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Greek health care spending in the spotlight
EconomyFeaturesaccepted a total of 50 million euros in kickbacks from the Greek subsidiary of the pharma giant..., Greece’s health care spending outpaced the country’s growth rate, with total expenditure on health... following 2009. According to Eurostat, total expenditure on health was cut by a third, between 2009
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Greek banks push for return to normality
EconomyBanking12 to 18 months. The agency anticipated economic growth of 2 percent this year and 2.2 percent... the total of non-performing exposures (NPEs) to stand at roughly 35 percent of all loans by the end of next year. Moody’s saw the bank’s capital at comfortable levels, with the CET1 ratio for the total
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Travel surplus rises by 17.4 pct in H1 as sharp rise in visitors drives receipts growth
EconomyMacroeconomyby a 25.1 percent rise in receipts from European Union (EU) visitors and a 2.2 percent rise in receipts from... accounted for the lion’s share of total expenditure in H1 2018 at 80.4 percent with corresponding receipts... percent). Receipts from trips for health purposes fell by 15 percent year-on-year to total 20 million
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Amid efforts to help banks reduce NPLs, portfolio sales dominate drive to meet 2018 targets
EconomyBankingand unsecured consumer loans for a total outstanding principal of 1.1 billion. Of the total... quarter, the figure came to 17.8 billion, leaving 2.2 billion to reduce by year end. Alpha Bank Towards... portfolios worth 1.9 billion euros in total under the names Project Jupiter and Project Mercury. The sale
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Piraeus Bank posts net profit of 94 mln in Q3 and 40 mln in 9M
EconomyBankingfrom 81 percent previously. Under new guidelines submitted by the bank, the total stock of NPEs... a total gross book value of 1.8 billion. Two further bad loan portfolio sales are also on schedule with a total gross book value of 1.7 billion euros. These are code named Project Nemo, which deals
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Newsletter 214 -12/07/2019
of their remarkable recent gains with the yield on benchmark 10-year bonds has settled around the 2.2 percent level...-on-year, the figure for those employed increased by 74,993 or a rise of 2 percent. Total employment... pct in June Sales increased by 8.8 pct in the aggregate period From January to June 2019, a total
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Central government debt rises 6.79 bln to 380.8 bln in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomya 2.2 billion-euro increase in repos, while T-bills increased 399 million euros. Financial Support... continue to make up the majority of the total, accounting for 64.2 percent. The value of FSM loans... showed that T-bills made up 59.9 percent of the total, followed by fixed bonds at 36.4 percent
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Record FDI flow into Greece raises bar, but is it sustainable?
EconomyFeaturesof net inflows, the total exceeded the pre-pandemic high of almost 4.5 billion recorded in 2019... accounts for 13 pct of the total stock. Even within the service sector, however, it is notable..., when Crédit Agricole’s ill-fated acquisition of Emporiki Bank for 2.2 billion euros brought in just
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Newsletter 496 - 27/02/2026
-this was mostly due to oil products. Excluding oil, exports actually rose by 2.2 percent, compared with 2.7... of total exports. Another roughly 20 percent came from companies with 50 to 249 employees, a group... percent of Greek companies, yet their share of total exports is only 22 percent. The top five exporters
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Territorial waters, hydrocarbon research cause friction between Athens and Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policyto try to convince them that Greece is set to snatch 40,000 square kilometres from Libya's continental shelf. Akar also claimed that Turkey and Libya almost have neighbouring sea borders (EEZ or continental shelf). The signs are that Turkey is seeking a more active role in Libya. Akar's statements
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