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Tsipras and Kammenos set aside speculation and focus on coalition's key goals
PoliticsGreek Politics’s office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain... prominent issues. The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those who..., the prospect of any party jumping into government with SYRIZA if ANEL decides it has had enough
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Merkel backing for name deal overshadowed by coalition leaders' crucial talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Panos Kammenos, who leads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL..., especially if he does not have any support from ANEL MPs. SYRIZA currently has 145 lawmakers.... This is what the two men had agreed in September. He will also reportedly ask for any ANEL
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SYRIZA's move to aid small parties puts spotlight on Kammenos leverage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL), whose parliamentary group is close to the point of no longer being recognised... relevance is declining ahead of the general elections later this year. ANEL looks set to suffer... with ANEL leader Kamemnos and is expected to sit as an independent. This would leave Kammenos with just five
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Rising clinical depression hints at hidden side of Greek crisis
Societyto just 3.3 percent of Greeks that experienced depression in 2008, before the country plunged into its... to fall to 11.7 billion euros by 2016. It was reported earlier this year that the average time to see
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Greek Q4 GDP down 0.2 pct QoQ, 2014 nominal GDP stays in recession
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek seasonally adjusted (SA) GDP figure at constant prices showed a quarter on quarter (QoQ) fall of 0.2 percent in Q4 of 2014 after a rise (up to 0.7 percent) in the preceding three quarters... fixed capital formation fell 3.3 percent in the 9-month period, although a recovery was posted in Q3
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Newsletter 33 - 03/07/2015
The drop in the turnover of Greece’s retail trade index fell by the faster rate of 3.3 percent in April, which was it sixth straight monthly fall. Retail volume also contracted by 1.9 percent in April after... is unlikely to en masse favour being part of a national emergency government. The other possibility
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CPI falls by another 2.2 pct in July as VAT rises yet to be recorded
EconomyMacroeconomy. The breakdown of the 2.2 percent YoY CPI fall showed the highest change was posted by housing (-7.4 percent... and footwear (-3.3 percent) and education (-3.1 percent). In contrast, an increase in prices was recorded
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Unemployment rate edged up to 25.2 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomypercent, whilst the fall in the number of unemployed eased to 6.3 percent. In absolute terms... in June. The number of inactive people resumed an upward movement in June reaching 3.3 million
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Drop in trade deficit slows to 8.8 pct in August as decline in imports decelerates
EconomyMacroeconomy, largely led by imports (-9.9 percent), while exports posted a slower fall by 3.3 percent
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Retail sales down 3.9 pct in April for eleventh successive month
EconomyMacroeconomy. The decrease in April retail sales is mostly attributed to a double-digit fall in automotive fuel (-15.8..., electrical and household equipment (-3.7 percent), food, beverages and tobacco (-3.3 percent
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