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Newsletter 491 - 23/01/2026
— hailed Mitsotakis’s restraint as strategic wisdom. This ideological tug‑of‑war is now shaping Greece’s
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Samaras and Venizelos rule out elections but can't be sure they won't happen
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat have not been arrested by suggesting they would not dare to resign en masse and create... by abusing the right of its deputies to resign their positions, it should be prevented from doing so... of their title. So, if the others do not resign in the meantime, there will be no elections. SYRIZA, however
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After criticism over public sector jobs, gov't names new revenues chief
PoliticsGreek Politicsdoctors being forced to resign was raised. “Over the last year there has been no break with bad old... CEO Anthimos Thomopoulos to resign. The HFSF denied this was the case and Tsakalotos reportedly dodged..., initially resisted calls for her to resign but eventually stepped down. Revenues chief It was not until
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Court delivers serious blow over TV permits, gov't vows to fight on
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition for the coalition to resign. PASOK and To Potami immediately called for State Minister Nikos Pappas, who was the architect of the process, to resign. Given that Pappas is Alexis Tsipras’s closest... that the government should resign because of the failure of the TV licence tender
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Eurobank records net loss of 207.4 mln in Q1
EconomyBankingto weaker NII from the international operations. The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio rose by 150 bps to 30.9 percent from 29.4 percent in Q4. NPL coverage increased by 40 bps QoQ to 50.3 percent. The NPL formation remained almost stable QoQ, yet incorporated two contradicting trends. In Greece
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Piraeus Bank reports net profit of 164.3 mln in Q2
EconomyBankingin Greece in Q1 2013 and Millennium Bank in Q2 2013. Non-performing loan (NPL) ratio increased... percent, remaining the highest among its domestic peers. The segmental breakdown showed mortgages NPL of 25.7 percent showed the highest quarterly growth (1.1 pp), followed by business loan NPL (+0.5 pp
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National Bank posts 9-month profits of 1.18 bln
EconomyBanking-performing loan (NPL) ratio showed stabilising trends in Q3, similar to those posted in Q2. Group NPL ratio increased by 0.2 pp to 23.4 percent, while Greek NPL displayed a higher rise of 0.9 pp to 30.2 percent. After slowing in the preceding seven quarters, NPL formation posted an upward trend in Q3
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Piraeus Bank seals milestone deal with KKR over 1.2 bln of non-core assets
EconomyBankingfor Greek banks is the effective NPL management. Apart from easing the debt service burden... and Millennium Bank) over the past two years, Piraeus has the highest NPL ratio among its domestic peers at 39 percent in Q3 2014. Its Greek NPL ratio reached 39.4 percent in Q3 more than 5 percentage points (pp
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Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015
in NPL formation in the fourth quarter of 2014, the deterioration of the asset quality accelerated... increase in NPL stock is equivalent to the total in NPLs that were added throughout the whole of 2014.... The group NPL ratio (NPLs over gross loans) climbed by more than 1.5 percentage points to 32.2 percent
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Greek banks’ loan quality is deteriorating
Economyor even slowdown in NPL formation in the fourth quarter of 2014, the deterioration of the asset... billion increase in NPL stock is equivalent to the total in NPLs that were added throughout the whole... of December. The group NPL ratio (NPLs over gross loans) climbed by more than 1.5 percentage points to 32.2
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