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Bookies see clear win for SYRIZA in EU elections but not in local vote
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday. They have, though, adjusted odds for the winners of local elections. On the all important... as the governor of Attica. Although the two leading candidates in all three regions were very close
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Significant post-election economic challenges await Greek coalition
Economyis that of further reform to the pension system. The merging of all supplementary pension funds... to be created in the following sectors: tourism, agriculture and fishery, and packaging. So far, all
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EU elections do not mark end of numbers game in Greek politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsescalation of tension between the government and the opposition all the way to the end of Papoulias’s... deputies who are considering jumping ship. All this underlines that while Sunday’s results did
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How Greek banks moved into a new era
Agora, Greek banks have materially reduced their Eurosystem funding with all banks currently having zero... this year. Current consensus estimates point to a loss-making year for all banks except National, while
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicslist of Greeks who had deposits at the Geneva branch of HSBC. All along, the political system has.... “Perhaps a person with such a difficult job shouldn’t speak at all,” said New Democracy’s Manolis
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Greece ponders how to deal with rising unpaid private debt, which hit 88 pct of GDP
Economy. The potential solution mainly involves an out-of-court mechanism where all creditors will decide... whether a potential settlement will be equally split between all kinds of debt and whether future
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Don't let the facts get in the way of "Argentinology"
Agorabut the authorities, especially the system’s founder – Cavallo, were determined to keep it alive at all... be used for a debt restructuring which all players had understood by that point could
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The tarnished legacy that will haunt the Athens Olympics
Agoraof the Games does not lie here, though. After all, key venues are in use. Also, one could point... the implications of joining the single currency, so its Olympic planners placed all the emphasis on getting
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Coalition warms to option of Kouvelis as president but success not guaranteed
PoliticsGreek Politics, it is not definite that Kouvelis would receive the backing of all DIMAR MPs. Three of the party’s... the option of Kouvelis highlights the paucity of candidates with the necessary criteria. After all
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Standoff over civil servants in Greece bears hallmarks of pre-election clash
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA showdown that bears all the hallmarks of a pre-election clash is brewing between the government and SYRIZA over the evaluation of civil servants. The conflict has arisen from the refusal... the government’s attempt to pinpoint all the civil servants who had their fixed-term contracts
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