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Newsletter 92 - 14/10/2016
, the Finance Ministry expects that the data on arrears clearance for September, showing that Greece has... recorded in housing (-4.1 percent), household appliances (-1.9 percent), clothing and footwear (+2.2... on central bank funding has been reduced by 32.2 billion since the beginning of the year, largely
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Review gathers pace as mission chiefs prepare for Athens return
EconomyProgrammethe Greek side with the tasks it has to complete so that there can be a staff-level agreement... Monetary Fund (IMF) has already indicated that it will not ask for more measures next year despite expecting Greece to produce a primary surplus of 2.2 percent of GDP, compared to the 3.5 percent
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Newsletter 167 -22/06/2018
admitted that the demand for primary surpluses of 2.2 percent of GDP between 2023 and 2060... Democracy, which has been heavily critical of the government’s efforts to beat the primary surplus goals it has been set over the last three years. The conservatives argue that this has led to huge
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Newsletter 176 -28/09/2018
that the discussion with the institutions over next year’s reduction to pension spending has not been..., especially as Greek bond yields are higher than the government would like. It has been suggested... future. His threat last week to walk out on the coalition if Greek Parliament has to ratify
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Newsletter 198 -15/03/2019
Debt Management Agency (PDMA) has provided details of the country’s second bond issuance of the year... 5-year issue roughly a month ago. The PDMA notes that the new 5-year has performed well during its first month of trading and since issuance the yield has dropped by nearly 1 percentage point, 80
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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agorapolls. The EU vote showed that the tide has turned in Greek politics and that the momentum... a clear majority as the threshold which the winning party has to pass is directly linked to the total... wildfire last summer, the Macedonia name deal and law and order issues. However, it has been evident
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Newsletter 241 - 28/02/2020
in a society accustomed to witnessing heavy policing of urban protests. While the government has... by sending in riot police has not gone down well with the public or the opposition, while concerns grow..., Mitsotakis has his work cut out to secure voters’ backing on this issue. The challenge faced
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Newsletter 246 -03/04/2020
lack of a surge in cases in the country. The Health Ministry has given assurances that the system... as a whole has been manageable due to the small number of coronavirus cases requiring hospitalisation compared to other European countries. The public health authority EODY has outlined a targeted testing
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Newsletter 340 - 03/06/2022
constructively with talks regarding disputes. However, over the last few days it has become clear... and internationally has shifted to Turkey. Erdogan’s public snubbing of Mitsotakis, violations... EU leaders. “Greece is a country which has international law on its side”, the prime minister said
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Newsletter 372 - 03/03/2023
in central Greece has put the government in an awkward position and has generated speculation... Greece has ever seen. However, he added that the accident was mainly caused by human error... infrastructure, nor the government. Rail safety has been a longstanding issue in Greece
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