Search
-
Greece changing direction on energy policy, warms to US-backed projects
PoliticsForeign Policyappears to be confirmation of the Greek government’s switch in energy policy. Greece now seems willing to proceed with energy projects that have the strong support of the US government. In Wednesday’s... at an operational level in 2017. IGB’s main tasks will be to carry gas from Azerbaijan through TAP
2% -
Coalition in rush to wrap up pending bailout issues
EconomyProgrammeAhead of Monday’s Eurogroup, the Greek government seems willing to accelerate its efforts to close... as a minimum annual household income of 35,000 euros. Since the current government’s proposal protects more... the end of the week. It will probably involve a tax on gambling firm OPAP’s numbers games, which could
2% -
First general strike an awkward but telling moment for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsend of a mass protest was made more acute by the fact that SYRIZA’s labour policy department called... and disagreements have been at the heart of the leftist party’s being since it was founded. It should also be pointed out that SYRIZA’s participation in the rally is not as much of a paradox as it first seems given
2% -
Coalition hopes for respite from ex-minister's claims as probes launched
PoliticsGreek Politicsa complaint about this following Panousis’s suit in what some commentators see as an attempt to dampen the impact of the ex-minister’s claims and to raise doubts about his motivation for making them... of allegations and questions this week. Tsipras’s advisers had been able to shield the prime
2% -
Warning signs for coalition after majority trimmed in multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the day, SYRIZA’s Stathis Panagoulis abstained from the vote and ANEL’s Nikos Nikolopoulos voted... a new pension reform plan alone could test the government’s unity. Tsipras is now under pressure... that preceded Thursday’s vote. All three highlighted the increases in taxes and the reining
2% -
Fallout from aborted leadership vote tests New Democracy's unity
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat looks set to deepen in the coming days. The party’s electoral committee met yesterday... to Sunday’s fiasco. The feud between the two men has been simmering over the last few weeks despite Samaras... Mitsotakis, immediately announced their intention to leave their positions as New Democracy’s
2% -
Greece being boxed in by refugee crisis and security concerns
AgoraThe recent attacks in Paris and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s subsequent visit to Turkey..., to calm those who fear that Greece is a weak link in the EU’s effort to defend itself against... refugees, for instance, is still moving at a snail’s pace. In fact, it has been calculated
2% -
Tsipras turns attention to nervy party ahead of new measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe idea that the coalition’s slim majority is in danger of disappearing completely. These kind... on the tried and tested formula of arguing that SYRIZA’s lawmakers should not fall into the trap set by rivals... for the discussion with the eurozone about how to reduce Greece’s debt to take place in February next year
2% -
Eurobank sells insurance arm to Fairfax for 316 mln
EconomyBankingfor the sale of an 80 percent stake in the bank’s insurance subsidiary Eurolife. The disposal was part of Eurobank’s initial restructuring plan approved by the European Commission in April 2014, which... stake sale stands at 316 million euros and is estimated to improve Eurobank’s Common Equity Tier 1
2% -
Will Tsipras ride the waves in 2016?
Agoraan end to the Greek bailouts and the troika’s demands but has spent the last part of 2015 implementing the third memorandum he agreed with the country’s lenders. Since the details of the new package were... SYRIZA to its knees. Tsipras’s main concern, though, is that his parliamentary majority has been
2%