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To Potami intensifies efforts to mop up disgruntled Greek voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTo Potami, the centrist party founded by journalist Stavros Theodorakis in February, has published the closest thing to a manifesto it has produced in the last seven months. Theodorakis set out on Sunday the party’s 21 “governing priorities” after months of discussions within the fledgling movement
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Greek debt: A case of learned helplessness?
Agora, when the program was initially set up, out of the 87 billion euros scheduled to be disbursed between
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ECB plans for ABS, covered bonds purchases leaves doubts for Greek banks
Economyin the fourth quarter of 2014. Both programs are set to last at least two years. Greek banks currently have
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SMEs, backbone of Greek economy, have shed 27 pct of jobs since 2008
Economyto the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA), which comprises a set of policy measures organised around 10
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What would a clean bailout exit for Greece mean in numbers?
AgoraThe discussion in Greece associated with exiting the troika program early is politically charged, primarily because it has a high degree of correlation with the viability of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s government. I will attempt here to add some figures to the discussion and set out what
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Greece's biggest problem? Society's lack of openness
Agoraof the European Union – to set public standards and oftentimes public policy on any number of issues
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Percentage of Greeks at risk of poverty or social exclusion edges up to 35.7
Societydisposable income below the ‘at risk of poverty’ threshold. This was set at 5,023 euros per person
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Managing an orderly Greek exit from the memorandum
Agoraconditions set by the ECB in Frankfurt. The ECB has drawn attention to the fact that Greek banks cannot
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SYRIZA builds clear but not conclusive lead in polls as PASOK and GD fade
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAnother weekend has passed and another set of polls have given SYRIZA a clear but not decisive lead over New Democracy. Surveys by Kapa Research, Metron Analysis and Macedonia University put the leftists 3.9 to 7.5 percentage points ahead of the conservatives but without the level of support needed
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In survival bid, coalition seeks to ease taxpayer burden, secure early bailout exit
PoliticsGreek Politicson surcharges. The annual interest rate for the debt is set at 4.56 percent from more than 8 percent
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