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Macedonia issue, planned rally stoke tension between parties
PoliticsGreek Politicscentre-right Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of selling out by saying he would accept a composite name... that would involve a composite name being agreed. Some reports have suggested that certain New... a composite name that will include the term “Macedonia,” while 35 percent are in favour. Also, 65
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Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016
in Lisbon. Portugal’s sovereign debt is currently rated below investment grade by three of the four... constitutional prerogatives to dissolve parliament and call fresh elections. A return to the polls in Spain means... and strongly rebound by 2.7 percent in 2017. In addition, the jobless rate is seen remaining stable
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Detailed SME study shows crisis impact and business evolution
EconomyFeaturesenterprises consisting of up to four employees were found to have suffered the largest losses... and construction. In four out of five sectors, job losses were disproportionately higher than the average... or structure in order to survive. Specifically, nearly four out of 10 SMEs in the last three years
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Piraeus Bank reports net profit of 164.3 mln in Q2
EconomyBankingthe conference call, the management indicated that additional DTA of 200 million would be recognized..., the bank noted that some 250 million of capital gains from four transactions have been secured to date... costs amounting to 420 million have incurred. The remaining core actions involve a second voluntary
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Marginal net losses of 2 mln for Alpha in Q1
EconomyBankingAlpha was the last of the four core Greek banks that released its first quarter (Q1) results... its domestic peers. During the conference call, the management noted it expects the capital controls... percent in Q1 remaining the lowest among its domestic peers which ranges between 54 and 59 percent
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Newsletter 92 - 14/10/2016
PM says he expects lenders to take clear decision on debt relief The start of SYRIZA’s four-day... found itself being the first port of call in the biggest flow of refugees in to Europe since... for the release of the remaining part (1.7 billion) of the 2.8-billion sub-tranche, which is subject
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Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018
MPs, believes it will be able to call on the support of 2-3 ANEL deputies, at least four MPs from... the programme target of 3.5 percent of GDP this year and remaining at that level all the way to 2023... remaining unchanged in August, while the goods’ and services’ indices rose by 1.6 and 0.4 percent
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Privatisation of key northern ports on hold amid strategic rethink
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Greek interests. Confirming the decision to call off the Alexandroupoli tender, PM Kyriakos... for the Greek government’s decision. The bidders for Alexandroupoli port had been reduced from four... of a 67-pct stake in Alexandroupoli was entering its final stage with two remaining bidders, while
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The complexities of regaining market access: Could Greece learn from Portugal?
Agora. Greece was the first euro area member to be priced out of sovereign debt markets almost four years ago... financial institutions, in particular regarding the four largest lenders that were recapitalised
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Greece saw first annual deflation in almost half a century in 2013
EconomyMacroeconomycall for harmonised CPI remaining in negative territory in 2014 (-0.4 percent) turning positive... for the first time in May and continued heading south for four straight months, resumed a positive
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