Search
-
Government feels the heat after two days of catastrophic wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the wildfire season. Main opposition party PASOK has sent a delegation to inspect the damage... and for the emergency response forces and volunteers. The party has indicated that it will withhold its... on firefighting rather than prevention has resulted in failure. KKE also admonished the government
3% -
The key points from Greece's proposal to lenders
EconomyProgrammeand 500,000 euros and to 8 percent for higher amounts. The measure is expected to yield 220 million.... The fiscal measures for the 2015-16 with targeted revenues of 1.87 billion in 2015 and 690 million... for the acquisition and use of frequencies with projected revenues at 120 million 8) New measures
3% -
Lenders set out 49 milestones for Greece to meet before next bailout tranche
EconomyProgrammethe legal assignment of unpaid rents to the state 4) Equivalent measure in case the government changes... measures. The list includes 25 prior actions arising from the memorandum of understanding (MoU... actions, this involves a series of measures to be imminently implemented, such as: 1) Start
3% -
Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politics, boosting revenues. He cited on Sunday the example of another measure that a centre-right administration...) rather than a loose set of measures aimed at attracting votes. The main pledges made by Mitsotakis... that the fiscal space for his measures would be created by cutting spending in the public sector largely
3% -
Mitsotakis pledges faster reforms as polls capture disaffection after subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsshould be lost due to lax timekeeping. Mitsotakis has also set out the importance of a policy roadmap... to be fully implemented. The New Democracy leader has been trying to move the agenda on from a series... roughly the same portion (74 pct) say their faith in the government has been shaken. The one bright
3% -
Negotiations between Greece and lenders: state of play ahead of Eurogroup meeting
EconomyProgramme. The government has detailed two-thirds of those measures namely those related to the pension and income tax..., the government has not yet officially detailed the third pillar of measures worth 1 percent of GDP, which... and legislated before the conclusion of the review. The government has clarified the coalition lawmakers
3% -
Government in race against time to resolve bailout issues
EconomyProgrammecolumn) on OPAP’s numerical lottery games. This measure aims to raise revenues of 230-250 million euros... debtors, equivalent measures for not imposing a VAT rate of 23 percent on private education and lower
3% -
Poverty rate jumped by over 40 pct during crisis, more than anywhere in EU
Societyby the Indian economist Amartya Sen, to measure poverty from 2008 to 2015. The index ranks Norway...Greece saw its rate of poverty increase by more than 40 percent during the economic crisis, the highest jump in any EU state, according to a new German study that measures poverty
3% -
Draft budget contains two scenarios on pensions, charts course within agreed fiscal targets
EconomyMacroeconomythe possibility of pensions not being cut by 1 percent of GDP next year despite the measure being pre... the debt relief measures agreed at the June Eurogroup. Greece is now part of the European semester
3% -
Govt prepares ground for unvaccinated to face penalties
PoliticsGreek Politics, with a strong possibility of the measure being extended to others in the weeks ahead, prompted... opposition calls for specific measures. He also claimed that there are far too few quarantine
3%