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Varoufakis adds to pressure on Tsipras ahead of lenders' return
PoliticsGreek Politicsto discuss differences of opinion within the party after more than 30 SYRIZA MPs did not support... entered its reduced summer session (100 rather than 300 MPs), he will able to ensure SYRIZA
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New Greek statistical mapping application launched
SocietyWhere in Greece are there proportionately more women than men? Which areas have the youngest populations? Which parts of the country have the most third-level graduates? Where are non-Greek... mapping within all cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, and at the level of urban spatial analysis
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Capital controls take toll on car sales, which fell 23.9 pct in July for first time in two years
EconomyMacroeconomyof total road motor cars. The Attica prefecture registered more than half of the country’s road.... After a sharp drop by more than 30 percent per annum in the 3-year period until 2012, the number
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Draft bill sees millions in savings and revenues from variety of bailout interventions
EconomyProgrammewith a net positive impact of more than 600 million euros in 2016 are as follows: 1) Annual revenue... percent similar to that for the other meat products. However, this is more than offset
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Tsipras wins vote on 3rd bailout but loses more MPs, raising probability of snap polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe third bailout passed through Greek Parliament comfortably on Friday morning but a growing rebellion from SYRIZA MPs left Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a less than comfortable position... coalition lawmakers supported the legislation. Six more SYRIZA MPs abstained than in the previous
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A pro-euro alliance to challenge Tsipras?
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 40 percent, triggering the resignation of Antonis Samaras as New Democracy leader. Samaras’s... to the first party past the post if it is a coalition rather than a single entity. This was why SYRIZA changed
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July rise of 388 mln in unpaid taxes is lowest for two years
EconomyMacroeconomyis proportionally better than target so far this year. The second revenue collection indicator related... period corresponding to more than 60 percent of the annual target of 77 million meaning
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Labour cost fall has not produced jobs, bemoans GSEE in study
Societyfor the under-25s, who are entitled to lower wages than their older counterparts. Purchasing power parity in Greece for those on the minimum wage was now lower than that in Spain, Malta and Slovenia and similar
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Tsipras hints at post-election scenario of grand coalition, without him as PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy, Potami and PASOK but with someone other than Tsipras being appointed prime minister... the new coalition, rather than about any party scoring an outright victory.
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July credit contraction at 1.5 pct, slowest since Aug 2011
EconomyMacroeconomy-negative reading since August 2011. The outstanding balances fell by more than 1 billion month on month... of more than 35 billion since then, while balances have dropped by almost 20 percent over
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