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H1 bank results show performance stabilising, laying ground for further improvement
EconomyBankingin H1, an increase of 54 percent YoY. This was followed by NBG, where PPI rose by 26 percent to 310 million euros. Eurobank reported a YoY drop in PPI of 3.4 percent, bringing the total to 398.6
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Rival parties interpret Novartis settlement differently, serving own ends
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the news from the USA was to declare itself vindicated for bringing the Novartis case to light. In its statement, the opposition party noted that 310 mln dollars from the settlement, the overwhelming
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PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
PoliticsGreek Politicsand ambition, changing just a handful of ministers and bringing in established figures from within... at ministerial level in five departments: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural... as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras, once a justice minister under Mitsotakis, becomes the new
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PM hopes for return to normality by summer, but vaccine progress remains slow
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the end of the summer. In his remarks, Mitsotakis shrugged off the focus on daily vaccination... doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on Monday, bringing the total received to 326,000 doses out... have supported jobs through aggressive furlough schemes”, Mitsotakis noted in his Davos remarks
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
Society-called “safe zone” for rehoming Syrian refugees in northern Syria. This year up until the start... to force agreement to the creation of a “safe zone” administered by Turkey in norther Syria, which... statement, the country’s interior ,inister claimed that 56,000 migrants have already been deported
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Government touts stricter migration controls in bid to win back right-wing support
PoliticsGreek Politicsto expand the designation of “safe countries” for the purpose of returning asylum applicants, starting... by the ministry to add Turkey to the list of “safe countries” was overturned by the Council of State... sector workers. During a visit to the interior ministry last week, Mitsotakis said that the public
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Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015
. The full year figure showed a surplus of 1.66 billion (up by 52.2 percent). 2 Playing safe... in his cabinet, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis... government, with Pavlopoulos as Interior Minister, issued a presidential decree that allowed fixed-term
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Mitsotakis heads on diplomatic tour of key capitals carrying vital questions
PoliticsForeign PolicySecurity and Defence Initiative (SAFE). The proposed regulation is currently being negotiated among... of the highest strategic importance” and “a valuable and important NATO partner.” His remarks reaffirm Berlin
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agorafrom 29 to 20 percent, bringing down dividend tax from 15 to 5 percent, decreasing property tax by 30... is reducing taxes and bringing back EKAS [benefit for low-income pensioners],” he said. Commenting... to indicate what kind of effect these interventions had on voters’ choices but it is safe to assume
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Splits and alliances on leaders' minds as thoughts turn to next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicshomosexuality to paedophilia. Tsipras chose not to respond to these remarks during his speech in Parliament..., that Interior Minister Panos Skourletis recently proposed changes to the vast Athens “B” electoral precinct
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