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Meimarakis seen as clear frontrunner with New Democracy leadership vote approaching
PoliticsGreek Politicsin one. However, the highest rating either of them achieved was 27 percent. Meimarakis’s superiority... though his refusal to participate in one has drawn criticism from the other three hopefuls. In fact
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Some movement on Greece's name dispute but solution still long way off
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) remains one of the key unresolved matters in Greece’s diplomatic agenda but there appears to be movement on the issue... of “irredentism” by Greece’s neighbour as one of the major obstacles in bilateral relations but what
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Internal and external difficulties with measures expose coalition's weaknesses
PoliticsGreek Politicshave mentioned before, the foreclosures issue is a particularly sensitive one for the government... (DIMAR) and was one of the few non-SYRIZA officials in the previous government.
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Government in race against time to resolve bailout issues
EconomyProgrammeif they miss the payment of one installment even by one day. Based also on income criteria, the government
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Paris attacks likely to place extra pressure on Greece over refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe possibility that one of the terrorists who carried out the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday night passed through Greece as a refugee is likely to lead to the European Union pressuring further... about whether the Syrian passport found near one of the explosions outside the Stade de France
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Primary cash surplus widens by 1.8 bln to 4.84 bln by end of Oct
EconomyMacroeconomy. Last year’s figure includes one-off revenues of 1.31 billion euros stemming from the payment Alpha... those one-off items from both years’ reported figures, we get a much wider improvement
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Greece, lenders reach deal to secure bailout sub-tranche and bank recap funds
EconomyProgrammeby one of three measures. He said one of these would be a tax of 0.30 euros on each bottle of wine
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Gov't submits multi-bill to pave way for next bailout tranches
EconomyProgramme, the government is introducing a new tax of 0.30 euros per 750 ml (i.e. one bottle) of wine... after an instalment is past due is to be gradually reduced to one day by the end of 2016. In addition
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Positive mood but little substance in Tsipras's Turkey visit
PoliticsForeign Policyis a European issue and not one that should be tackled by countries in isolation. It also seems... and not an international one that is handled within the United Nations framework. Turkey's EU accession process The Greek
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On the road to realpolitik with Alexis Tsipras at the wheel
Agorais symptomatic of a politician who is showing an ability to veer one way and then the next within the blink... from ANEL but refusing to give up his parliamentary seat. In contrast, one of Tsipras’s closest aides
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