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Trade deficit jumps to 3.5 bln in Dec, full year down by 5.9 pct at 33.52 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy, while imports from non-EU markets were down by 11.8 percent. Exports to EU countries increased 0.9 percent, and non-EU exports were down by 7.3 percent.
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The education of Alexis Tsipras
Agora. The natural reflex to play down SYRIZA’s success as a victory for the left but one that would benefit... to the ex-New Democracy leader as his first choice for president but was turned down. Final destination... smattering of women in his cabinet, Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis
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Greece and lenders already at apparent impasse, with options narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicsand on Tuesday, seems in no mood to consult further on these issues or to back down from its intention of passing the bills through the Hoise. Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis insisted on Tuesday... executing instructions handed down by lenders. It is clear that the rising tension is causing some
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Newsletter 35 - 17/07/2015
-page photo shots in newspapers or social media. * Citizens and businesses proceeded to pay down private... was adopted in Wednesday’s omnibus bill, citizens and businesses started to draw down their current... will continue to hover above Greece until the third bailout has been agreed. Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis
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Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
Agorathe distance and his government became embroiled in its own scandals and was dragged down by its.... At the same time, the coalition also played down the fact that State Minister Alekos Flambouraris had... as alternate interior minister and later as labour minister, from where he could draft legislation
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
euros in Q3, down by more than 1 billion from last year. The fall is mostly due to an 8 percent... euros in Q3, household disposable income was down by more than 1 billion from last year. 2 Solutions... islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot
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Newsletter 148 -26/01/2018
euros across the full 12 months of 2017, down by 30.1 percent against the figure for 2016 which... in 2017 since February that the figure has gone up rather than down. The BoG figures also revealed..., Interior Minister Panos Skourletis said that Kammenos’s position, and his demand for a referendum
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturesof reduction slowed down. The trend is now reversed. With the exception of permanent civil servants... replenishment of an over-pruned public sector, and how much might be down to a politically-motivated.... Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would
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Speculation about timing of next general elections intensifies
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis threw down the gauntlet and challenged Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to hold... by Tsipras and he is unlikely to start whittling down his options until the third bailout has been... is turning a corner. On Sunday, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis suggested that the general
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Parties mull changes to electoral law, top judge resigns
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the head of Greece’s top administrative court has stepped down in such a manner. In a statement... decision to step down a few weeks earlier may cause the government slight embarrassment... to Interior Minister Panos Skourletis the breaking up of the Athens “B” electoral district
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