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Greece 57th in WEF's Global Competitiveness Index based on new methodology
EconomyFeaturesshows that the country dropped by four places in 2018 compared to a drop of one place in 2017. Greece came in one level below the Phillipines at 56 and India at 58. The top spot in the rankings went
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Tsipras faces challenges ahead on multiple foreign policy fronts
PoliticsForeign PolicyMediterranean". The Cyprus issue is also one of the many challenges ahead for the prime minister... was aimed at his Minister, as one of the diplomats was a close aide to Kotzias. Regarding relations
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Athens edges towards compromise on pension cuts but may have to plug fiscal gap
EconomyProgrammecuts should not be implemented will not be an obstacle unless one or more eurozone member states choose... with the lenders. Fiscal gap Several reports in Greece suggest that one other potential stumbling
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SYRIZA eyes gains from case developing against ex-defence minister
PoliticsGreek Politics. On the flipside, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis also knows that this is one of his party’s... the party responsible for the country’s economic woes. This is one of the reasons
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New details reveal what may have led to discrepancy in Athens Airport concession price
EconomyFeatureseuros after the European Commission becoame involved. The 20-year extension represents one of Greece’s major privatisation projects. The current concession ends in 2026 and the new one is due to run
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Newsletter 180 -26/10/2018
that he can deflect attention from this issue to one involving former defence minister Yiannis.... On the flipside, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis also knows that this is one of his party’s
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APS option to help banks with bad loans seen gaining ground
EconomyBankingIt appears that the preferred solution will take the direction of an APS, similar to the one recently... with governments looking to provide insurance against losses from non-performing assets. One of those
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Coalition's role in freight terminal contract, public broadcaster under attack
PoliticsGreek Politicsone was carried out recently, when the economic outlook appeared much better and this altered... of the way its predecessors treated the public broadcaster. It is one of several areas in which SYRIZA has
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Eyeing domestic gains, Tsipras pursues closer ties with Europe's social democrats
PoliticsGreek Politicsin their country, they will have one less reason to vote for KINAL in the upcoming elections. It is also a way... features of a New Democracy-led government. At an event held on Monday to celebrate one year since KINAL
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Coalition closing in on goal of cancelling pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the MoU and, in fact, that the SYRIZA leader signed up to a fourth programme. This has been one... enlarged to around 900 million euros, Tsipras will have another victory to point to. One of his main
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