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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
Societymore cases than were submitted. When the cases are broken down into different categories, litigious... 0.22 euros per capita in 2010 to 0.94 euros in 2014. Those figures put Greece in league with eastern.... General government total expenditure on law courts was lower in Greece than among most western
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Famellos aims for fresh start but existential questions dog SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest conference held by SYRIZA, Greece’s fading leftist party, raised more questions than... proposals put forward by the leadership being overwhelmingly approved. However, on the other hand... Kasselakis in 2023. However, rather than Kasselakis, it was the ghost of Alexis Tsipras that haunted
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New president receives strong endorsement, hints at areas of interest
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat pointed out SYRIZA would look foolish refusing to support Sakellaropoulou now when it had put her
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Newsletter 149 -2/02/2018
also put the coalition on tenterhooks. SYRIZA’s partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), is backing... appear strong enough to kill off any prospect of an irreparable rift developing. However, the question of whether an agreement can be reached with FYROM and when this would be put to Greek Parliament
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Constitution tweaked, consensus sought for Greek diaspora vote and next president
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat will be put forward by the government. SYRIZA had tabled its own proposal, which would have... than 500,000 Greeks with voting rights can be tabled in Parliament. The most popular amendment (274.... The findings are then put to the full assembly, which decides whether charges should be filed. The aim
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Govt takes up fiscal requests with EU as pressure over min wage, main homes mounts
Politicsof ANFA and SMP profits for investment rather than just debt servicing and Beyond that, there are two... for the primary surplus target to be reduced from 3.5 pct of GDP for 2021 and 2022. The government has a strong... than banks because they are not weighed down by the lenders’ capital concerns. Minimum wage Another
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Q3 unemployment in Greece still at 27 pct despite strong tourism season
EconomyMacroeconomythe strong tourism season. Attica’s rate stands marginally rose to 28.2 percent in Q3 (from 28.1 in Q2
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Strong start for Greek stocks but they end week down 3.4 pct
EconomyDespite a strong rebound on Monday, the Greek equity market traded on negative ground in the following sessions, ending the week down 3.4 percent. The initial positive reaction in the aftermath of banks’ capital shortfall announcement by the ECB was reversed amid stock overhang concerns and delayed
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Retail sales climb 10.9 pct in Feb on strong rebound in almost all sectors
EconomyMacroeconomyin February, following a marginal growth of 0.1 percent in the previous month. The strong rebound in February
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Slight rise of 0.3 pct in March retail sales after strong growth in February
EconomyMacroeconomyseven months. Meanwhile, the corresponding volume fell by 1 percent in March after a strong
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