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Government indicates readiness to play waiting game on pension cuts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLiakos stood out. In an interview with To Vima, Liakos – one of Alexis Tsipras’s key advisers – said... to be countered by one-off benefits from the fiscal overperformance so that retirees do not feel
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Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
Agorato have taken around 90 minutes. One of the initial observations that can be drawn from... for the survivors to rebuild their lives (a similar formula to the one followed by the New Democracy
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Russia responds to expulsions but diplomatic row seen petering out
PoliticsForeign Policythat Moscow responded by forbidding entry to just one official, there have been suggestions in Athens... his counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, as “one of the best diplomats in the world” with whom he had
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Under relentless pressure from opponents, Tsipras unveils plans for new crisis agency
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras presented on Thursday the government’s plans for the overhaul of the civil protection authority, seen as one of the major weak points in the response to the Mati fire... and resources. It will also have the responsibility for ordering evacuations of citizens, which proved one
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Tsipras seeks to capitalise on bailout exit, build platform for elections
PoliticsGreek Politics-programme monitoring. One position that is vacant at the moment is Alternate Citizens’ Protection.... There is also speculation that Tsipras will try to broaden his cabinet’s appeal by bringing in one or two faces
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Are you not entertained?
Agorafor more than one year with very few prospects of employability, while close to a quarter... that translated into people moving their money out of the banks in two major waves, one between the end
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Piraeus Bank posts net profit of 24 mln in Q2, ELA funding fully eliminated
EconomyBankingof sales and purchase agreements for two loan portfolios totalling 1.8 billion euros. One comprised of secured loans (Amoeba) and one unsecured (Arctos). Across the second half of the year
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Coalition tweaks labour market, lines up more post-MoU changes
PoliticsGreek Politics, during which they were reined in, is one of the government’s key pledges and one of the headline items
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Greece tops OECD countries for tax rises and spending cuts
EconomyFeatures(over one year) as a percentage of total unemployment was 31 percent, while in Greece the figure... tax base through significant cuts to child tax credits from 2020. For taxpayers with one child
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Lenders appear at ease with Tsipras pledges, cautious on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammein the corporate tax rate as one such measure. Pension cuts Where things are less clear, though, is on the issue... been decided for Greece if the adjustment programmes are not continued as agreed.” This is one
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