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Hoping to continue poll recovery, PM tries to put lid on subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsmatters and be seen as fraud at a relatively low level rather than grand scale corruption
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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
SocietyGreece tops the EU league tables in terms of the number of lawyers per population and has by far... per 100,000 in 2010 to 388 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2014. Also registering a high proportion... 6.4 cases per 100 inhabitants in 2012, compared to 21 in the EU – it was at the upper end
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Productivity developments in the Greek public and private sector
Agoraproductivity to lift per-capita income is important for Greece, then these trends would need to be reversed... periods. If we want to boost real GDP, we have to boost real GVA. Real GVA is available per quarter and per sector, so we can calculate quarterly GVA in real terms for the private and the public sector
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BoG data shows drop in card usage in first half of 2019
EconomyFeaturespercent. The average number of transactions per card also showed a reduction, coming to 25 transactions... transactions came to an average of 26 transactions per card versus 32 in the previous period, while credit... value of transactions per card dropped by 19 percent compared to the final six months of 2018
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsportfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos
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Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
PoliticsGreek Politicswithin the government, even leading to thoughts of removing Panousis’s portfolio from the Interior.... Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Alternate Minister for European Affairs Nikos Hountis
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Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis is set to launch a new centre-left movement on Wednesday, highlighting the fragmentation in this part of the Greek political spectrum. With PASOK... to liberalise the taxi sector while he was interior, and then transport, minister between 2009 and 2011. He
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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the Interior Ministry is asking for an extra 60 million euros from the Finance Ministry to carry out... to discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings
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PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsfuelled on Monday by an amendment submitted to Parliament by the Interior Ministry. It aims... a parliamentary majority. The rule had been introduced in 2014 but the Interior Ministry argues
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Mitsotakis sworn in as prime minister as attention turns to Cabinet picks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDendias are tipped to return to former posts at the Labour and Interior Ministries respectively... the Interior Ministry. Chrisochoidis appointed the ministry under former Prime Minister George
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