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Rental subsidy rekindles political debate over housing crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat would lead to a change in the way local elections are held. Currently, a second round of voting... government representatives will be elected. Voters will be given the chance to put a second preference... two groupings will be awarded the second preferences of voters whose original vote went to other
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Disposable income plunged 9.3 pct in Q2, dragging consumption down with it
EconomyMacroeconomy) in the second quarter of 2013 and reached 30.1 billion, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority... consumption, which dropped 7.6 percent in the second quarter of 2013, from 9.5 percent in the first... in property taxes this year, mainly related to the payment of past years’ tax obligations, the second
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The complexities of regaining market access: Could Greece learn from Portugal?
AgoraPortugal is trying for the second time in three months to test its capacity to return... payments by extending their maturity into the medium-term future. The timing for a second attempt... a second financial assistance programme, the government has emphatically rejected the need to consider
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Key Greek election date firms up; turnout could prove crucial
PoliticsGreek Politics: the European Parliament elections and the second round of voting in Greece’s local polls will take place... to choose mayors, regional governors and MEPs on the same day. By the second round of voting... interpretation. They believe the coalition is banking on the turnout being lower on the second Sunday
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Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals
Agorathat is reflected in an unemployment rate that still remains over 25 percent -the second highest... a second round of labor market reforms, easing its rigidity and narrowing differences between temporary... side, corruption and politicians have become the second and third biggest concerns for Spaniards
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Greek deposits down 0.3 pct in Feb, credit contraction stable
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the second month in a row with outflows easing to 318 million in February from 2.39 billion in January... for the second consecutive month. Total deposits – including euro and non-euro area residents – dropped by 664... outflows recorded in February, Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding eased for the second straight month
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Five things to take away from the first round of Greek local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicson the political scene. It grabbed first place in the region of Attica and a close second in the City... came second but the New Democracy-backed hopeful won just over 50 percent of the vote... of beating SYRIZA’s Dourou in the second round. Unlike the conservatives, Venizelos’s party refrained
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Newsletter 3 - 14/11/2014
quarter of this year, according to the troika. The second prior action relates to the troika’s... economy. In the second quarter of 2014 the Greek economy contracted by 0.3 percent (compared to Q2-2013), suggesting that a return to positive growth territory is within reach in the second half
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Sharp monthly rise in unpaid taxes to 1.59 bln for November
EconomyMacroeconomy). The November figure is the highest reading so far in 2014 and means there has been an increase for the second... met in the first six months, the second target, which corresponds to monthly collections of 167 million in the second half of the year, will most likely be missed. That said, the actual figure
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Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015
reports from Kathimerini and Bloomberg said outflows accelerated in the second half of December... of the 11.4 billion inflows recorded in the second half of that year in the aftermath of the June... of the tax obligations due in the second half of 2014 were broadly similar to those in 2013, the timing
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