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Kasselakis set to be excluded from SYRIZA leadership bid after row over assets
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis’s bid to win back the leadership of SYRIZA looks set to be stymied by his opponents via the party organs in the latest twist in the drama that has consumed the main opposition party over recent months. A row over the ousted leader’s personal wealth set in motion the process
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Dispute with farmers set to escalate as government offer rejected by holdouts
PoliticsGreek Politics, and are set to vote on Wednesday on a motion to take their protest to Athens. Mitsotakis is still... Minister Kostas Tsiaras are set to meet farmers in central Macedonia to discuss issues relating
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora. When one considers that Greece accounts for less than 4 percent of the eurozone’s total debt or GDP... on imported goods. When Greece joined the euro, it was importing about 3 billion euros of good per... stagnant by comparison. When Greece entered the euro, it exported 1 euro for every 3 it imported. By 2009
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First review completed but more prior actions lie ahead for Greece
EconomyProgramme, the fund’s internal regulation has to be completed by the same date. 2) A second set of state-controlled companies has to be transferred to the new privatisation and investment fund. 3) Ratification... (not later than June 2017). 3) Public Power Corporation (PPC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) should
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agorawill need to implement 3 percent of GDP, more than 5 billion euros, in further austerity measures up... issues of 3- and 5-year bonds and, after years of recession, the first sign of growth was recorded... Stability and Growth Pact, that included a total of roughly 9.4 billion euros of savings and revenue
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
Govt finalises reform list Athens hopes approval will see release of 3 billion euros All... is expected to be held next week. The government hopes that approval of the list could unlock around 3 billion... if they are on the one hand accusing it denying agreeing to the terms set out by lenders but on the other also
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New overdue taxes rise by 1.25 bln in Dec, total for 2018 at 106.62 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy, with the collectability rate for the year coming to 74.2 percent. Around 83.6 percent of the total figure for new tax... unpaid according to the latest data from the IAPR. The total number of tax debtors fell substantially by 135,722 month-on-month in December after rising by 1,093 in November. Total debtors now stand
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Mitsotakis tries to rally base as Tsipras sharpens attacks
PoliticsGreek Politicsapproaches key milestones, including the EU presidency in late 2027 and the bicentennial of the modern... ELGA to deliver faster compensation and modern irrigation planning. Closing his remarks, Tsipras...%, and “other parties” collectively draw 8.6%, highlighting the system’s volatility. Below the 3
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Newsletter 149 -2/02/2018
and that Greece is set to make too many concessions without securing assurances from the Former Yugoslav Republic... security contributions rise An imminent bond issue by the Greek government is set to attract... weeks with the aim of raising 3 billion euros from investors. It is believed that the Public Debt
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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
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Agoraexclusive road. But a symbol of ancient democracy and a product of modern political corruption... children are set for life. It’s like real estate kryptonite to ward off any unwelcome financial... Greece became an unintended monument to the modern era of post-dictatorship Greek politics when theft
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