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To Potami tries to quash speculation about stance on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsin SYRIZA governing partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL). It was announced on Thursday by the nationalist party that Deputy Foreign Minister Terence Quick has been ousted from ANEL. The reason for this move was that Quick, who is responsible for diaspora issues, disagreed with ANEL leader and Defence
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Tsipras looking to build momentum for elections after vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom Thanassis Papachristopoulos and Elena Kountoura of Independent Greeks (ANEL), even though... out of the government when the Prespes Agreement is tabled. In fact, the withdrawal of ANEL... on the Prespes Agreement will be held earlier than March. Reshuffle ANEL’s departure means that the SYRIZA
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SYRIZA cites support of six extra MPs as sign of stability, opposition protests
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL) and its leader, Panos Kammenos, from the coalition was written on Monday night, when it emerged... of the MPs are independents, while two are members of ANEL’s parliamentary group. It is a highly... to the administration in such a way. In fact, there is a further oddity concerning the two ANEL MPs
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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
Society, but with institutions – it was a call to upgrade fire prevention and reverse the separation between... unheeded. More than a decade later, the Goldammer report reiterated that call even more strongly... into the devastating wildfires of 2007. Mitsotakis noted that “several of the findings unfortunately still apply
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Opposition demands scrutiny of surveillance verdict by Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsargued that it would be against the rules of Parliament to call judges to testify on specific rules... parliamentary inquiry in 2022 which ended in stalemate after the government majority refused to call several... spyware. On Wednesday, opposition parties expressed shock and disbelief at the findings of the Supreme
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Piraeus reports net loss of 37 mln in Q1, records negative NPL formation for first time since 2008
EconomyBankingthe conference call, the management stated it is not very keen to proceed to massive NPL sales... percent in the previous quarter. During the conference call, the management appeared optimistic... to 478 million largely on reduced funding cost attributed to lower reliance on the Emergency
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Erdogan's inflammatory comments a harbinger for new period of Greek-Turkish tension
PoliticsForeign Policythat there must be the possibility for a state to have a safety valve, call it what you like, either a veto or a safety valve. I do not like the word ‘veto’; I would prefer to call it a safety valve, because... in the European Union. A relevant proposal has also been made by French President, Emmanuel Macron
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Company closures dropped sharply during the pandemic
EconomyFeaturesand retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles” which saw 8,082 closures. While that may seem... actually dropped 18.9 percent. In fact, only one sector saw an increase in the number of closures in 2020: electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, which saw an increase of 26.4 percent
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Alpha Bank posts net profits of 41 mln in Q3, discloses NPE reduction targets
EconomyBanking. During the conference call, the management said that out of the new entries worth 800 million in the net...-offs for the bank to meet its committed targets. During the conference call, the management indicated... percent QoQ to 487 million in Q3, mostly reflecting a calendar effect, while the reduced funding
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Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSkandalidis said that they intended to call everyone with an involvement to testify, up to and including... Androulakis’s surveillance “a big mistake” and endorsed PASOK’s call for the reason behind it to be stated... its findings, although this deadline could be extended if necessary. Government sources have
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