Search
-
Greek women in crisis
Agorain Crete and for the last 5 years, has been caring for an elderly lady of 90 years old. She gets paid 450.... Maria had been working as head of finance in a large multinational advertising company for 10 years... of 10 months of maternity leave (the 4 months plus the 6 provided by the state). A few years later
12% -
Stocks finish week on high after progress at Eurogroup
Economythe beginning of the year. The top outperformers this week included Ellaktor (+10 percent), Hellenic... losses stood at 6 million in 2016 compared to 60 million a year ago, while its turnover fell by 5... income fell by 10 percent quarter on quarter to 227 million in Q4 mainly due to higher operating
12% -
Piraeus posts 7 mln net profit in Q2, NPE stock down for seventh straight quarter
EconomyBankingin Q1, while the target is a further reduction close to 10 percent. The bank said it exceeded the NPE... million in Q2, but declined by 5 percent to 582 million in H1, on the back of a drop in personnel... (CET1) ratio improved by 10 basis points (bps) QoQ to 16.9 percent in Q2, while the fully-loaded
12% -
Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts and reforms, hopes for lower fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicschanges would be made for 10 years. He also pledged to reduce corporate tax from 29 percent to 20... in Thessaloniki), lower the tax on dividends to 5 percent, increase the threshold for submitting VAT... position after losing 10 percent of its GDP. The main lesson I draw from Cyprus’s case
12% -
Newsletter 140 -17/11/2017
Eurogroup. The decision to disburse the next bailout tranche of 5 billion euros would be taken... surpassed its target for the first 10 months of the year, beating the goal by 116 million euros. Primary... to 39.27 billion euros, missing their target by 2.26 billion.The budget balance in the first 10 months
12% -
The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context
EconomyFeaturesIt is 5:59am on a Sunday morning. The host of the morning talk show, a man of near-pensionable age... by 2020, and 10 percent by 2070 as a result of the reforms. While some have questioned the use... are punishing. Greece has 3 people over 65 for every 10 of working age. According to the OECD’s projections
12% -
Newsletter 174 -14/09/2018
. No final decision on this politically sensitive issue is expected until perhaps the November 5 Eurogroup... the average increase for the year to 10 percent. The figure for the same quarter last year showed an increase... of unemployed (92.3 percent) are looking for a full-time job, while less than 10 percent reported receiving
12% -
Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeaturesgroups, at 14 percent and 10 percent, respectively. Residence permits for property owners/investors... at 312,000 euros. While most were concentrated at the lower end of the scale, just under 10 percent... succeeded in attracting close to 5 billion euros of investments in property, financial assets
12% -
Human Rights Commissioner calls for improvements to battered healthcare system
Societyhealthcare rose. Co-payments for certain medicines increased by 10 percent or more depending on the disease, user fees increased from 3 euros to 5 euros for outpatient visits and new 1 euro fees... for Disease Prevention and Control that 10 percent of patients in Greece were at risk of developing
12% -
Chasing investment, the Greek dream
Agora, investment spending stood at 17.24 billion euros in the third quarter of 2007, but hovered at just above 5... for 10 percent of GDP, 4 percentage points above the eurozone average. At the 2007 peak, dwellings... to 7 percent of GDP, from nearly 10 percent in the 2007 peak. In fact, investment spending in other
12%