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Diplomatic tension over refugee crisis grows as Greece protests to Austria
PoliticsForeign Policy. Austria’s proactive stance appears to have taken Athens by surprise and there is concern about what may..., Serbia, Slovenia. The decision not to invite Greece may have been prompted by Tsipras’s decision
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Retail sales slip 0.1 pct in Dec, drop of 2.8 pct in 2015
EconomyMacroeconomy(of +2.4 percent in May) in the course of 2015. Retail volume rebounded 0.4 percent in December... in 2015. The December rate represnts the first positive reading since May and overall the fourth
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Mitsotakis aims to prove credentials by tackling party's finances
PoliticsGreek Politicsfinance to proper health. It may seem like a strange moment for the main opposition leader to address... challenge he may have to overcome is the displeasure that could be created within the party as he pares back
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Assorted obstacles block path to change of parties in coalition
PoliticsGreek Politics(lined up for May should the programme review be completed and relevant legislation passed... and tax evasion cases that it believes will embarrass the opposition. Although Kammenos may not have
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The men who would be prime ministers
Agoraparties. Since Greece signed its first bailout agreement in May 2010, nearly 40 new political parties... bailout. Samaras won the May and June elections in 2012 on the promise of renegotiating the deal
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What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
Agoraof ways to dangle Greece off the edge of a cliff. Either way, Tsipras may have elicited a much more... an assertion that he could not back up? The truth is that there may be no single or clear answer
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Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe top rate of VAT from 23 percent to 24 may help reach the 1 percent of GDP target needed from... affect the process and the government’s appetite for a deal may be affected if it considers
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PASOK and Potami seek common ground as Konstantopoulou prepares to return
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut Konstantopoulou may prove more durable. She was a determined and dominant member of SYRIZA and has.... Significantly, she will be highly critical of SYRIZA and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who may find himself
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Elektroniki’s bankruptcy reflects struggles of consumer electronics sector
EconomyFeaturesin profits for their fiscal year to the start of May 2015. However, such booms are not enough... the preceding six months. Elektroniki may be one of the highest profile victims of the Greek consumer
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Significant fall in migrant arrivals but camp conditions a growing concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsis that the agreement may not hold up for much longer if Turkey feels the EU is not keeping up its side... the following week,” said the Commission. “The expectation is to reach by mid-May the capacity
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