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After rocky start, some political backing for SYRIZA but ECB holds key
PoliticsGreek Politics. Comments from US President Barack Obama on Sunday also seemed to strengthen the SYRIZA-led coalition’s case..., Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis expressed hope in an interview with Mega TV that there might
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Tsipras sticks to pre-election pledges as eurozone negotiations loom
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece over until the summer. As mentioned before, the SYRIZA-led coalition wants the go-ahead to issue... for recent standards. More importantly, a Macedonia University poll for Skai TV on Friday indicated that 72
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As negotiations start, Greek coalition draws confidence from public opinion
PoliticsGreek Politicshas led to some Greeks holding back payments. In his policy programme speech on Sunday, Prime... supporters where it is just 11 percent. A GPO poll for Mega TV also pointed to the government’s stance
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Where next for Greece's troubled privatisation programme under SYRIZA?
Economy. The agreement for the sale of 100 percent of Hellinkon SA to a Lamda Development led consortium... to sell DEPA. In an interview with Star TV channel this week, Varoufakis also expressed his objection
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A breakdown of the fiscal and structural reforms Greece hopes will unlock funding
EconomyProgrammeexpected in the second half of the year and a more pronounced expansion of 2.9 percent in 2016, mainly led... tenders for TV licences (350 million), settlement of tax and social security contribution arrears (600
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Updated Greek reform proposals see 2015 primary surplus reaching programme target 3 pct
EconomyProgrammepolitical uncertainty. The domestic economy is expected to expand by 2.9 percent in 2016 mainly led..., mainly stemming from public tender/auctions for TV licences (350 million) and regulation of e-gaming
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParaskevopoulos indicated on Friday in comments to ANT-1 TV that he agreed with the points made by Panousis... that has led to controversy and even criticism from human rights groups in the past but at the same
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Brussels talks inconclusive, Tsipras has tough sell at home if deal reached
PoliticsGreek Politicsand persistence led to lenders admitting that austerity pressure on Greece had to be lightened. He is also... parliamentary spokesman Nikos Filis told Mega TV on Wednesday night that such a set of proposals would
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Newsletter 31 - 19/06/2015
relates to households. Grexit fears coupled with capital control concerns have led to a sharp rise... to bases around the country. This week he called for public TV to air a weekly programme about
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Government sceptical about deal with lenders, PM with convincing to do
PoliticsGreek Politicsreject the terms offered by lenders. Labour Minister Panos Skourletis said on Mega TV on Friday..., it is likely that Greece will be led to another snap election or the formation of a new government. While
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