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What the ECB did next - a tale from another crisis
Agoraas the interest charged by the ECB is much lower than any available commercial rate. The ECB blocked... than use their banks and ECB credits to finance their deficits. The ECB took the position
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Coalition hails multi-bill as start of clean break, opposition sees more of the same
PoliticsGreek Politicsrather than growth. The statement added that the Greek economy should be growing by an annual rate of around 4 percent in the coming years rather than the average of just over 2 percent foreseen
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MTFS outlines ambitious economic and fiscal road for next four years
EconomyProgrammebalance. According to the finance ministry, Greece will grow by 2 percent in 2018, lower than its... percent in 2022. All estimates are marginally lower than last year’s MTFS when the economic recovery
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Building permits fall by 2.3 pct in March, absolute permits rise above 1,000
EconomyMacroeconomyto 13,847. Although this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak
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Multi-bill passed, sub-tranche released but debt relief expectations dwindling
EconomyProgrammeinterest than European lending and stand at around 11 billion euros. This option now appears to be off... the beginning of the Greek programmes in 2010 as it is seen as a more reliable overseer than
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High level of opposition to Macedonia name deal seems to boost New Democracy’s ratings
PoliticsGreek Politicsabout the political cost of settling a dispute that has lasted more than 25 years because he believes... by the government and the opposition on this issue appears to be benefiting the conservatives more than
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Kammenos claims approval of name deal a make-or-break moment for coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy on the spot, rather than his coalition partner SYRIZA. One of the interpretations... insisted that there is no constitutional or other need for anything more than a simple majority
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Unemployment rate edges up to 20.2 pct in April as number of employed dips
EconomyMacroeconomythe Labour Ministry’s Ergani database for June showed that there were 33,620 more hirings than..., the employment balance showed 298,171 more hirings than departures. Ergani noted that the balance for the first
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Building permits up by 1 pct in April and 5.2 pct in first four months of the year
EconomyMacroeconomynumber of permits came to 13,847. Although this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak of 95,730 permits issued in 2005. The most recent quarterly Bank of Greece
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Athens gets first taste of Erdogan's new era in power
PoliticsForeign Policyand the way it handles Greek–Turkish relations is sometimes worse than Erdogan”. Nevertheless, relations... than before the meeting,” though he made no reference to any commitment by Ankara on this issue
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