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Surge in Covid-19 deaths as work on adjusted 2021 budget nears completion
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the government. A total of 109 deaths were recorded over the weekend which, as one local newspaper pointed... a small bonus like the one they were granted during Easter. The new social dividend will be in the region
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It's the hope that kills you
Agoraand March due to winter skiing holidays and school half terms has been recognised as one... all schools and within one week the country had gone into a general and strict lockdown. The first
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Greece persistently bottom of the list for EU gender equality
Societyof women care for and educate their family members for at least one hour per day, compared to 20.2 percent of men. Approximately 85.3 percent of women do cooking and housework for at least one hour
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Covid-19 leaves Greece facing 200 pct debt-to-GDP ratio in 2021, long road to sustainability
EconomyProgrammeThe report for the eighth post-programme review published last week included an update of the debt sustainability analysis (DSA) for Greece, the first revision since the one conducted in the context... in the period from 2023 to 2060. The Commission also presents two scenarios of higher risk; one
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Newsletter 276 -04/12/2020
riding one of the motorcycles. SYRIZA also accused several TV channels of ignoring the matter completely... was 23 pct. Of the private debt, GGBs were just 13 pct of the total. This is one of the factors
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PM identifies pending pensions as key problem, while row brews over media law
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has identified clearing the pensions backlog as one of the government’s priorities for 2021 after New Democracy struggled to live up to its pledge to ensure... earlier this year by the European Stability Mechanism managing director, Klaus Regling, in one
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Survey illustrates extent of pandemic impact on firms amid recovery hopes
EconomyFeaturespercent saying the impact would last one year compared to 30 percent who see the impact stretching... not intend to acquire one. In terms of what was deemed most necessary to recover from the pandemic, 44.9
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Banks end year with continued bad loan sales
EconomyBanking. An addition to the existing Bridge programme, dubbed Bridge II is one of the options being explored... of the pre-crisis instalment for periods up to one year. This entails loans of 17 billion euros that were
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Structural considerations for a prosperous Greece
Agora, and what can be done about it, if so desired? For one, a smaller population will deliver a GDP... will be in high demand once the EU recovery fund becomes operational in the course of 2021. In every country one
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Athens gears up for exploratory talks with Ankara after long hiatus
PoliticsForeign Policyat the Embassy of Turkey, in Athens. Since 1974, Greek governments have recognised that if there is one... in Greece regarding the new rapprochement with Turkey. The first believes that since there is only one
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