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Newsletter 69 - 08/04/2016
in camps into such facilities and away from the makeshift sites at Idomeni and Piraeus, where tension... problems in convincing people to leave the Idomeni and Piraeus camps. Authorities are particularly
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Camp conditions and fragile EU-Turkey agreement risks for Greece in refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyunsatisfactory way of dealing with some 55,000 refugees and migrants in the country. In clearing the Idomeni... Minister Yiannis Mouzalas described moving refugees from Idomeni to makeshift facilities
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What will it take to reverse the Greek 'brain drain'?
Societythe skills for a modern workplace. Even limited solutions need to pursued with a long-term vision... left during the crisis. An ICAP survey from 2018 estimates that over 80 percent of recent emigrants... the “mass exodus” of key professions can be misleading. For example, while an estimated 17,500 Greek
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Q1 GDP contracts 0.5 pct QoQ and 1.4 pct YoY, slightly worse than flash estimates
EconomyMacroeconomyof the flash estimate. All key GDP components fell QoQ. The most significant drops were seen... 2015, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) provisional estimates showed on Monday. The headline figure is slightly worse than the 0.4 percent QoQ contraction in the flash estimates released
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EC keeps growth estimates broadly unchanged, fiscal outlook improves markedly
EconomyMacroeconomyadjustments for the Greek growth outlook from the previous estimate in May. The Commission for 2024 sees... in 2025, falling below the 2 percent threshold in 2026. In the estimates in May, inflation for 2024..., dropping to 9.8 percent next year and 9.2 percent in 2026. This is broadly in line with the estimates
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Revised GDP data shows recession for 2016, higher growth in 2014
EconomyMacroeconomyAccording to the Hellenic Statistical Authority’s (ELSTAT) second estimate for the 2016 Annual... an initial estimate of 0.1 percent growth. ELSTAT also revised the national accounts for the years... compared to an initial growth estimate of 0.6 percent. Expenditure of households dropped by 0.1 percent
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Eurobank gears up for crucial but contentious capital increase
EconomyBankingand ex-leader of liberal party Drasi, Stefanos Manos, was indicative of this mood. “With the approval
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Greek politics in thrall to new faces and old ideas
Agoraand liberal parties, such as Drasi, have unsuccessfully attempted to before. They have fallen down because
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Coalition prepares final legislation for review, opposition expects no upsets for now
PoliticsGreek Politicssome eyebrows to be raised when he chose to speak at an event organized by liberal party Drasi, rather
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PASOK and Potami aim to firm up joint platform
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter several weeks of deliberations, PASOK and To Potami are preparing to present their common policy platform in a show of partial unity that may act a as a precursor to the two parties joining forces at the next elections. The two parties, along with Democratic Left (DIMAR) and Drasi, both
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