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Athens plans to use cash buffer to create fiscal leeway for expansionary measures
EconomyProgramme: The agreed primary surplus target until 2022 is 3.5 percent of GDP,” a spokesperson from European... the European Parliament elections. The lenders will have to assess whether the measures proposed
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Confidence vote due amid toxic atmosphere, narrowing of opposition poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politicsas tensions rise ahead of the European and local elections on May 26. The personal attacks... lead ahead of the European Parliament elections. An Alco survey for Open TV indicated that support
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Tsipras, Mitsotakis tone down personal attacks but intensify clash over policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe May 26 European and local elections, the opposition chief held a televised news conference on Sunday... SYRIZA is narrowing. “Tsipras himself said that the European elections are a vote of confidence,” he
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Athens moves ahead with expansionary measures as it waits for lenders' response
EconomyProgrammethat in respect to producing a fairer tax system, the process would take several years. A European official... of the agreement made last summer, putting a halt to debt relief measures and even leading to the European
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Turkey strengthens East Med claims as Greece, Cyprus seek EU support
PoliticsForeign Policyit will be held a few days after Athens and Nicosia's coordinated efforts to encourage a united European reaction... achieve their goal as there was a convincing statement from European Council president Donald Tusk
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Central govt debt falls for first time in six quarters, easing by 1.25 bln to 357.69 bln in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomy(SMP programme) and the European Central Banks (ANFAs). T-Bills came to 15.27 billion, while repos... showed that special purpose and bilateral loans, including those granted by the European Investment
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Travel balance at 94.8 mln in Mar and 211.9 mln in three-month period
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros. Travel receipts from the 28 European Union (EU 28) countries increased by 9 percent YoY and stood...-European visitors rose by 28.3 percent to 363,500. During the first three months of the year
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Mitsotakis appeals to centre-ground voters in bid to score decisive victory
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is spending the final days of the campaign before Sunday’s European Parliament elections trying to woo undecided and moderate voters in the hope... European elections), it will constitute a “big and clear win for us, which could trigger political
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Tsipras targets pensioners with final pledge as Mitsotakis woos undecided voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParty leaders are due to deliver on Friday the final campaign speeches before Sunday’s European and local elections in Greece as they make a final push to influence voters. Prime Minister Alexis... that if the difference in the European elections is more than 4 points, the positive measures taken
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SYRIZA offers compromise over judicial dispute to prevent more turmoil before polls
PoliticsGreek Politics, as was the case in the European vote. This is now the target for opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is seeking to maintain the momentum his party generated for the European ballot.
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