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Two weeks left for Athens to settle last remaining prior actions
EconomyProgrammesustainability analysis (DSA), which will be used to support any decision taken with regard... done in previous years. This will require a fine balancing act from Athens, which wants to calculate
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Fiscal Council endorses fiscal and macro assumptions but warns of potential obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomynot seem to support it. It will require a significant reduction in unemployment and complete clearance... that the contribution of private consumption to growth had to be revised from the previous MTFS due to weak
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Piraeus enters agreement for sale of 2.2 bln loan portfolio
EconomyBankingits final support programme. The Bank of Greece’s (BoG) latest report showed that banks had met... than the previous target by 2.2 billion. The targeted reduction in NPLs is stated as 47 percent
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Moscovici hints at possibility of shelving 2019 pension cuts, riles opposition
EconomyProgrammepresident in the future. “This means he needs the support of the Socialists and is why he is nodding... Greece not to deviate from previous commitments and, at the same time, to use the scope of policy
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If rising card use in Greece meets EU average, VAT revenues would see 3.3 bln boost - study
EconomyMacroeconomy) has shown. The study, titled “Digital payments after capital controls: Support measures and tax... by 147 percent and the value by 104 percent compared to the previous year. By the second half
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Banks try to build on growing confidence
EconomyBankingwill support the country’s four banks in managing the NPEs of more than 300 Greek SMEs through... percent to 37.2 billion from Q2 2017 until the end of 2019, higher than the previous target by 2.2
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Effort for Greece and Albania to resolve diplomatic differences goes on back burner
PoliticsForeign Policywith Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper that: “I think the Greek people are gradually learning to support... themselves substantially after the end of the Cold War. And there is also the fact that previous
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Central government debt rises to 345.38 billion in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomyin financial support mechanism loans (FSM) by 952.8 million euros, along with a rise of 946.4 million...Greece’s central government debt rose by 1.64 billion to 345.38 billion euros quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2018, from 343.74 billion in the previous quarter, the Finance
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PM stands by Macedonia name deal, Kammenos continues to sow confusion
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot clear who will support the deal apart from SYRIZA MPs (145/300). Centrist To Potami has indicated... “Macedonians” are in marked contrast to previous administrations’ apparent indifference to Skopje using
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Births rise slightly, divorces fall in latest living conditions report
Societypopulation and just under 31 percent for children, highlighting the importance of social support... from the previous year. The figure in 2008 at the start of the crisis was 16.4 percent. The next
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