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Newsletter 98 - 02/12/2016
Moscovici. A day earlier, Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos challenged the institutions to lower... way to improve Greek competitiveness, which German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble insists... for the government. A trade-off between changing the rules on collective dismissals, which the coalition
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Newsletter 111 - 17/03/2017
. He did not give any more details but it is clear that Tsakalotos was referring to the stand-off.... after 2018) in April. For the time being, the Greek government’s focus is on trying to settle all... at home and dispel some of the uncertainty that has proved damaging for the Greek economy over
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Newsletter 170 -13/07/2018
to influence municipalities, bishops in the Greek Orthodox hierarchy, and to gain influence in the semi..., the latest developments in Greek-Russian relations come following a marked deterioration in ties over... on Thursday, when it was revealed that eurozone finance ministers had not been able to sign off
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Greece pinpoints flaws in Turkey's Aegean claims
PoliticsForeign PolicyAlthough there is relief in Athens at the relative calm in Greek-Turkish relations over the past... Turkish actions, particularly as the neighbouring country’s navy is active south of Crete. Greek diplomats... Feridun Sinirlioglu on March 18. The Greek Foreign Ministry’s legal experts have come
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Athens treads tightrope as Turkish research vessel sails in Aegean
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Greek continental shelf, this would prompt a response from the armed forces. Greece’s position... in what Athens deems to be the Greek continental shelf, but it also wants to avoid any escalation... for illegal surveys south of the island of Megisti on the Greek continental shelf, in combination
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Greek retail sales tumbled another 6.4 pct in September
EconomyMacroeconomysince the beginning of the Greek crisis clearly reflects the persisting economic depression.... The ongoing plunge in retail sales also results from the continued contraction of Greek households... to 12.4 billion euros being wiped out from Greek households over the last four quarters. Furthermore
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Fragmented, weak Greek centre left fails to find basis for cooperation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn ambitious plan for the rejuvenation of the centre left of Greek politics has stalled... to the end of their proposed cooperation with PASOK by stressing that the Greek public wants a “renewal...’s developments underline the ongoing weakness of Greek social democrats to step out of the shadow
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Greek justice slower despite reform efforts during crisis
Societythat progress in these areas has been limited. The functioning of the Greek judicial system has... and the Greek government has launched a tender for implementation of the system. TFGR monitors the process in order to assist in avoiding any delays. The size of the task facing Greek authorities and its
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Moody's upgrades Greek banks to stable, sees NPLs peaking at 37 pct this year
EconomyMoody’s upgraded on Tuesday its outlook on Greek banks to stable from negative, reflecting its... profitability in 2015. That said Greek banks have reduced their Eurosystem funding to 19 percent of total... expects Greek banks to remain loss-making in 2014 due to the still elevated loan-loss provisions
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Fitch upgrades Greek credit rating to B with stable outlook
EconomyMacroeconomy-‘ with a stable outlook, yet still remaining in the non-investment grade. This is the first Greek... its rating for Greek sovereign debt on March 21. Fitch’s previous rating action on Greece... on December 18, 2012. Moody’s rates Greek debt at ‘Caa3’ with stable outlook since November 29, 2013
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