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Tsipras and Mitsotakis cheer Macron win, hope to benefit
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the second than his predecessor. However, Greek hopes of a more influential and supportive presence... intentions could prove no more than that. Mitsotakis’s hopes The New Democracy leader seems to be hoping for a different type of fillip from Macron than Tsipras. The prospect of France being able to steer
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Timetable set for multi-bill vote, Athens hopes for debt progress in meantime
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat will be considered and a broad pledge, at best, rather than a detailed plan to make Greece’s debt sustainable... for the measures. Putting on his political hat, rather than the institutional one, the SYRIZA MP claimed that New Democracy would have a bigger problem during the vote than the government because it has said
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Net job hirings hit high of 92,132 in April, driving 4-month figure to new record
EconomyMacroeconomyby a wide margin a total of 132,049 departures, of which less than half (48 percent) related to lay... hirings declined to 54.7 percent from less than 58 percent in March, while that for departures also... of 593,052 compared to a total of 486,587 departures. Slightly more than half of the hirings in the first
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Church, democracy and the evil eye: survey reveals Greeks' beliefs
Societymore likely to support democracy than any of the other countries surveyed. Greeks also appear...). Roughly half of respondents said that religion was very important to them, with more women than men... of those over 35, a difference of 26 percent. Greeks aged over 35 were more likely to agree than
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Survey shows 42 pct of Greek expats unlikely to return
Societyor work in tourism businesses. More than half of those surveyed (53 percent) are employees, 17... enough in engaging its highly talented diaspora, rather than considering a lost generation. It cited... rather than losing them to the overseas market.
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IMF hints at flexibility as debt relief talks continue
PoliticsGreek Politicsa constructive role in securing a better compromise offer for Greece than the one put forward... primary surplus targets of less than 3.5 percent of GDP after 2022. There has been no clear indication... of respondents believe that conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis would make a better prime minister than
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Credit contraction decelerates to 0.9 pct in April, net additions climb to 659 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the second straight month, more than doubling to 659 million in April from 307 million in March... has prevailed in the Greek banking market. The loan balance has dropped by more than 25 percent amid... in NPEs, which as seen decreasing by more than 40 billion by the end of 2019. The bulk of the pledged
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Athens eyes deal on bailout tranche within June, hopes for QE breakthrough
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday that he expects an agreement within June, rather than at the Eurogroup on June 15 specifically... that the government knows it will have to back down eventually if nothing better than the May 22... for QE but also underlined that the deal will have to be more extensive than the proposal tabled
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What can Greece expect at the next Eurogroup?
Agorawhich went further than the debt relief package outlined in the May 2016 Eurogroup statement. He... the markets would react if Tsipras issues the first Greek bond for more than three years. Unknown... the agreement as something more than a disappointing defeat, which was how the May 22 proposal
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Greeks express most negative sentiments about economy in global poll
Societythan it was in 2007, immediately before the beginning of the global financial crisis. Greeks, however... financially than their parents. The most pessimistic about prospects for the next generation... they will be better off financially than their parents,” 29 percent of Greeks aged 18-29 agreed, 23
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