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Newsletter 248 -24/04/2020
Relaxation of lockdown in sight ND focusses on paring back restrictions as it backpedals on work voucher scheme With each day that passes, the focus of the public discussion on Covid-19 in Greece... back to school in the coming weeks, starting with last-year senior high school students who have
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Athens expects emergency economic measures to contain 2020 contraction to 4.7 in baseline
Economyby 1 pct on the back of supportive spending measures. Investments will contract by 4.6 pct... of 19.2 pct and imports will increase by 15.6 pct. On the back of extensive public policy response
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Turkey continues Aegean jostling as Athens sends envoy to Syria, renews backing for Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign Policybrought back the issue of “grey zones” in the Aegean with an emphasis on the Imia islets’ crisis back
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Tsipras struggles to revive and repackage SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicscould work well in this sector. “The developments regarding the pandemic have brought back into focus... will return to government. The challenge is to come back not as a party of protest, but as a creative
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Release of refugees creates new difficulties for minister
PoliticsGreek Politicsin central Athens, appear to back up the scepticism express over the past few weeks. Migration... unprepared and failing to think through the issue. KINAL proposed that the government brings back
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Multiple fronts and falling revenues pose pensions challenge for government
EconomyFeaturesThe government is facing a complex landscape in dealing with Greece’s long-standing pensions issue, exacerbated by the latest challenge of declining revenues and an impending back payment ruling... is that the CoS ruling will cover back pay for the 11 months between June 2015 and May 2016, but only
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ND tweaking stimulus measures as SYRIZA flounders in Novartis backwash
PoliticsGreek Politicscase. The latest claims about the previous administration’s practices come on the back of another... that the opposition party is on the back foot. The pressure is now on Tsipras to shake off the serious
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PM in search of recovery fund boost as parties clash over latest Novartis episode
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe country bounce back from the Covid-19 setback to its economic recovery following a decade-long crisis.... Novartis continued Back in Athens, a new row is brewing between New Democracy and SYRIZA over
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Govt offers pensioners 1.4 bln in backpay, opposition questions decision
PoliticsGreek Politicsmight adopt a more generous interpretation of the ruling and award back-pay universally.... Pension back-pay is not the only legacy of the financial crisis that the government is having
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PMI drops to 46.8 points in July amid Covid-19 uncertainty
EconomyMacroeconomy. Optimism from Greek manufacturers fell in turn on the back of reduced client demand, dropping notably... in its road to recovery on the back of the above mentioned factors. The weak tourism season was noted
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