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HFSF executive board members resign
EconomyBankingare appointed by the Finance Ministry, one by the Bank of Greece, while the other three, including... have one observer each on the panel. The panel will now have to prepare a short list of candidates
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Reshuffle scenarios resurface for Tsipras after ministers resign over rent subsidies
PoliticsGreek Politicsare not delayed. The outgoing economy minister had been one of the figures identified as being likely..., is also expected to be left untouched. Minister to the Prime Minister Dimitris Liakos is seen as one
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Brexit and Grexit – Britain’s referendum and Greece
Agorashow a 50-50 split and no-one can safely say what the result will be. If Brexit happens Prime Minister... in the EU. It will mean he has to resign at once. The referendum he called is now a national vote... of visa, work and residence permits for Grees and nationals of EU member states who want to work
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China-Greece: One belt, one road?
AgoraChinese President Xi Jinping first introduced the so-called “One Belt, One Road” strategy. Its focus... constitutes a central piece within this strategic “One Belt – One Road” investment puzzle. From..., one should not read too much into Beijing’s move. Its volume does not (yet) represent an example
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Greece scores low on index for skills development, activation and matching
Societyfor the worst score of 0 percent. One positive indicator was in “Early leavers from training” where... and training (VET). Their skills index is described as a “composite indicator measuring the performance
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Sobering reality overshadows SYRIZA's one-year anniversary
PoliticsGreek Politicspension reform plans on Monday, as SYRIZA marks one year of being in power. After his return from... on Sunday that was meant to rally his party on the occasion of SYRIZA’s one-year anniversary, Tsipras said... their demands. Tsipras’s pledge to try to improve the terms of the pension proposals was one
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Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets
EconomyMacroeconomythat this specific category of audits is the only one that beats the target.... increase in the cumulative debt reflects payments against ‘old’ debt, which amounted to 852 million so
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Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures
EconomyMacroeconomy, from one of 225 million euros in the draft budget. The 2015 budget does not incorporate new measures... a positive impact on general government fiscal figures of 852 million (0.47 percent of GDP) in 2013
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ND defends economic pledges as Kammenos repeats walkout threat
PoliticsGreek Politicsof this week, but observers also have one eye on the turmoil that could be caused by the Macedonia name issue... of the plan announced by the opposition leader. One of those concerns his plan to hand over control... immediately. It currently seems more likely that Tsipras and Kammenos will seek a velvet divorce
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EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
Agora-engineered scheme heartily, it will be a nightmare. Greece is the only one of those participating... raised serious doubts about the safety and legality of sending back asylum seekers en masse to Turkey
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