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Athens aiming to step up diplomatic contact with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policy. Erdogan’s visit to Greece could be seen as the clearest sign of an effort to put bilateral... of bilateral relations, Athens is seeking to re-launch channels of communication with Ankara in order... aimed at soothing the atmosphere with a “nervous Turkey” - as the Greek foreign minister has put
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Parliament to take up Kammenos allegations next week
PoliticsGreek Politicsand order, Tsipras dominated even though the request for the debate had come from Mitsotakis. There was also.... The government so far has dismissed the claims of wrongdoing against Kammenos and put the allegations down... Kammenos blow over, as they have done on previous such occasions, otherwise Tsipras will be put
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturescreating superfluous public bodies in order to ensconce party relatives and friends.” The opposition... hiring spree as charged by the opposition? Or, to put it in less adversarial terms, what is driving.... The actual number of hires by the end of the year was 7,063, which would put it marginally below the cap
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Newsletter 163 -25/05/2018
that need to be carried out over the next few weeks in order to bring the fourth, and final, review... vital investment. after the end of the programme in August. Ta Nea daily put the figure at 10... with the institutions to put together the strategy, which Greece’s lenders hope will help ensure
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Newsletter 164 -08/06/2018
in order to provide the IMF with more time to get on board. The uncertainty over debt relief and the IMF’s... have been put on hold due to the market turbulence caused by political developments in Italy. “We... percent, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures showed this week. The figures for 2017 put
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Fourth review nears conclusion, clearing path for debt relief agreement
EconomyProgramme, it was confirmed that a few (the number is put at 2-3) prior actions that are of a technical nature... will be put together for Greece. In terms of long-term restructuring, discussions about the so-called... billion euros) in order to carry out some liability management. The money would be used to reduce
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The tie that binds
Agorato see Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras put on a tie, as he had promised to do if he clinched a deal... agreement is incomplete. It is just the first part of the grand bargain that Greece needs in order to truly put the crisis behind it. Whether the second part is delivered in the future depends on what kind
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Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018
is key to Tsipras's election planning. If the intervention is put off or counter-balanced... is that the minimum the government will agree with the creditors is for the cuts to be put off for six... stabilising the macroeconomic environment, in order to create more attractive conditions and a competitive
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Newsletter 176 -28/09/2018
the name settlement, known as the Prespes Agreement, caused unrest within the coalition. In order to quell... and Kammenos met last Friday to put on a show of unity. The meeting seemed aimed at killing off the speculation... or if tensions with the official creditors emerged, that could put in question the ongoing support
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Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018
with the argument that Athens has put forward, which is based on the better health of its public... which is a key gauge of how much they can put aside in terms of provisions in their efforts... also need to fall into place. These include an improvement in the economy in order to avoid
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