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Piraeus port privatisation moves a step closer
EconomyBankingthe signing of the 40-year concession agreement with the Fraport–Slentel consortium on December 14... the past 12 months, have accelerated in December and could convey a positive message
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Notable increase in grants to social security sector leads to budget primary deficit in Nov
Economy) final budget figures published on December 24. However, the monthly evolution shows a primary.... Despite the notable over-performance by 806 million in November, the December total revenue figure
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The agenda of the first programme review shapes up with thorny issues
EconomyProgrammeFollowing the disbursement of the second sub-tranche of 1 billion on December 23, the next challenge, the biggest since the signing of the third programme in the summer, involves the completion... tax reform and freezing statutory spending. NPLs The last multi-bill voted in Parliament on December
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Candidates vie for votes as New Democracy leadership race enters final stretch
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent of the 404,078 votes in the first round in December. Only those conservatives who voted... cut out to raise enough support. Mitsotakis 28.5 percent of the votes (115,162) in December but has
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
, for the first time since August 2014. It reached 50.2 in December from 48.1 in November. The reading... fell but at the slowest pace over the past thirteen months. December’s reading signalled a return
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After dire 2015, Greek stocks get off to rocky start in 2016
EconomyDecember 15. Banks underperformed, posting bigger losses of 13.1 percent this week, while... 18 to approve the sale of Finansbank officially announced on December 22. No other major corporate
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Industrial turnover drops 10.1 pct in November, for thirteenth straight fall
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the first time since August 2014 and reached 50.2 in December. Markit analysts noted that the December headline figure is “welcoming news in the face of a challenging economic environment”, yet
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Pressure on Greece to stem migrant flow puts strain on EU ties
PoliticsGreek Politics, the number of illegal border crossings on the Greece-FYROM border in December 2015 fell to 97,000 from 156,000 the previous month. During December 108,000 migrants were detected in Greece, which
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PMI at 50 points in Dec as manufacturing shows signs of stabilisation
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Manufacturing PMI slightly fell to 50 points in January from 50.2 in December, Markit survey showed on Monday. The latest figure signals a stabilisation in the manufacturing sector... further in January at an accelerating pace compared to December. Volumes of new work have been
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In grip of protests, coalition searches for ways to lift mood
PoliticsGreek Politics. The programme had been introduced to Parliament in December but was withdrawn a few days later (December 17
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