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Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the opposition parties and including one or more of them in an enlargened coalition. This is perhaps... on the table. A potential compromise on debt relief remains one of the best selling points
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Tsipras tries to switch focus from measures to need for survival in euro
PoliticsGreek Politicsimpact. However, he argued that the current agreement is better than the one which was on the table... spirit of resistance against lenders’ demands to one of defending Greece’s position in the euro. He
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Which way now, Mr Tsipras?
Agorain Parliament on Wednesday night, he had three choices in Brussels: One was to sign the agreement... earlier) that Schaeuble was gunning for a Greek exit, one wonders what measures the Greek prime
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Most Greek businesses feel capital controls impact, 69 pct see turnover drop
Economy(at 60 euros per depositor) had a high or very high impact on 46 percent of companies with one third..., whilst fewer companies delayed salary payments (3 percent). Almost one quarter of the sample indicated
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Current account surplus at 407 mln in May - first positive balance since Sept 2014
EconomyMacroeconomyimproved by almost one third to 985 million from 1.46 billion last year, reflecting a double-digit drop... that resulted in a drop in oil imports by the Hellenic Petroleum, one of the two main Greek refineries
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Disposable income up by 2.6 pct in Q1 for highest reading since 2009
EconomyMacroeconomysavings were kept negative for the ninth straight quarter with the Q1 figure at -2.97 billion, one... borrowing also eased by almost one billion to 4.17 billion in Q1 from 5.11 billion in the corresponding
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Tension within SYRIZA growing, split looming ever closer
PoliticsGreek Politicsto make the other side look like the one that is creating the rift. Tsipras is concerned about..., while the former minister does not want to appear to be the one that has betrayed SYRIZA. Lafazanis
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Tsipras lays down gauntlet to SYRIZA rebels, proposes September congress or members' vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsappears to have received a boost ahead of the committee meeting as one of SYRIZA's factions, known... this government's life to a premature end. This, in fact, was one of the main lines of argument used
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Cash primary surplus for Jan-Jul close to 3 bln on improved revenues
EconomyMacroeconomy). It should be noted that last year’s figure incorporated one-off revenues of 1.31 billion euros related... revenues dropped by 11.9 percent to 23.81 billion, while stripping out the one-off items from both
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Tsipras and the binary opposition
Agorathe bailout. When one considers the stern warnings regarding the fate that awaited Greece in case.... This is one of the reasons that many Greeks seem willing to be patient with Tsipras. They are unlikely
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