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EU's temporary framework for state aid in response to Covid-19 outbreak
Legallow premiums. In order to benefit from the framework, the guarantee must not exceed 90% (where losses... in order to curb harmful coronavirus crisis implications in society, limit the losses of jobs and incomes... and in order to ensure liquidity, the Greek State enables the affected companies to benefit from
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Under-fire PM pledges civil defence improvements following summer of destruction
PoliticsGreek Politicseuro per night to 6 euros, in order to raise some 300 million euros that would be set aside to boost... their expenses on the MyData platform in order for them to be eligible for tax calculations. The only... to be strong, allowing the measure to be brought in ahead of schedule. Law and order Mitsotakis also
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Credit origination and transmission: Are Greek banks part of the problem or the solution?
Agorawith the ECB in order to draw on financing facilities. But the utilisation of such high-value assets could... ratios require domestic lenders to step up their provisioning, thus binding already scarce capital.... The challenge Greek SMEs face in finding access to finance will continue to make the search for feasible
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Progress rather than breakthrough the target at Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsan initial agreement between Greece and the institutions on the basic elements needed in order... elections in September, it wants a binding commitment now so that the European Central Bank is satisfied... on Monday. From the lenders’ side, apart from finding a common position on the three issues
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Macedonia name issue: Agreement and disagreement
Agora. The prospect of the accession of fYRoM to the EU plays the role of the “carrot” in order for the newly... in September 1995. They continued negotiating on finding a 'compound' name with a geographical qualifier...-binding referendum. However, the 37 percent turnout was lower than the 50 percent threshold
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Greece commits to ambitious privatisation targets as part of new bailout
EconomyProgrammeby the end of July 2018, according to its assessment a month ago. In order to re-launch the stalled... prior actions: 1) Announce binding bid dates for Piraeus (OLP) and Thessaloniki (OLTH) port... steps for the sale of regional airports on the current terms with the already selected winning bidder
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Ambitious privatisation targets will test government's resolve
Economybillion for 2016 and 1.3 billion for 2017. As a prior action and in order to re-launch... will be updated on a semi-annual basis. 2) Announce binding bid dates for Piraeus (OLP... winning bidder. 4) Conclude around 20 selected pending actions – not specified – that have been
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BoG and HFSF schemes under scrutiny as banks look for a way forward on bad loans
EconomyBankingwith their work in reducing bad loans in order to reach the ambitious target of an NPE ratio below 10... strong interest. The portfolio contains around 2 billion euros-worth of housing loans. Non-binding... by the winning bidder, while at the same time manifesting positively on the bank’s bottom line. BoG plan
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Talks to begin on plan to rescue PPC from dire financial straits
Economyin order to foster competitiveness in the energy market. Unpaid bills, both from customers but also from... be “crazy enough” to buy it. The DG Comp team arrives as the deadline looms for binding offers... in February collapsed. During the initial process, PPC received one binding offer for the Melitis unit
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Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
Agoraof Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias and Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou – the two people...In June 2012, SYRIZA came within 171,000 votes of winning Greece’s national elections as part... debate about extremism without finding a way to rise above the so-called “strategy of tension.” It has
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