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Rival parties interpret Novartis settlement differently, serving own ends
PoliticsGreek Politicsstatement, the opposition party noted that 310 mln dollars from the settlement, the overwhelming... also argued that the company admitted that it bribed officials in order to “influence the decisions
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Athens buoyed by content, mood of Mitsotakis trip to Washington
PoliticsForeign Policycooperation with the United States through liquefied natural gas installations in Greece, in order... the world's longest submarine power cable (310 kilometres (190 mi) from Israel to Cyprus and 898
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Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Interior Ministry to the Ministry of Citizen Protection, essentially defining it as a public order... government’s willingness to implement the hard-line law and order agenda which was a mainstay of its... warrants have already been issued. Law and order agenda The police operations coincide with the formal
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Watchdog's ruling in voter email leak prompts opposition calls for minister to resign
PoliticsGreek Politics. The watchdog’s findings regarding the leak are damning for the Interior Ministry. The DPA found... on the Interior Ministry in connection to the leaked emails. They were found to have breached data... the time of the national elections. Someone from the Interior Ministry, who has not been identified
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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
is considering applying the pension measures in two phases in order to calm potential negative reactions from...-building within Europe is also a problem for Greece. EU interior ministers were due to agree on Friday... funding drops The level of Eurosystem funding for Greek banks dropped for the fourth consecutive
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Coalition caught between pleasing lenders and voters ahead of next troika review
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this is a tall order. Reports indicate that in a bid to facilitate the September review, Finance... measures. The new Interior Minister Argyris Dinopoulos recently argued that his party would lose votes... on the funding gap. Greece is on course to meet its fiscal targets and believes that with some hard work over
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturescreating superfluous public bodies in order to ensconce party relatives and friends.” The opposition.... Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would... for self-funding functions (for example functions funded by municipal taxes). His conviction
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Greek primary budget surplus doubles to 835 mln in Jan but below target
Economyof 812 million incorporated in the 2014 budget. MoF sources suggest that an agreement with the troika... such as healthcare provider EOPYY, Social Funding and Other Social Security Funds Expenditure and Other
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General gov't primary cash surplus markedly better in July but arrears climb
EconomyMacroeconomydeterioration posting a deficit of 395 million in the 7-month period compared to a surplus of 812 million... to improve the cash-flow and cover the imminent (at that time) external funding needs. The breakdown
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Newsletter 318 - 26/11/2021
energy subsidy in order to keep up with escalating price rises, while also accusing him of selling off... the alternate interior minister, former health minister Vassilis Kikilias (now tourism minister... years and the average funding cost stood at 0.31 pct.MacroeconomyCharts of the weekBudget The Finance
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