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Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015
a maximum of 240 euros over two weeks. Overall, daily withdrawals from the domestic banking system... in the same period last year. This translates into a net drop in retail sales by 305 million over
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Greece aligns with EU on Israel-Iran conflict, keeps close watch on Turkey as Ankara submits maritime plans
PoliticsForeign Policythe impact of the ongoing conflict on energy security. “We urge all parties involved to exercise maximum... would like to remain an honest broker for any interested party in the region. But Athens is viewing
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Newsletter 55 - 12/12/2015
service by filling key places with party loyalists. The government drew criticism this week when..., the European Commission’s representative in the quadriga of lenders monitoring the Greek programme... the role of the IMF as part of the quadriga. In October, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos met
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
of the third way, put a gradual end to this relationship. Hillary Clinton, such a prominent figure... to a decline in clothing and footwear (-2.2 percent), miscellaneous goods and services (-1.6 percent), food
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Current account deficit increases to 767.4 mln in Oct as service surplus shrinks
EconomyMacroeconomyin the preceding months. According to the BoG, October’s performance reflects a decline in the services surplus... deficit of 2.05 billion euros on the back of a much-improved oil balance. The services balance came... to offset the precipitous fall in the services balance that is worse off by 13.57 billion euros. The total
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Greece, lenders reach deal to secure bailout sub-tranche and bank recap funds
EconomyProgrammeAfter discussions with Greece’s lenders throughout the day on Monday, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos told reporters after midnight that the government had reached an agreement with the quadriga... 33-35 percent of indebted households with different eligibility criteria. In this case, the maximum
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Number of new companies registering in 2016 half of those in 2008
Economy(GEMI). According to the study, the number of new companies stood at 28,615 in 2016, while business... of new companies in 2016 continue to mainly focus on domestic orientation (food services, bars, cafes... in tourism (+622), financial services (+293) and healthcare (+236). Moreover, the share of new
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European Commission sees some progress in Greece's market reforms
EconomyProgramme. The creation of the General Electronic Commercial Registry (GEMI) and the introduction of IKEs have led... showing that the regulations of professional services have been significantly loosened since 2008
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IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt
EconomyProgrammeand the OSI, public debt recorded a relatively modest immediate decrease to 305 billion euros (160 percent... of structural reforms in the labour, product and service markets to remain a viable euro area member
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Growing criticism of coalition's handling of public sector jobs
PoliticsGreek Politicsparties accused it of trying to cram its own people into the civil service. The complaints were... that it is seeking to gain control over the civil service by filling key places with party loyalists... in the quadriga of lenders monitoring the Greek programme, Declan Costello, wrote to Education Minister Nikos
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