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Eurogroup suggests there is scope for pension cuts to be called off
EconomyProgrammewas set,” added Centeno in reference to Athens agreeing to reduce pension spending by 1 percent of GDP... finances and the fact that the 2017 primary surplus target was beaten, a performance that the government
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Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018
was set,” added Centeno in reference to Athens agreeing to reduce pension spending by 1 percent of GDP... finances and the fact that the 2017 primary surplus target was beaten, a performance
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Newsletter 367 - 27/01/2023
, Mitsotakis attempted to set the agenda by holding a press conference to highlight the government’s... goal of 28.49 billion euros, beaten impressively by 3 billion euros. At the same time, income taxes
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Newsletter 431 - 12/07/2024
picked the leftist opposition. Social democrats PASOK are narrowly beaten into third place with 11.1... popular island destinations might set back a family of four for accommodation and travel by more
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Government sets out fiscal plan, prepares multi-bill in shadow of deadly wildfire
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFinance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis will set out Greece’s Medium Term Fiscal Strategy for 2025 to 2028... beaten, even though the authorities say he died of natural causes. New Left MPs took part
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societythe Mati fire now holds the record of the deadliest peacetime disaster in Greece... week’s fire at Mati was on a different scale. It was very brief in duration, according to the most..., and the 10 whole days that the most severe blazes raged in 2007. The Mati fire burned in all 12.7
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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
Societyin the aftermath of the deadly Mati wildfire of the previous summer, for which Mitsotakis laid the blame... the first anniversary of Mati, in no small measure thanks to the public anger stemming from SYRIZA’s... focussed more narrowly on what went wrong with the evacuation of Mati, and made recommendations
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Athens wary as exploratory talks with Turkey approach
PoliticsForeign Policyin Berlin early in 2021. For Greece, a key condition for resuming the exploratory talks was set out... added. Ideally for Greece a time to re-engage in a new round - the 61st - of exploratory talks could...,” said Dendias. Either way, it appears certain that in the weeks to come Athens will engage in new
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Tsipras seeks to capitalise on bailout exit, build platform for elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the moment, but to set out policies that will help convince voters a corner has been turned.... In terms of tangible policies, Tsipras is expected to set the scene for a package of tax cuts... Minister after Nikos Toskas resigned in the wake of the disastrous wildfire in Mati last month
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Reshuffle on backburner as Tsipras draws ideological battle lines
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials, over the last few weeks looks set to change following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s address... out of the summer doldrums. The government took a serious hit as a result of the Mati fire... from the third programme. The changes to his ministerial line-up will set the stage for his speech
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