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Newsletter 56 - 18/12/2015
unless an alternative scheme is provided with equivalent results in terms of competition and investment
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Last round of Greek banks' recapitalisation drastically shifts shareholder structures
Economylower (-0.3 percent). Alpha is clearly the largest bank in terms of market value and the third largest
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Meimarakis and Mitsotakis make it into run-off vote for New Democracy leadership
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe vote on November 22. In terms of the actual voting process, there were few hitches and the higher than
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Current account turns to a surplus of 314 mln in Oct on contracting goods deficit
EconomyMacroeconomysignificantly reduced due to capital controls. In absolute terms, the goods deficit landed at 1.31 billion
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Unemployment among Greek doctors hits record levels
Societycounties have been qualified doctors. In terms of geographical spread, almost half (46 percent
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Travel receipts drop by 4.1 pct in Oct for second straight fall
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's travel receipts dropped for the second successive month in October, when they fell by 4.1 percent following a 5.4 percent decline in September, Bank of Greece (BoG) data displayed on Tuesday. In absolute terms, travel receipts settled at 960.8 million euros in October, while
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Vote on same-sex civil unions reveals common ground and divisions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsApart from being an important moment in terms of Greece aligning its civil rights with European Union norms, the passing of a bill on same-sex civil unions on Tuesday night also revealed some significant political fault lines. The law was passed with the votes of a substantial majority of 194 out
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The agenda of the first programme review shapes up with thorny issues
EconomyProgrammepercent of GDP, which in absolute terms corresponds to 1.8 billion euros. The measures that have
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Opposition party leader Leventis a coalition partner-in-waiting?
PoliticsGreek Politicsterms about the opposition leader recently. Right from the first days that the renewed SYRIZA
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Receipts from taxes and social contributions rise to 39 pct in 2014, near EU average
Economy. In absolute terms, Greek receipts improved for the first time since 2008, albeit by just 0.2
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