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Newsletter 153 -2/03/2018
to the institutions in April. The other high-profile cabinet appointment saw former Democratic Left (DIMAR... of the personal difference for pensions, the cuts to the EKAS benefit for low-income pensioners, the new.... The sceptre of the tax measure being moved forward by a year is still hanging over Athens
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Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
EconomyMacroeconomy(1.3 billion), development of Hellenikon (345 million), sale of real estate and shares (277 million... due to rise in health care contribution for pensioners and reduction in EKAS beneficiaries, public
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Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016
In a non-paper issued on Wednesday, the Finance Ministry clarified that budget revenues had beaten... of finding settlements for cooperative borrowers subject to their capabilities and peculiarities..., as a result of the collapse of the banking index in the course of last year. The huge revaluation
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Erdogan's Hagia Sophia move adds to complexity, uncertainty of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policyfalling popularity and profile in the Islamic world. His move sparked international reaction..., bilateral cooperation between EU-Turkey on the refugee/migrant issue and developments related to Libya... violation of the arms embargo in Libya, according to a high-ranking EU official. There is a growing
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Mitsotakis, Erdogan keep distance at UN as summer moratorium draws to close
PoliticsForeign Policyon the issue of Libya which will take place on the sidelines of the UN Assembly under the initiative of Italy...” by its agreement with Libya. Greece says that its agreement with Egypt annuls the Turkey-Libya... with a new, legal and permanent government in Libya and sign a maritime agreement with its southern
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
was beaten again. Despite the economy entering recession, Greece being monitored for its oversized public... implemented new interventions include the gradual phasing out of the EKAS solidarity payment
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Athens homing in on non-permanent seat at UNSC
PoliticsForeign Policyboundaries within the so-called “Blue Homeland” doctrine, which includes the Turkey-Libya maritime... law and the law of the sea. Through these contacts, he is trying to promote Greece’s profile... the most powerful UN institution as it can take legally binding decisions to impose sanctions
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Karatzaferis offers to boost New Democracy's right wing with LAOS alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy to become blurred. Within days, LAOS’s two highest profile MPs, Makis Voridis and Adonis... where liberal reformists sat uncomfortably alongside staunch nationalists. This odd and precarious
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Growth, not just of the economic variety
Agorastage. Nevertheless, in the journey along the winding, precipitous road towards better days... are doing well tend to keep a low profile, whispering about their achievements out of respect.... One of the less obvious ones involves the media finding a role that lies far from the extremes
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Government tables amendments with aim of securing bailout tranche within days
EconomyProgrammegrant (EKAS), where the new criteria resulting in 20 percent fewer pensioners being eligible... with the retroactive return of EKAS paid to non-eligible pensioners in the first half of the year. The amendment reiterates that the cumulative cost savings from the gradual elimination of EKAS would reach 853 million
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