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Electricity strike nipped in bud, leaving political loose ends
PoliticsGreek Politicsthreatening the strikers with arrest if they did not return to work. Their union, GENOP-DEI, announced... to end the protest. This swift move to nip GENOP-DEI’s action in the bud seems to have been due
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Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelations with Libya and the submission of two note verbale by the Tripoli-based government... after the latest note verbale was sent by Tripoli. “It is inconceivable for us to state our position
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Q3 unemployment in Greece still at 27 pct despite strong tourism season
EconomyMacroeconomythe strong tourism season. Attica’s rate stands marginally rose to 28.2 percent in Q3 (from 28.1 in Q2
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Golden Dawn faces more legal action but is on course for strong election showing
PoliticsGreek Politicssupport away from Golden Dawn. The Union for the Homeland and the People has strong nationalist line
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Public support for coalition still strong but Tsipras walks fine line with party
PoliticsGreek Politicswill also point to the surprisingly strong support that his government has among voters. In the first
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Greek shares up for the third straight week on strong performance from banks
EconomyThe Greek stock market headed north for the third successive week posting gains of 3.9 percent mainly driven by banks (+18.6 percent), which continued recording strong gains for the third week in a row. The quadriga’s mission chiefs concluded on Friday their 3-day visit to Athens, the first after
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Strong start for Greek stocks but they end week down 3.4 pct
EconomyDespite a strong rebound on Monday, the Greek equity market traded on negative ground in the following sessions, ending the week down 3.4 percent. The initial positive reaction in the aftermath of banks’ capital shortfall announcement by the ECB was reversed amid stock overhang concerns and delayed
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Budget for 2017 sees primary surplus at 2 pct on 2.6 bln fiscal measures, strong growth
EconomyMacroeconomyand point to a mild recession of 0.3 percent in 2016 and a strong GDP growth of 2.7 percent in 2017
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Retail sales climb 10.9 pct in Feb on strong rebound in almost all sectors
EconomyMacroeconomyin February, following a marginal growth of 0.1 percent in the previous month. The strong rebound in February
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Slight rise of 0.3 pct in March retail sales after strong growth in February
EconomyMacroeconomyseven months. Meanwhile, the corresponding volume fell by 1 percent in March after a strong
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