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Retail sales rise by 13 pct in Sep as fuel has notable impact
EconomyMacroeconomythe previous high in May, when it stood at -22.2 points, and it has now improved by 3.9 points since
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Resounding win for Mitsotakis, who has majority comfortably in reach
PoliticsGreek Politicstantalisingly close to an outright majority in Greek Parliament, which has 300 seats but Prime
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Is the cost of Greece's public sector soaring again?
EconomyFeaturesgovernment has been on a public sector hiring spree at the expense of already over-burdened taxpayers... that the coalition has been swelling the ranks of the civil service to win votes, the opposition has also... A slightly different argument has been put forward regarding the appointment of senior civil servants
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Athens and Ankara affirm new, calmer period in relations
PoliticsForeign Policy, but it will certainly satisfy Turkey, which has constantly demanded its shutdown as it considers it a training..., whether in the air or at sea, or overflights. During all these months, not only has Turkey not violated Greek airspace or Greek territorial waters, but also there has not been any flying activity
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Somewhere in the middle: Kosovo's delicate relations with the European Union
Agoradifference compared to ERA I, is that the ERA II has not been framed as a High Level Political Dialogue... to implement a consistent and cohesive policy towards Kosovo, which has been demonstrated in the case... by the EU. On the other hand, the EU has been pursuing a rather limited approach towards Kosovo because
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PM offers vision of stronger post-pandemic Greece, as ND reaps approval in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Greece’s 155,000 registered long-term unemployed, as well as training and paid community service... and a reversal of the positive trend which has kept new virus cases and deaths at low levels. Behind... observance of social distancing measures in the run-up to the most celebrated festival
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
government has broadly converged with the institutions on a fiscal gap of 3 percent of GDP (5.4.... The government has also proposed a lowering of the current tax-free threshold of 9,550 to 9,100 euros, which... of understanding, while the government has proposed an increase in the tax rate on dividends from 10 to 15
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Athens warned about missing fiscal targets rather than changing them unilaterally
EconomyProgramme. “Greece has overachieved on fiscal targets so far,” he said. “We expect the commitment with the Eurogroup... and spending policies,” he added. “That said, under the enhanced surveillance procedure Greece has... to the IMF, indeed I said at our last meeting in Bucharest that I support that because it could
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Athens angling for tougher EU stance on Turkey ahead of summit
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Greek government has launched another series of diplomatic contacts ahead of the European... Aksoy stressed that “Turkey has been in favour of dialogue with Greece without preconditions. In fact... on December 1. Government sources say that the two men assessed the current situation. Paris has recently
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Mitsotakis targets inflation on path to elections in 2023
PoliticsGreek Politicsa reduction in VAT as one of those options. Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis has been pushing... reductions are concerned. Reducing the tax burden on households and businesses has been one of New... to unveil the revamped ENFIA property tax in the coming days. The process has been delayed by reported
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