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Coalition battles it out with opposition over ammunition sale
PoliticsGreek Politicsprivate payments and that all money for the shells was to be transferred from one state to another... they wanted to 100,000, no money changed hands. This is one of the key difficulties the opposition has... that the current coalition is not the one that takes Greece out of the crisis and is in a position
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Piraeus Bank posts net loss of 19 mln euros in Q3, NPEs continue to fall
EconomyBankingof the stock of NPEs, 8.2 billion or one out of four, were not in arrears. The bank remains optimistic... consumer loans and denounced corporate loans. It was also noted that the e-auctions of properties set... for two NPE disposal transactions, one for business and one for consumer loans, of a total NPE on balance
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Coalition focuses on positives as MPs gear up for vote on vast multi-bill
PoliticsGreek Politics(the first one of the year) on Monday to discuss the content of the omnibus bill, among other issues. The meeting, though, also served to set the tone for the discussion ahead by telling his ministers... during a press briefing on Tuesday that there is already sufficient. This is one of the reasons
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Greece's foreign policy trap
Agoraappears to be pursuing, has been one of the key factors in upsetting the balance between the two... it already uses it in its current one) and New Democracy’s decision to side with the demonstrators... actions, as well as to achieve some specific strategic aims, one of which is to make hydrocarbons
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Greek hourly labour costs less than half of eurozone average
EconomyFeaturesrates is a particularly urgent one for Greece. According to a report by the Berlin Institute for Population and Development, Greece is set to have one of the worst population demographics in Europe... for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) pensions report also showed that Greece has one
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What the ECB did next - a tale from another crisis
Agorawas limited by the amount set by the ECB as the ceiling for ELA. What in fact happened through 2015... on whether one is more interested in a stable and strong Euro, or the effects of a prolonged recession.... In the end the ECB did ‘whatever it takes’ bringing its powers to the wire. They are now one judgment
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Political turbulence due to name deal creates election doubts
PoliticsGreek Politicsa few hours earlier. All but one of the 154 coalition MPs voted against the censure motion submitted... for the coalition. However, the loss of one of his MPs and a former party spokeswoman will prompt.... The future of KINAL now seems to be in question, even before the party has had a chance to set out its
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Privatisation projects gather pace as Athens targets 2 bln in revenue for 2018
EconomyProgramme. In the government’s Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS) released earlier this month, clear path was set out... into two entities, one commercial and one for infrastructure. In mid-June, DEPA began the process... wraps until the next phase. PPC The privatisation of the Public Power Corporation (PPC) is one
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Tsipras aims to capitalise on debt deal as election talk is revived
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be one of several positive measures he announces at Thessaloniki, along with the return of collective... of positivity carries him to a result that is much better than the one suggested by opinion polls so far... place. One of the factors that had been a deterrent for Tsipras with respect to going the polls
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New Democracy fires back at Tsipras over corruption allegations
PoliticsGreek Politicspharmaceuticals market. The trading of such allegations is set to intensify as Greece moves towards the next... is the same as in June although support for both parties has increase by one point since then. New... (KINAL) in third place, on 14 percent. Almost one in two voters (47 percent) said that the Macedonia
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