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Newsletter 395 - 29/09/2023
PoliticsKasselakis sweeps in at SYRIZA, shaking party and Greek politicsSYRIZA’s new leader... outsider’s impact on his party, and Greek politics more broadly, is likely to play out over a longer... of the votes on Sunday, beating his only rival in the run-off ballot, former labour minister Efi
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agorathat the government’s bill does much to address these weaknesses in the Greek system. To pull all off... the islands.” Knaus insists that conditions at the refugee centres, or hotspots, on the Greek islands need... of Greek journalists during a recent visit organised by the Dutch Embassy in Athens
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Conditions for Greek ECCL reportedly outlined in German document
EconomyProgramme. The document reportedly cites the EC confirming Greek debt is sustainable under the condition that agreed...The German Parliament (Bundestag) is expected to approve on Thursday the extension of the Greek... submitted by the Greek authorities on December 9 and the EFSF proposal for a technical extension on December
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After dire 2015, Greek stocks get off to rocky start in 2016
EconomyGreek shares started the year with losses of 7.2 percent this week amid the turmoil that prevailed... concerns. The sell-off was mostly evident on Thursday, when the domestic market tumbled 4.35 percent... the Greek market contracted by 3.5 percent in the first half of 2015, it ended the year with losses
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Greek stocks down 4.6 pct during week after Friday’s sell-off
EconomyThe Greek equity market traded mostly in negative territory this week with a sell-off on Friday amid global concerns as investors preferred to adopt a risk-averse stance despite the positive... of the year, Greek stocks are now recording losses of 2 percent. Bank shares clearly underperformed
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Greek government risks mauling after straying off
AgoraThe current Greek government’s propensity for shooting itself in the foot should never... have left the Greek public smelling a rat. According to an MRB poll for Star TV (one of the channels... to quickly shake off the stigma attached to the allegations, it is difficult to see how
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Greek travel receipts rise by 10.2 pct in 2014, arrivals shoot up by 20.7 pct
EconomyMacroeconomypercent). Although not indicative for the full year performance, the Association of Greek Tourism... at the main Greek airports surged 25.6 percent. According to SETE's initial estimates for the whole year... condition for the positive growth prospects this year. However, local media note that the government
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How Greece sleepwalked off a cliff in 2009, in black and white
Agorathe debt dynamics through higher servicing costs and with detrimental effects on the Greek economy... happened on Karamanlis’s watch. The then prime minister was about to face the perfect storm but he acted like he wholeheartedly believed that the Greek economy was, in his own words, “fortified
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Newsletter 99 - 09/12/2016
. The breakdown showed that the wealth of 2.09 million Greek adults (22.9 percent of the total... of the 2.7 million pensioners in Greece will receive a one-off payment between 300 and 830 euros... and the Greek authorities are the specific fiscal measures, to be included in a staff-level agreement
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Opposition intensifies calls for political scalp over failure to avert deadly hooligan clash
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the death of a Greek man in a brawl outside an Athens football stadium. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... consequences. The PM’s office is holding off from reacting until the completion of the internal police... reveal a series of specific alerts sent to the Greek police by Interpol and neighbouring forces
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