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Athens not put out by Turkey-Egypt rapprochement, but watching closely
PoliticsForeign PolicyTurkey’s role and impact in Libya, a country which is of utmost importance for all countries... to have strong economic ties with Turkey. Despite its continuous problems, Turkey’s economy
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Tsipras pledges array of tax cuts, hopes for break on pensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsproblem has been addressed as a result of the June Eurogroup agreement. He argued that this secured... for monthly benefits of between 70 to 200 euros. Tsipras tied this measure to Greece’s demographic problem... for the self-employed who earn more than 7,000 euros a year would be reduced from 20 percent to 13.3 percent
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IMF consultation report pinpoints health of Greek banks as central to growth
EconomyBankingthe problem had to deal with a variety of issues including “poor banking practices, weak financial sector policies, forbearance, sovereign debt restructuring, deeper-than-expected recession, changing... will take many years” and urges for an accelerated approach to deal with the problem. The approach
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Post-Covid era dawns on new landscape for bad debt in Greece
EconomyFeatureshave been transferred from their balance sheets, more than halving the volume of bank-held NPLs... of the total volume of NPLs. One aspect of the problem has been institutional. Seizing... and house prices 40 pct below their pre-crisis high. The problem was also political, and more broadly
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Fighting fake news is a "to be or not to be" battle
Agorathe pro-democratic and anti-democratic forces. In fact, the problem of misinformation and fake news.... In the online media, as it was already pointed out, the main problem are the capacities... media, which have become the main source and transmitter of misinformation, the main problem
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Newsletter 39 - 21/08/2015
' patience with Tsipras The main problem for the opposition parties is that Tsipras has left little... marked a watershed in this respect as it was the first time that a party other than New Democracy... united rather than launching the conservatives forward into a new era. His everyman qualities have been
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The tie that binds
Agorathat the huge fiscal consolidation was harming the economy, his recipe for overcoming this problem..., unpaid taxes continue to pile up and have passed the 100-billion-euro mark, more than 20 percent... fortunes. At the same time, Thursday’s agreement does not settle Greece’s debt problem. In terms
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Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?
Agorato the conclusion of the first economic adjustment programme more than 85 percent of Greece’s sovereign debt.... It took no less than European Commissioner for Employment Laszlo Andor of Hungary to get... output in 2013 would surpass by more than 20 percent where Greece’s debt-to-GDP ratio stood in 2010
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A moment to reflect, not celebrate
Agorabe a moment for reflection, rather than celebration. The last eight years have been marked by avoidable... with a comforting sense of detachment, rather than an actual country with real people and flawed politicians facing... a soap opera playing out on their TV screens rather than a series of events causing real upheaval
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Study sheds light on different experiences, aspirations of new and long-term migrants
Societybelieve that the presence of immigrants in Greece doesn’t solve the country’s demographic problem... believe that the flow of refugees to Greece is a permanent rather than temporary issue. Perceptions... country rather than a destination. The majority of them expressed no intention of staying in Greece
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