts deal as it readies reduction to contributions
PoliticsGreek Politicswill not stand in the way of Greece’s efforts to cancel next year’s pension cuts. He is reported..., the government submitted to Parliament on Monday evening the draft law that paves the way
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Newsletter 183 -16/11/2018
Tsipras close to pension agreement EWG paves way for cuts to be axed, govt pushes ahead with ‘positive’ measures Alexis Tsipras is close to scoring what could turn out to be a significant political... the draft law that paves the way for a reduction in pension contributions for the self-employed
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Tsipras encounters obstacle in efforts to secure church deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opportunity to announce an extra 10,000 hirings before next year’s elections. The way he made... are on their way is that the government and the opposition are focussing on alleged scandals they hope
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Pension deal rekindles speculation about election date
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government getting its way over the pension cuts that had been lined up for 2019, but which will no longer be included in next year’s budget, has rekindled speculation about when Alexis Tsipras... that ANEL could continue voting with SYRIZA in Parliament. The coming weeks, and mainly the way
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A European intelligence school led by Greece and Cyprus?
Agoraeffective way to counter threats. On the other hand, a common intelligence culture would certainly... released a communiqué last September – way before the vote of the JEIS project - announcing
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Mitsotakis on offensive over Macedonia name deal after Zaev comments
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Zaev. “They confirm in the clearest possible way what New Democracy... to improving good neighbourly relations. We regret if his comments were understood in any other way
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