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Newsletter 220 -20/09/2019
much of their focus on next year’s budget, particularly in terms of how the relief measures... space will be sought by cutting the budget for the Public Investment Programme, a cross-government... the budget approximately 70 million on the interest bill. The Greek government appears to have submitted
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Newsletter 252 -29/05/2020
season. SYRIZA’s proposals include covering 100 percent of employment costs for businesses which.... The measure, which Tsipras described as “helicopter money”, would cost the budget 3.5 billion... revenues missed target by 7.5 percent The budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 1.52 billion euros
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Strong primary surplus of over 8 bln at close of 2025 as spending is contained
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a surplus of 8.09 billion euros for 2025, compared to a surplus of 8.7 billion euros a year earlier, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget... budget, came to 59.17 billion euros. Net revenues were 77.07 billion euros. The total budget
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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
Society6.4 cases per 100 inhabitants in 2012, compared to 21 in the EU – it was at the upper end... litigious cases jump rapidly in 2012 and 2013, to 5.8 and 6.2 first instant cases per 100 inhabitants..., with 7.8 cases per 100 inhabitants, in 2012. Portugal and SI, both on 15, and Croatia, on 9.6, were
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Newsletter 169 -06/07/2018
for review as part of the European Semester. Greece’s draft budget is due to be delivered to Brussels... of higher interest rates by 100 basis points and a primary surplus at 1.5 percent of GDP...-to-GDP over 100 percent. BoG anticipates Greek economic growth to pick up pace in the coming years
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PM unveils 300 mln support package, pairing economic relief with major defence upgrade
PoliticsGreek Politics, with a budget of 15 million euros, while ferry companies will be compensated for mandatory discounts... 100 and 500 euros to 20 pct and on winnings above 500 euros to 30 pct. The measure is expected to generate around 100 million euros on an annual basis. The government’s decision to opt for targeted
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In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
PoliticsGreek Politicstriggered an embargo on Union imports by Moscow. There is a connection between the two in the sense... about SYRIZA’s criticism of the EU’s approach to Russia. The embargo could cost Greece as much
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They have a name for it
Agorain a nationalist fervour, with huge demonstrations and a 19-month trade embargo against the newly founded State. It only lifted the embargo when its neighbouring state changed its first flag. Greece and FYR
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Athens moves on after Berlin Conference absence, seeks more active role in Libya developments
PoliticsForeign PolicyIn Greece’s absence, the Berlin Conference ended on Sunday with an agreement among all the participants to respect a much-violated arms embargo, to hold off on military support to the warring parties... arms embargo it was tasked with protecting. “There’s an agreement in the Council in order to revive
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Athens goes along with EU over Libya, waits for Turkey's move at UN
PoliticsForeign Policythe deployment of warships to enforce the United Nations arms embargo on Libya. According to the EU foreign... that this operation will have as a goal the implementation of the arms embargo imposed by the United Nations
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