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Newsletter 47 - 16/10/2015
The submission to Parliament of the government’s first multi-bill since the 20 September elections has... win in the elections, as well as the settling of accounts with the party’s radical wing, there has... Democracy? Leadership race has revealed much of what is ailing conservatives The belief
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Newsletter 53 - 27/11/2015
election fiasco wounds conservative party unity New Democracy has just experienced one of the most... the Meimarakis and Samaras camps. Samaras has been largely silent during the lengthy leadership campaign but has been seen as quietly supporting two rivals to Meimarakis, former Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
in property prices is the single property tax (ENFIA). As the government has agreed... euros and at a rate of 33 percent for any income above that. The government has also legislated... Alexiadis has repeatedly said that for taxpayers to be eligible for the tax-free threshold of 9,550
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Newsletter 63 - 19/02/2016
of the NPL market has been opened so far. Meanwhile, the government is in talks with lottery and betting... (ELA) ceiling for Greek banks by 100 million to 71.4 billion. Since mid-August, the ECB has cut the ELA... the opportunity this week to show his European partners that Greece has made progress in improving
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Brexit and Grexit – Britain’s referendum and Greece
Agorain the EU. It will mean he has to resign at once. The referendum he called is now a national vote... leader has urged the British to vote Yes to Europe. Greece comes into play for three reasons. First... that has sought to destroy Greece in order to show Germany is the new master of Europe
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From Berlin to Brexit
Agoraof the wellbeing of his country and a continent that the UK has contributed so much to over... Churchill, has done little to help us understand what it is that we Europeans truly derive from..., that dissatisfaction among working-class Europeans has become inextricably linked to the EU. The Union
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Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016
institutions that the government has cleared net arrears for an amount equivalent to at least 80 percent... by another 2.5 billion to 58.6 billion euros until July 21. Since mid-August, the ELA limit has been trimmed... to be voted through Parliament later this month. SYRIZA argues that it has been committed to proportional
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Newsletter 90 - 30/09/2016
, the only escape route to positive news for the coalition has been moving forward in its dealings... relating to several of the 15 milestones Greece has to complete in order to receive its next bailout... topic of discussion. Once the disbursement has been approved, the second review can begin. Athens
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About to soar? Greece's economy still needs to be handled with care
Agorahas recorded two consecutive quarters of growth. The last time Greece started a year with two... the figure is nothing impressive, the Greek economy has not performed like that since 2008. Household..., following the conclusion of the nine-month long programme review. Sentiment has recovered quickly
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Athens aiming to step up diplomatic contact with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policyaimed at soothing the atmosphere with a “nervous Turkey” - as the Greek foreign minister has put it - that has not forgotten the issue of the Turkish military officers who have claimed political asylum... have been frozen for quite some time now has provoked serious concern in Athens, which fears
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