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Dendias's Libya tangle cuts off Athens-Tripoli communication
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinistry issued a strong statement underlining that “the Greek minister refused to get off his plane... been closed off, especially following the decision of Libya’s Foreign Ministry to recall its
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Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn his parting shot just before the summer recess, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis turned fire on his predecessors’ foreign policy record, while brushing off the accusations of corruption that have engulfed... by backing off offshore projects, the most emblematic of which is the Greece-Cyprus interconnector
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Draft budget contains two scenarios on pensions, charts course within agreed fiscal targets
EconomyMacroeconomy, beating the target by 0.64 pps. In the alternative scenario, the Finance Ministry calls off pension... property tax and lower social insurance contributions. They are worth 263 and 229 million respectively
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Backpay for civil servants gets "positive" measures rolling for government
Economyto the beneficiaries being between 200 and 4,690 euros better off per year as a result... impact of 263 million euros, lower social security contributions for the self-employed will cost
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ICU shortages provide opposition with fodder in political battle over Covid-19 strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Covid-19 being treated in ICUs came to 263. In his comments, Kikilias focussed on the perilous situation... issue for New Democracy, which has so far fended off calls from the opposition for much higher health
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Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 9.07 bln in October
EconomyMacroeconomy. In the preliminary budget execution release for October, the primary balance was off target by 12.32... of extraordinary transfers to EFKA and EOPYY of 489 and 263 million euros, respectively, for covering
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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agorapercent of GDP. By 2022-Q2, this had grown to €-263 billion, or -133 percent of GDP. Because... in the form of bonds. Then, as Greece was cut off from the bond markets, partner countries and multilaterals
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Piraeus NII exceeds 1 bln in H1, commissions income at 325 mln
EconomyBankingto 299 million euros in H1 2023, as one-off charges in H1 this year dropped to 49 million euros, from 142... billion euros in H1, while net fee income was 325 million euros, from 935 and 263 million euros
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SYRIZA leadership contenders enter final stretch, as ID cards become latest headache for govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat they will be satisfied if participation exceeds 40,000 on Sunday. Around 1,800 overseas members are also...”. The cards are due to be introduced at the end of September and become compulsory by August 2026, and form
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Government treads carefully on Trump, looks for positives in EU defence spending tweak
PoliticsGreek Politics, the total effect on exports, including exports to EU markets, could have a 0.4 pct GDP impact by 2026... on the new map of international relations,” he added. Mitsotakis declared himself satisfied that the EU
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