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Primary surplus targets become part of main political agenda ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicschange over time if the next government can overperform on the reform front remains to be seen
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SYRIZA looks to eat further into ND's poll lead in final week of campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepeated that as long as the budget continues to overperform there will be more permanent positive
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Political friction surfaces in first days of second national lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politicsand non-observance of mask rules. Remote schooling An outage in the online platform used for remote... of pupils and teachers were unable to access remote classrooms on Monday morning, while outages also... by demand as schools throughout Europe switched to remote teaching, however opposition parties blamed
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With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomyprimary surplus for both years was reaffirmed, at 812 million in 2013 and at 2.95 billion in 2014.... Excluding the aforementioned items under EAP rules, gg primary surplus is seen at 812 million (0.4
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Budget execution shows surplus of 811 mln at start of 2014
EconomyMacroeconomy1 billion euros compared to the initial estimate of 812 million incorporated in the 2014 budget... the ESA-95 methodology. Thus, the equivalent MoF projection of 812 million under EAP stands at 3.9
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Gov't adopts patchwork of measures to overcome liquidity problems
EconomyProgramme: 310 million on March 6, 348 million on March 13 and 581 million on March 16. The last tranche... remaining 310 million relate to 90 percent of HFSF current cash reserves that until the end of 2015
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Extensive Covid-19 impact and slow recovery seen by most business sectors, research shows
EconomyMacroeconomyon hold. Despite calls for an increase in remote working, 54.6 percent of companies surveyed consider... of finding remote working less efficient at 67 percent, and the IT sector had the lowest at 48 percent. Of the companies that rolled out remote working options, 43.4 percent stated that they will not maintain
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Rising clinical depression hints at hidden side of Greek crisis
SocietyThe proportion of Greeks suffering from major depression has increased substantially since 2011 and is several times higher than pre-crisis levels, according to a new study by the University of Athens. The institution’s Mental Health Research Institute ...
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Tsipras hints at post-election scenario of grand coalition, without him as PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn his first televised interview of this election campaign, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has claimed he will not continue as premier if SYRIZA is forced into an alliance with New Democracy, To Potami and/or PASOK. Tsipras told Alpha TV on Wednesday nig...
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IMF hints at flexibility as debt relief talks continue
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe terrorist attack on former Prime Minister Lucas Papademos in Athens on Thursday has drawn attention away from the uncertainty created by the failure to reach an agreement on debt relief at Monday’s Eurogroup, but discussions are continuing in the ba...
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