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Coalition agrees policy framework: Purpose unclear, impact doubtful
PoliticsGreek Politics. The second reason the policy framework has been approved now is that it is a show of unity to Greece’s.... “Greece is now in a position to convincingly tell the world that new fiscal measures that limit wages
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A summit of little substance
Agoradetails still need to be settled. Now that the federal elections are out of the way, Berlin is eager... the elections, it seems likely that both Paris and Berlin will now be ready and willing to seek compromises
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Scars for coalition, questions for SYRIZA after confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsembarrassment for PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos. His party has now lost six MPs since the elections. Given... revolved largely around the now entrenched pro- and anti-memorandum arguments, which voters have heard
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Is Democratic Left set to make a shock return to Greece's coalition?
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the conditions for such a return did not exist now but that a “new framework, a new philosophy, a new... reason why DIMAR’s return to the government, which looked impossible five months ago, now doesn’t seem
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Newfound variety helps Greek winemakers enjoy exports boost
Society. They started out by inviting wine writers and bloggers, and now even bring in wine buyers. “Five years... have been amazing for Greek wine. There are now many young people who make wine and have a different
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New data shows 6.2 pct of Greek labour force in gray area
EconomyMacroeconomyThree new indicators released on Monday by the Greek statistical authority, ELSTAT, paint an even grimmer picture of Greece's labour market than the one most experts had considered until now... and suggest that the problem is bigger than most analysts had realised until now.
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New Democracy and SYRIZA on campaign footing but for how many elections?
PoliticsGreek Politicsin this message. Samaras and his ministers have insisted for some weeks now that the local and European... Greece in 2014. #Samaras: "#Greece survived & is now overcoming its problems, entering the path
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Polls turn in SYRIZA’s favour but also show that doubts persists
PoliticsGreek Politicsmight take. However, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn has now indicated... to unite SYRIZA behind a central decision-making process, it should now be clear to SYRIZA leader
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Greece and troika: Bailout tranche, funding gap and debt relief still pending
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe decision on the release of the next bailout tranche for Greece, originally due for the final quarter of 2013, now looks likely to be taken in March, with the government in Athens still having... banked on this as part of their campaign strategy. They now have to return to the drawing board
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Supreme Court ruling casts doubt over property tax revenues
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA Council of State ruling in January looks to have blown a 500-million-euro hole in the government’s fiscal plans. Now a Supreme Court verdict is threatening to create an even bigger shortfall... of the judges disagreed with this interpretation, the matter is now being referred to the Supreme Court’s
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