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Retail sales drop by 8.6% in 2020 as e-shops prosper but many sectors suffer
EconomyMacroeconomyto provide four months of continuous support. Finance Ministry officials let it be known via the media that each week of lockdown in Athens costs the budget 500 million, from a combination of higher... Ministry officials, submitted in November a budget for 2021 that assumed the lockdown would
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Govt sets out fire compensation scheme in first step to overcome destruction
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be made to this year’s budget, with the initial fiscal impact of the aid being put at 500 million euros... demanded the resignation of key officials. Eventually, Citizens’ Protection Minister Nikos Toskas stepped down and officials from the police and fire brigade were removed from their posts. So far
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After travels, domestic issues and party scepticism await Mitsotakis
PoliticsGreek Politics, will lead to fiscal space of 500 million euros to handout. Ministry officials qualify..., government officials have been stating regularly that there could be fiscal space for further
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Government stands firm on rejecting PASOK's bank tax proposal
PoliticsGreek Politicscould raise up to 500 million euros to channel to support measures. This is one of several... out its reasons for rejecting the amendment tabled by the social democrats. Government officials... with the government over his investigation into the so-called “Predatorgate” affair, which government officials
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Government commits to uniformed personnel pay rises amid clamour for higher incomes
PoliticsGreek Politicspension payments to new retirees was around 500 days when the government took over, but has now fallen... by the public comments from the two senior government officials, feeling that they were out of line by making... officials claim that the reason pay increases in the armed forces were announced now was to combat
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Newsletter 474 - 05/09/2025
to €500 per year, while those near the top bracket may gain as much as €1,200. The total cost... ministers and several ruling party officials. The inference was that the alleged corruption had... of this evident public discontent with the government that officials have been briefing the local media
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EU Task Force sees improvements in Greece, tends to damaged ties
PoliticsGreek Politicsperiod, the Task Force also highlights the technical assistance it has provided, such as training 500 Greek tax officials in anti-money laundering techniques. However, the Task force also highlights
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Fear and loathing in Athens: an ex-minister's take on troika reviews
PoliticsGreek Politicsand if the government has found a way to settle more than 500 million euros of state debts to the Athens...” that Athens had yet to complete to secure the instalment. The troika officials are due to return
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Greek coalition sets out plans for public sector, wages and pensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the troika. Civil servants A lot has been made of the government’s plans to rehire some 3, 500 civil...While the focus has been on the Greek government’s negotiations with eurozone officials over a possible new debt deal, the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition has been preparing its policies
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After Eurogroup, hard work, more pressure and sliver of hope for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsconfirmed that the ESM does not have any “legal claim” on about 500 million euros remaining... for the coalition to satisfy its lenders demands by sending them information or whether officials
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