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KINAL edges towards more central role in political developments
PoliticsGreek Politicsof elections in the next 18 months is starting to concentrate people’s minds. New Democracy saw its... of MEP Androulakis as its new leader in December – the centre-left party saw its ratings increase... the polls suggest, the chances of the leftist winning the next elections are extremely slim
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Court ruling on pension cuts could create new problem in talks, fiscal plans
EconomyProgrammeAs the government struggles to find common ground with lenders over this year’s fiscal targets, a legal issue concerning pension cuts threatens to derail spending plans. Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Alexis Mitropoulos (SYRIZA) claimed in an interview wi...
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Athens encounters problem in effort to foster Greek-Albanian talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek Foreign Ministry has issued a new statement in response to Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati who claimed in a radio interview on Monday that the two countries are discussing the Cham community’s claims to property in Greece. The Chams b...
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BoG provides insight into Greece’s housing affordability problem
EconomyFeaturesIn its Governor’s Report for 2025, the Bank of Greece dedicated a section to the factors shaping house prices in Greece and the capacity of households to finance the acquisition of a home. Housing affordability is defined as the ability of households to...
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Newsletter 392 - 08/09/2023
weather being generated by the climate crisis, but that some chronic problems in the public administration, including the country’s civil protection mechanism, need to be addressed. The problem... of ELSAT each month, rising in Q2 by only 0.1 pct YoY, while import growth also saw a modest rise
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Newsletter 410 - 02/02/2024
PoliticsProtesting farmers open new front for governmentThe government saw a new front open..., the government made only minor interventions that aggravated the problem and left the short-term rental... have voiced frustration about the government being out of touch with farmers’ problems and have
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros. #Greece new unpaid taxes at €763 mln in Apr (from €1.21 bln in Mar) & at €4.33 bln year
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Budget execution shows primary surplus of 711 mln, 503 mln ahead of target
EconomyMacroeconomyperiod. This implies an average figure exceeding 1 billion per month. Although the April figure of 763
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Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s unpaid taxes rose by 873 million in May at a slightly accelerating pace compared to the 763 million recorded in April, according to data provided by the General Secretariat of Information Systems. Following May’s performance, the year to date figure of new unpaid tax obligations stands
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Unpaid taxes rose by 1 bln a month in H1 2014, collection targets missed
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rate of increase in Greece’s unpaid taxes accelerated to 1.03 billion euros in June from 873 million in May and 763 million in April, according to data provided by the General Secretariat of Information Systems, which also revealed that most tax collection targets are being missed. The June
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