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The enemy within
Agorathat lower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most (by 16.4 to 34.6 percent) between 2008 and 2012, while the top income groups saw their income fall by much less (9.3 to 11.7 percent). What
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Government lines up new zoning scheme, fuelling debate over growth model
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has unveiled its plans to introduce a new zoning plan, which it says will restore some order to construction activity in Greece but which others fear will pave the way for more building in areas outside of the updated scheme. The new plan...
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Parties locked in tug of war over troubled universities
Societywas built upon by subsequent governments and extended with a strategy which saw the creation of numerous..., with advocates viewing it as a model for progressive education, and critics as the source of all ills... of the Diamantopoulou law criticised what it saw as a deep politicisation of decision-making on all
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APS bill tabled, allowing use of 12 bln in state guarantees to reduce NPLs
EconomyBankinga year ago, share prices of Greek banks went through a period of turbulence that saw the value... of 18 months. This can be extended by a ministerial decision. The scheme replicates the Italian model... billion euros of NPEs in overall movements that saw NPEs drop to 75.4 billion from 81.8 billion
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Promises and challenges of Greece's "green new deal"
EconomyFeaturesDemocracy government to speed up “de-lignitisation” - though it no doubt also saw an opportunity to put... adjustment programme the government is desperately searching for a new economic model that will lift... to be systematically incentivised after 2001, and the ensuing decade saw a rapid growth in the installation
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Credit contraction decelerates to 0.9 pct in April, net additions climb to 659 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy. The positive flow in April is almost entirely attributed to corporate sector net additions of 763... positive for the third successive month, with net additions climbing to 763 million in April
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
plans to appoint a chief of staff as part of his effort to re-model the prime minister’s office... and the prime minister. Instead, all the leaders of the parties represented in Parliament (bar Golden Dawn
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ND and PASOK turn fire on Tsipras’s new party as political tension escalates
PoliticsGreek Politicspresided over the Golden Dawn convictions, was a calculated move to reinforce the party’s justice‑centred... is preparing to transform its early momentum into structure, with a hybrid model combining traditional
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Consensus, conviction and the anti-racism bill
Agoraof consensus and saw herself as a “conviction politician,” she may have been smiling down as the heads... blows. A surge for far-right Golden Dawn is of particular concern to government officials. One... to improve in the hope that this will bring voters back to ND from Golden Dawn, Independent Greeks
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Kammenos ups rhetoric but Independent Greeks' future unclear
PoliticsGreek Politicshit a nerve. The term he used is particularly loaded at the moment because Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn has... of Golden Dawn's leadership began last month, several of the party's MPs went to the Supreme Court.... He saw several key members quit last year in a disagreement over his leadership style. One, Christos
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