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Episode 9 - Greek economy toiling under pandemic pressure
AgoraMalkoutzis speaks to an expert on Greek banks, Jonas Floriani who is a director in the research
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PM prepares to finalise relief package as talk of electoral tweak gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsfront, the initial idea of abolishing the so-called “personal difference” and folding it into core
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PMI falls back into contraction territory in July, landing at 48.7 pts
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s manufacturing sector returned to contraction territory in July, according to data released by Markit on Monday. July’s PMI came in at 48.7 points following a slight growth in June with a reading of 50.4 points. Expansion in payroll numbers is t...
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Feb sees back-to-back drops in deposits, landing 6 bln off recent high
EconomyMacroeconomyThe net private sector deposit movement in the Greek banking system dropped further in February, down by 1.46 billion euros, after having declined by 4.5 billion euros in January, based on the latest Bank of Greece (BoG) figures released on Monday. The ...
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The refugee crisis and the beast within
AgoraAs symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies requires little explanation. Its meaning is summed up in one line of the unnerving classic. “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill!” says the fly-infested head. “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part
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HFSF records losses of 1.2 bln in 9-month amid revaluation losses from bank holdings
EconomyBankingThe Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) posted net losses of 1.25 billion euros in the 9-month period of 2016 from 8.89 billion a year ago, its interim financial report showed on Friday. This year’s bottom line result was dragged down by revaluatio...
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Tsipras to meet Merkel amid search for political backing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter dancing around the issue for the last few weeks, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, March 23, with the Greek government hoping that the talks could help lead to a so-called “political solution” between Greece and its lenders. The meeting
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Tsipras makes move to trigger swift elections but opposition stands in way
PoliticsGreek Politicsmanoeuvre aimed at preventing Tsipras from appearing in charge of events and the opposition parties dancing
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A marriage of inconvenience
Agoraevident that no amount of hugging, back-slapping and dancing can make Greece and Turkey immune from
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Newsletter 65 - 04/03/2016
and the uncertainty of a prolonged review would be a recipe for disaster. After weeks of dancing around the issue
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