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Athens gears up for deal with lenders, pending news from IMF
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat will be taken by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is one of the greatest concerns... programme to be torn up and a new one drafted. Reacting to a question about the report, a German Finance
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Space and time the missing elements in Greek bailout talks
Agorathat took Greece out of the crisis (albeit one he exacerbated during his premiership). This would leave Tsipras and SYRIZA with a much more respectable legacy than the one they are destined
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IMF argues case for further reform of pension system
EconomyProgrammeOne of the issues discussed in a recent International Monetary Fund paper deals with the Greek pension system and notes that the most recent reform goes in the right direction since it removes some... of contributions, while only one quarter involved applications made after 35 years of contributions
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Newsletter 106 - 10/02/2017
Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem criticised the IMF’s assessment of Greece one day and then told Dutch... 2009. As a result, Greek banks’ operating expenses have been slashed by around one third, from 8.63
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Opening the electricity market and possible introduction of "Small PPC" as part of bailout review
Legalthat one scenario could be the inclusion in the current agreement of an explicit commitment... is brought to you in association with Metaxas & Associates: M&A (www.metaxaslaw.gr) is one
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Athens in search of counter-measures to secure MPs' support for potential deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding a possible rebellion from the nine Independent Greeks MPs. One SYRIZA MP, Nikos Manios, stated.... The shape of the final agreement, if there is to be one, may depend on the view that the institutions
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Eurogroup agrees return of mission to Athens but key issues unresolved
PoliticsGreek Politicson ensuring that any citizens affected by one measure would benefit from another. The idea... that the volume of measures would be one of the issues that will be examined by the technical teams
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Athens grapples with awkward reduction of tax-free threshold
EconomyProgrammewas reduced to 8,636 euros for a single person, to 8,863 and 9,090 euros for a family with one child..., the reduction in the tax-free threshold is one of the measures that the government has agreed
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Bill for out-of-court workout ready but may need tweaks
EconomyProgrammeThe Development Ministry has tabled for public consultation until March 3 the draft law on the out-of-court workout, which is one of the key deliverables of the second programme review and also... study revealed that one is six companies on average was deemed to be a strategic defaulter during
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Newsletter 108 - 24/02/2017
on the adoption of European best practices in Greece. Changing labour legislation is just one of the sensitive... bill on the out-of-court workout, which is one of the key deliverables in the context of the second
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