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Hiring balance slows in June as job market returns to normal levels
EconomyMacroeconomyby 45 percent compared to last year, as all measures preserving jobs are wound down. Both hirings... roles are waiters, kitchen staff, cleaning staff, retail sales staff and receptionists. Overall
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PM urges ministers to focus on delivery, not be distracted by likely long election campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsof pre‑election promises - adds another layer to the evolving landscape. And while the government... that the government has “ample time” to complete its commitments and present concrete results across all... a new layer of transparency and accountability into the pre‑election debate. Smart glasses row
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Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsexperienced ministers in key posts and backing them up with a layer of specialists underneath. While... watch as public order minister in Costas Simitis’s government, and his appointment will help bolster Mitstokis’s image as someone who’s serious about law and order. Chrisochodis’s beefed-up ministry
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Tsipras, against all odds
Agora, populism or hucksterism. Even minutes before the vote on Sunday, Tsipras was scheming his schemes in order... Independent Greeks) for 2017 and 2018 in order to save almost 120 million euros was shelved. He also cast
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Newsletter 18 - 06/03/2015
joke. “And now for one member state, all the men need to take off their ties,” said European... of Commissioners in Brussels. After all, the Greek government’s penchant for not wearing ties has been... of these moments, like Timmermans’s initial remark, seemed in genuine jest. Tsipras, after all, has answered
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
AgoraAt first it seemed like a harmless joke. “And now for one member state, all the men need to take... photo shoot for the College of Commissioners in Brussels. After all, the Greek government’s.... Tsipras, after all, has answered numerous questions about his refusal to wear ties and has been able
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General govt primary cash surplus falls to 2.6 bln in 2-month, arrears up for second month
EconomyMacroeconomyby an increase in repos by 850 million. All other debt components remained almost stable from the previous.... In contrast, the respective figure for the state budget dropped by 611 million to 1.63 billion
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General govt primary cash surplus at 5.93 bln in Dec, arrears fall by 584 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion. Month-on-month decreases in arrears were noted across all categories. The largest month... which came to 417 million euros. The figure for 2017 was nearly half that for 2016 (611 million
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Summit of transactions – Erdogan and Trump
AgoraAnkara defends as political engagement but Washington regards with suspicion – add another layer... package will likely be finalized, LNG contracts announced, and the Boeing order highlighted
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Is VAT all you've got?
Agora. The government hopes the VAT cut will boost one of the biggest employers in Greece’s all-important... not producing a primary surplus this year. All in all, the VAT change is a breakthrough of sorts.... While hospitality may, or may not, profit from VAT dropping to 13 percent, businesses in all sectors
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