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Newsletter 66 - 11/03/2016
percent in February, which is the second positive reading in the last three months. The drop in February’s... of sending back asylum seekers en masse to Turkey, a country that neither properly recognises them
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Building activity advances 5.1 pct in Dec, down 0.9 pct in 2015
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek building permits grew for the second straight month in December, when they rose by 5.1 percent from 7.2 percent in November, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures showed on Friday. The respective building surface and volume soared 25.9 and 80.9 percent respectively. The geographical
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Refugees crisis grows in Greece as EU-Turkey deal hangs in balance
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Greek government faces a tense few days before the second EU-Turkey summit on Thursday and Friday this week as there are still doubts about whether an agreement for refugees to be resettled directly from Turkey, which is seen as reducing flows to Greece, will be reached. The idea
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Greece and lenders hold inconclusive talks on tax and pensions
EconomyProgrammethis year and to 26 percent next year. According to the second scenario, farmers would be taxed
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Unemployment edges up to 24.4 pct in Q4 on seasonal drop in employment
EconomyMacroeconomy) decreased for the second quarter in a row to 98,700 in Q4. The survey showed 151,110 persons who were
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New nationalist party in the making
PoliticsGreek Politics, before the second bailout was approved by Parliament, and then failing to be re-elected. Other names
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Study indicates bias in German media coverage of Greek crisis
Societyand the “sideshow” of the German reparations for the Second World War. Frequency of reports on Greece in the six
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Economic sentiment rebounds in March, consumer confidence nosedives
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment improved by 1.1 points to 90.1 in March after a drop of 2.6 points in February, European Commission (EC) data showed on Wednesday. The March headline figure is the second reading above the 90-point mark since July 2015. Economic sentiment had fallen to a historic low
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Wages index edges up 0.4 pct in Q4 of 2015
EconomyMacroeconomypercent in Q3. The Q4 growth rate, albeit modest, represents the second positive reading in 2015
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
second bailout. Samaras won the May and June elections in 2012 on the promise of renegotiating
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