Search
-
Newsletter 229 -22/11/2019
of the Greek authorities but well above the 1.2 percent euro area average. Medium-term growth... of GDP euro area average. In terms of its debt sustainability analysis, the European Commission takes.... This consists of the return of the income amounts from SMP and ANFA holdings held by eurozone central
6% -
The refugee crisis and the beast within
Agoracentre for refugees that has been created in the Schisto area of Athens. Similar incidents have taken...As symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies requires little explanation. Its meaning is summed up in one line of the unnerving classic. “Fancy thinking the beast
5% -
Sharp increase in May arrivals, particularly from Germany, delivers travel balance boost
EconomyMacroeconomyof the EU receipts dropped by 2 percent to 312 million. Euro area residents were the main contributor... million. The non-euro area EU28 spending came to 347 million, up by over 32 percent. Germany had... percent, while those outside of the EU dropped by 2.4 percent. Visitors from the euro area were up
5% -
Moments to remember from the euro crisis
Agoraand executed left scars throughout the euro area. In the countries that had to succumb to adjustment... the euro area. Within this context, the role of the ECB and its presidents needs to be scrutinised... and today what counts is to abide by the rules, to have well-managed governance of the euro area
5% -
Coalition not ditching referendum idea from policy options but details muddled
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs much as it tries, the Greek government cannot escape the issue of if it will consider holding... holding a referendum on whatever is agreed by June “would not be a bad idea” as it would ensure... creditors would be willing to accept. In 2011, when George Papandreou suggested holding a vote
5% -
Domestic pressure over refugee crisis building for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign Policymay become a holding pen for refugees and migrants. However, the increasing isolation of Greece over... is holding with Western Balkan countries in Vienna on Wednesday was a serious blow and has raised..., for holding up the deployment of the NATO reaction force. It may be just a question of time before
5% -
PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAmid growing speculation that Alexis Tsipras is thinking of rejecting the option of holding snap... reports suggesting that Tsipras is leaning towards holding out until October for general elections... but some commentators have suggested that this would also facilitate the holding of national
5% -
Greece’s downstream oil industry adapts to shifting demands
EconomyFeatures, followed by Iran (until sanctions in 2012), Libya, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. As of January this year
5% -
Where is the EastMed pipeline heading?
AgoraZone, the decision to send troops to Libya, the maritime agreement with the Tripoli-based government
5% -
PM brings law and order back onto agenda as foreign policy issues dominate
PoliticsGreek Politicsfuror over Greece’s exclusion from the Berlin Conference on Libya, much of the political debate
5%