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Electricity strike nipped in bud, leaving political loose ends
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the passing of a law allowing the sale of PPC spin-off being one of the prior actions Greece has
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Just 8 percent of Greece's 1.27 mln registered unemployed receive benefits
SocietyAs we have highlighted before, one of the consequences of the Greek crisis often overlooked is that the vast majority of the country’s unemployed do not receive benefits as they would in many European Union countries. In a report on Monday, Ta Nea newspaper visited this story and found
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Public deficit and democratic duty
Agoraminister could his government have conjured up a deficit of 15.8 percent from nothing. One only needs to go
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Greece ponders how to deal with rising unpaid private debt, which hit 88 pct of GDP
Economychange. The plan would have to be approved by one third of creditors. When implemented
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Recovery of farming subsidies threatens to widen Greek fiscal gap
EconomyOne day after the completion of the troika’s discussions with the Greek authorities, ahead of the next review due in the second half of September, local media indicate that a European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision may cause a fiscal gap of 600 million euros. This ECJ decision relates to two
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Greece sizes up task of restructuring corporate debt
Economydebt servicing problems. The studies presented during the workshop showed that one third of Greek
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Unpaid taxes rose by 1 bln a month in H1 2014, collection targets missed
EconomyMacroeconomy, underperforming the target of 65 percent. This category of audits was the only one that beat target to May
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EU Task Force sees progress on reforms and structural funds in Greece
EconomyProgrammefor investigations within one day. In addition, a new anti-money laundering work program has been developed
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Greek coalition locked in dispute over public sector reform
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece's coalition appears to have averted one political confrontation this week but has found itself locked in another that might prove more complicated to get out of. The government had been heading for a clash with SYRIZA over a controversial bill regarding Greece's coastline. The leftists
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Parliament's budget office sees Greek recovery finely poised
EconomyMacroeconomyis one of the biggest in the world, higher than that of other countries with systemic crises
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