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Government paves way for major U-turn on migration as opposition warns of interference in regulators
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the country is a new one and contradicts the hardline stance on migration which has been a key tenet
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policycountries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including... for the first time a high-level meeting on Libya on November 12, in Paris. Greece had been excluded twice from
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Tourist arrivals in Greece up 18.7 pct in 2013 but lower average spending points to missed potential
Economywidened to 32 percent, since the latter showed a 3.3 percent rise to 109 euros. The breakdown.... This corresponds to a 3.4 percent rise in arrivals and 6.6 percent in travel receipts. The latter
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Greek primary budget surplus at 707 mln as revenues beat target in May
Economyfalling for a third straight month. They were down by 6.6 percent in May and 4.5 percent in the 5-month... to -3.3 percent in May (from -2.7 percent in April) leading the 5-month figure down 8.4 percent
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Greek economic sentiment and consumer confidence fall in August
EconomyMacroeconomyto 6.6. The aggregate rise stands at 29.1 points over the trailing 12 months. In contrast, industry... indicator showing deterioration (3.3 points) over the past 12 months.
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Greek tax revenues at 33.5 pct of GDP in 2013, slightly below OECD average
EconomyMacroeconomytaxation, corporate income taxes halved from 6.5 percent in 2011 to 3.3 percent in 2012, way below... the OECD average of 6.6 percent. However, their contribution to total taxation slipped by 2 pp to 21.2
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Greek Q4 GDP down 0.2 pct QoQ, 2014 nominal GDP stays in recession
EconomyMacroeconomy) with 2012 following suit with a decrease of 6.6 percent. The detailed breakdown of the 9-month SA... fixed capital formation fell 3.3 percent in the 9-month period, although a recovery was posted in Q3
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