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Ministers unveil lengthy payment schemes for unpaid taxes and contributions
EconomyProgrammeby the end of last year can be included. Anyone earning less than 10,000 euros a year will automatically... is for the schemes to be launched on May 14, less than two weeks before the crucial European Parliament
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Survey highlights Greeks' conflicted relationship with EU
Societyresponding that they had a positive view of both, which was higher than the EU average level of support.... In the same survey, slightly more than half (52 percent) of all Greeks felt that they were citizens
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Tsipras set to unveil tax cuts as MPs prepare for confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicselections in less than three weeks are unlikely to succeed. The message sent by Tsipras through his... in Xanthi on Monday, Tsipras said that all the measures would be permanent in nature, rather than one
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Tsipras, Mitsotakis cast gloves aside as pre-election fight gets personal
PoliticsGreek Politicssummer, not long after the wildfire in Mati claimed more than 100 lives, Tsipras took a short break... minister, rather than being kept secret. The other line of attack consisted of the government’s
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Unemployment for Feb comes to 18.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomythat there were 43,373 more hirings than departures. Compared to March 2018, there were 12,121 fewer... period, the employment balance showed 48,880 more hirings than departures. Ergani noted
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Lenders highlight risks of 'short-term popular' measures unveiled by government
EconomyProgramme, stressed the need to focus on the medium- and long-term, rather than “short-term popular measures... than 5 percent. “The Greek authorities have informed us that they hope to prepay the part
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Tsipras, Mitsotakis tone down personal attacks but intensify clash over policies
PoliticsGreek Politicswas a contentious political figure who drew stinging criticism from his rivals. Less than 48 hours later... evidence of Mitsotakis’s “neoliberal” tendencies and his intention to favour the elite, rather than
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Building permits drop by 5.1 pct in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the year is roughly 84 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new builds. The most recent quarterly Bank of Greece (BoG
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Newsletter 206 -17/05/2019
residences. As banks put sales rather than write-offs at the forefront of their NPL reduction... and the residual mortgage. So, properties will have to be worth less than 250,000 euros, while the housing loan
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IMF highlights bailout shortcomings in latest admission of programme errors
EconomyProgrammethan one-third, predominantly in low-income countries, included fiscal expansion to support growth... the fiscal adjustments were sharp and less growth-friendly than initially anticipated achieved by cutting
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