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Portugal and Greece: The opposite ends of Europe’s southern periphery
Agorawill last until at least 75 percent of the financial assistance Portugal received has been repaid. PPS may in effect last until 2026. The objective of PPS is ultimately to measure Portugal’s capacity to repay
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Gov't submits multi-bill to pave way for next bailout tranches
EconomyProgrammeto be cooperating with the bank in order to qualify for the scheme. The arrangement lasts until the end of 2018..., which could be extended by another year. Until now this tenure was fixed at 5 years. On the scheme
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Embarrassment for New Democracy as leadership vote called off due to IT problem
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis called for an interim leader to be appointed until the election takes place. There had.... Former Education Minister and MEP Marietta Giannakou has been proposed as a stop-gap leader until
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Greece being boxed in by refugee crisis and security concerns
Agorareluctant to commit any serious resources to stem the flow from its shores until it has obtained... suggested that the Turkish government is not willing to take decisive action until it is clear what
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Budget execution improves significantly in Oct, primary surplus reaches 4.53 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyand are due to be collected in five installments from October until February 2015. This means... billion. The marked under-spend, particularly until July, primarily reflected the government’s
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With onerous measures looming, Tsipras seeks talks with opposition leaders
PoliticsGreek Politicsuntil late on Friday, this weekend is the earliest that the gathering can take place. Such official... and will probably be consumed by internal squabbles until then. The spotlight will also fall
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Multi-bill tabled in Parliament, paves way for sale of NPLs
EconomyProgrammeand mortgages for homes that are not primary residences until February 15, 2016. This means that the issue... from resolved banks have been undertaken by the Bank of Greece (BoG). Until February 15, a total
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Will Tsipras ride the waves in 2016?
Agorato keep refugees at the so-called hotspots on the Greek islands until they have been relocated.... It also means that a problem which until now had been limited to the islands and border areas is now
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Gov't submits reform plan that raises contributions and cuts future pensions
EconomyProgrammeis lower than that paid out, the difference will continue to be paid to the pensioner until the end... to 3.5 percent for employees. This rise will be effective for a 3-year period until the end of 2018
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A closer look at 2015 revenues reveals size of hit they took
EconomyMacroeconomythe levy was paid in six instalments from September 2014 until February 2015. Direct tax arrears (i.e.... in 2015 and a total of 1.31 billion for the 2-year period until the end of 2016. Unlike VAT
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