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Privatisations in Greece: A win-win that's difficult to achieve
Agorasupervisory board together with three Greek representatives appointed by the Greek government. One of the ESM members will also be the chairman of the board. Each side must approve the appointments... operator ADMIE and the appointment of the supervisory board of HCAP. The transfer to this fund of a second
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HFSF General Council appoints interim CEO and Deputy CEO
EconomyBanking, appointed Christoforos Stratos and Michael Haralabidis as Executive Board CEO and Deputy CEO respectively for an interim period until the selection of the new board members. The appointment of the interim CEO..., the previous HFSF Executive Board members, Aris Xenofos, CEO, George Koutsos, Deputy CEO and Anastasios Gagales
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IMF flags up weak growth, long-term debt sustainability and reform pledges in Article IV report
EconomyProgrammeconsultation with Greece, which was discussed by its executive board last week. The Fund anticipates... to sustainable and inclusive growth. The IMF’s executive board reiterates that given the impressive...) and the executive board urges banks to pursue even more ambitious NPL reduction targets, take full
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Puzzling reaction to army reservists' call for government to resign
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn unusual announcement by a little known army reservists’ group calling for the government to resign prompted an emergency late night meeting of top ministry and judicial officials on Wednesday. There was surprise that the government gave such attention to the statement, which amounted to a demand
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Samaras proposes free wi-fi as crisis antidote for young Greeks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras has come up with a surprising proposal to give hope to young Greeks, including those considering leaving the country because of record unemployment: Free wi-fi throughout Greece. Samaras made the unusual suggestion during a rare primetime TV interview on Monday night
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In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
PoliticsGreek Politicsis an atheist, meeting monks was indeed unusual. It was the first such visit by a leftist leader since
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To Potami intensifies efforts to mop up disgruntled Greek voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the unusual nature of his party, is now likely to step up efforts to lure voters to To Potami
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Newsletter 1 31/10/2014
, especially if they are from the same party, are not necessarily a rare occurrence – even within the unusual
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Stalled troika talks stretching Greek coalition cohesion to limits
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor tax arrears. Hardouvelis took the unusual step of meeting President Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday. Upon
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Samaras finger wagging at troika a sign of pressure on Greek government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras took the unusual step of criticising the troika on Tuesday, an indication of how frustrated the government feels as it is squeezed between lenders’ demands and domestic political pressures. Among the quotes that stood out during the premier’s speech at a conference
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