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Athens sees Cyprus talks progressing despite lack of deal in Geneva
PoliticsForeign Policyby Erdogan on Friday. Interestingly, in one sentence Erdogan says that Turkey will not leave Cyprus....” He suggested a withdrawal scheme that – according to analysts – resembles the one the UN suggested
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Schaeuble presents Athens with stark reality of programme without IMF
PoliticsGreek Politicsin which one would need to come up with something new. I wouldn’t recommend this to the Greek government... to the electoral law. Last year, Parliament approved a change of the previous system to one of proportional
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Cat and mouse: Greece and Schaeuble
AgoraOne of the things that makes children laugh at Tom and Jerry cartoons is the ingenious ways that Jerry finds to set Tom up. But the real punchline, and the most laughter, is generated by Tom’s... and its lenders, it is not hard to work out who is the one that ends up being regularly walloped
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EU court ruling leaves margin for change to collective redundancy law
Legal, on the one hand the protection of workers and of employment and, on the other hand employers’ freedom... in association with Metaxas & Associates: M&A (www.metaxaslaw.gr) is one of the leading law firms
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Only 11.5 pct of Greek businesses made web sales in 2016
Societyturnover. While the ELSAT data offered no comparative data for other EU countries, in 2015 one fifth... one in ten reporting having bought computing services. Email (70 percent) and file storage (58.2
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An unfounded argument leaves Greece in limbo
Agoraand not the approach that would have produced the optimal result. Greece finds itself in one of those moments... as a matter of political expediency. One can only hope that overcoming the current impasse
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Tax revenue overperformance leads budget primary surplus to 4.44 bln in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyrose by 7.2 percent to 5.76 billion in December, also including a payment of 630 million for one-off... noted, the notable budget outperformance, which also includes the one-off payment to pensioners worth
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Athens accepts review's toughest fronts remain open
EconomyProgrammeOne day after a Bloomberg report cited a memo discussed at the last Eurogroup, which noted that almost two thirds of the second programme review prior actions have yet to be completed, the Greek... forward - and then there is always the last one which are the hardest.” However, the most important
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Tsipras tweaks message as chance of review compromise emerges
PoliticsGreek Politicsof principle.” One of the government’s lines of defence against the upfront legislation of measures... that his administration was left with no option but to reach a compromise. One doubt regarding
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Banks see efficiency gains after shedding 29 pct of staff, 42.6 pct of branches during crisis
EconomyBankingone third from 8.63 billion in 2009 to 5.82 billion in 2015, while a further cut is estimated... on cash withdrawals from its current level of 840 euros for a two-week period to 2,000 euros for one
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