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Doubts about whether package deal with lenders is feasible by June
EconomyProgrammeand post-programme surveillance may not be reached at the June 21 Eurogroup but in July. The official put... the key deliverables and that this means the fourth review may be completed towards the end of June or even July, rather than in May as had been hoped until now. The official suggested that Greece
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Privatisation projects gather pace as Athens targets 2 bln in revenue for 2018
EconomyProgrammefrom 2018 to 2022. In the latest preliminary budget figures for May, privatisation proceeds came... In May, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) released a list of seven investors who... approved by the government in a ministerial decision. Hellenic Petroleum At the end of May, the HRADF
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Credit contraction at 1.2 pct in June, balance at 178.87 bln
EconomyMacroeconomypercent in May, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures released on Wednesday showed. As a result, the outstanding balance decreased to 178.87 billion from 179.33 billion in May, remaining under the 180-billion... of negative readings, and came to 1.06 billion in June from -279.1 million in May. In June
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PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsgeneral elections in May, the prime minister has given the strongest public indication yet that he... is due to be held on May 26. “This will not happen,” he said. His comments come on the back of media... on Tuesday, also foresees polling stations being divided in two on May 26, so voters will cast ballots
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SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTrailing in the opinion polls ahead of the European and local elections on May 26, the government.... The government’s aim is to announce the measures before May 26. However, to do so it will also have.... The scheme is due to be launched by the beginning of May and, according to the minister, will run until
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agoraor to attach a permanence to something that may soon prove to be transient. Sunday’s European... popular assumptions about the May 26 elections is that it signalled the end of populism... euros. The lenders’ concern, which may lead to Greece’s early repayment of its IMF loans being put off
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Newsletter 214 -12/07/2019
which Mitsotakis himself hails from. Mitsotakis’s may have made one of his shrewdest choices... in May, figures from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) showed. June’s reading... for June rose by 0.5 percent when compared to May. The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP
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Unemployment edges down again in June, falling to 17 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyrevised rate of 17.1 percent in May, Hellenic Statistical Authority’s (ELSTAT) data showed on Thursday... under 18 percent was in July 2011. During June, employment increased by 5,752 people compared to May... in June versus May, a reduction of 0.7 percent. On an annual basis, the decline came to 110,078
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Some sad lessons the Western Balkans can learn from Bulgaria's EU Journey
Agora. It is in this light that Bulgaria’s grim journey in the EU may teach some lessons to the citizens... reputable indices and democracy reports, you may wonder if the country has not joined the wrong Union... place as planned. In this light, one may doubt if the EU has taken any lessons from the latest
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Newsletter 294 - 23/04/2021
Easter sacrificed for May reopening PM maps out plans for catering, tourism to resume activity... to cushion the blow by announcing that the food service sector, as well as all schools, would re-open in May... and a free summer.” The provisional schedule includes the reopening of the catering sector on May 3
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