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Coalition in a bind as debt relief slips away and more austerity looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsyear, on top of around 4 billion euros already included in the draft budget, presents the coalition
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Words will always hurt
Agora’s 1967-74 military dictatorship balanced the budget and wiped out public debt even though about 30
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Unemployment rate remained unchanged at 27.3 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomybudget that it presented on October 7, the Finance Ministry assumes an unemployment rate in 2013 of 25.5
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Support finely balanced as coalition enters make or break December
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the 2014 budget. Also, there is pressure on the government to lift a moratorium on foreclosures
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Percentage of people in Greece at risk of poverty rises, tops EU list
Societyover the last few years. According to the 2014 budget, social transfers were reduced by 6.8 percent
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Time running out for coalition to find formula on home foreclosures
PoliticsGreek Politicson home foreclosures. Samaras returns to Athens for a vote on the 2014 budget on Saturday night
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Unemployment rate inched up again in Sept to 27.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyin the foreseeable future. In the 2014 budget which was voted in Parliament on December 7, the Finance Ministry
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Q3 unemployment in Greece still at 27 pct despite strong tourism season
EconomyMacroeconomythat do not see Greece’s unemployment decreasing in the foreseeable future. In the 2014 budget
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State arrears to Nov fell to 5.86 bln but 1.96 bln of new debts created in 2013
EconomyMacroeconomyincreases to 6.17 billion or 3.4 percent of GDP. The MoF has revised in the 2014 budget the initial
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The complexities of regaining market access: Could Greece learn from Portugal?
Agoraon its own how to plug any medium-term budget gap. But during the past three years the key policy
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