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PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsand there is no such stipulation in most European Union countries. The amendment, which is due to be put to a vote... the tide by calling national elections as soon as he can rather than wait until October and suffer
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Protection of main homes the next step in assembly of election ammunition for SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNPLs from their balance sheets. Tzanakopoulos stressed that the main criteria put forward... certain environment than the previous Katseli law, which involved a lengthy and uncertain legal
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Piraeus Bank posts net profit of 185 mln in 2018
EconomyBankingbetween December 2018 and December 2021. Management noted that two NPE reduction frameworks put forward... loan disbursements at spreads higher than the back book and reduced funding costs. Deposits also
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SYRIZA seeks to bolster post-MoU narrative with early IMF repayment
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the almost 10 billion that it owes before those loans mature this year and next, saving Greece more than 100... committee of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, the grouping Tsipras has put together for May’s European
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Athens holds fire on debt schemes, prepares tax relief measures
EconomyProgrammeThe government is hoping in the coming days to wrap up draft legislation for the new payment schemes it wants to introduce for social security and tax debts. It also wants to put the finishing... contributions will offer relief to more than 1 million debtors with a total of 35 billion euros
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Mitsotakis attempts to outmanoeuvre Tsipras over lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politics. By tabling the amendment, New Democracy aims to put the government on the spot, forcing Tsipras to either... once suggested that he would resign rather than lower the threshold. Neither party wants to be seen
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Clash over judiciary persists as second round of local elections nears
PoliticsGreek Politicsto support or reject candidates put forward by SYRIZA. If ND wins the July 7 general elections... not had in its hands for more than two decades. The opposition party will also be aiming to win
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Lenders set to highlight reform delays, leaving fiscal gap concerns until after elections
EconomyProgramme. The lenders are expected to suggest that the measures have put the 2019 target at risk. They have... for the unemployed, who suffered a deeper impact from the crisis than pensioners. The other element to the enhanced
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Regling underlines concerns about fiscal target after voter-friendly measures
EconomyProgrammethe overall stock by more than 8 billion euros. The ESM urges the Greek authorities to intensify... measures last month, in the run up to the European Parliament elections, might put the target of 3.5
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Tsipras responds to criticism of SYRIZA record in bid to rally support
PoliticsGreek Politicsthemes and put across his point of view on a range of issues. He defended his fraught negotiations... a better deal than the one Wolfgang Schaeuble had tried to encourage, while keeping Greece
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