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Newsletter 132
a clean exit from the programme in August 2018, Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is one... to claim that he is the one who led Greece out of the MoU once and for all, contrasting
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Onus on Athens to speed up review after German election result
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Athens has a better chance of avoiding any extra demands from its lenders, which has been one... the content and timing of the debt relief talks that were expected to begin early next year. One potential
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Athens braces for review headwinds due to IMF demands, Berlin changes
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the FDP liberals, one of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s likely coalition partners, insist... coalition’s four-year term comes to an end (September 2019) is clearly one that Prime Minister Alexis
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Coalition banks on surplus transfers, waits for Hellenikon verdict
PoliticsGreek Politicsby a double-digit increase in investment. This is one of the reasons that the government has been... at Hellenikon, which is one of the biggest investments on the cards for Greece at the moment. Hellenikon
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Mitsotakis targets working class votes, centre-left struggles with leadership race
PoliticsGreek Politicsof friction is whether distance voting will be allowed. To Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis, one... rival candidates favour allowing distance voting in the ballot. However, all the hopefuls face one
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Athens aiming to intensify talks with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policylast for more than one day and could take place somewhere in Greece. Kotzias seems to have persuaded.... For the Greek side, one of the main issues is the rights of the Greek minority in Albania, which have been
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Sub-tranche for arrears approved as round of review talks draws to close
EconomyProgramme. Securing the 800-million-euro tranche was one of the government’s key targets for this week. The other... to be scrapped so that the benefits for families with one or two children can be increased. The government
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Athens aiming to step up diplomatic contact with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policy, the previous one led by Nikola Gruevski as well as the current one headed by Zoran Zaev. Athens believes
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Tsipras eyes review conclusion, insists SYRIZA patience will pay off
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the matter is still under discussion with the lenders. One of the possibilities being discussed... under one in three of those questioned (31 percent) said the visit, which included a meeting with US
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Greece drops six places in global ease of doing business report
EconomyFeaturesto ease starting up a business, such as the one-stop shop service, do not appear to have done enough... dropped one place from 64 to 65 for paying taxes. Securing electricity appeared to be an obstacle
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