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Coalition courts controversy with emergency law to tap general gov't cash reserves
PoliticsGreek Politicscritical of the previous coalition regularly using legislative decrees and had promised to show greater
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Greece is gasping for a deal
Agorain the previous three quarters. The negative trend is expected to continue in the first quarter
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Greek pensions: The thorniest issue in talks between Athens and lenders
EconomyProgrammeAs Greece and its lenders make a new push to conclude negotiations that could secure more bailout funding, it is certain that the country’s pension system will prove one of biggest obstacles to a deal. Following requests by Greece’s creditors, the previous government passed legislation that would
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The faces change, the issues remain the same
Agoraare onerous matters for this government to tackle, even more so than the previous coalition, which opted
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Tsipras upbeat about funding deal but also mulls referendum in case of impasse
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government had been left in such a dire liquidity condition. He blamed the previous government
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Lack of time, lenders' demands back Greek gov't into corner
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat is expected by many to rule as unconstitutional previous cuts to main and supplementary pensions
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Court ruling on pension cuts could create new problem in talks, fiscal plans
EconomyProgramme. However, the previous government decided last October to restore only half of the salary and pension
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Only one in 10 jobless Greeks receiving unemployment benefits
Societydecrease on the previous month’s figure of 1,061,221. Of those recorded as being out of work in March
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Greece expects no surprises from ECB despite questioning chances of deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso been used by the previous government. The only other option that could be considered
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Unemployment rate eases to 25.4 pct in Feb, as number of unemployed falls
EconomyMacroeconomyto 7.5 percent in February from 6.5 percent in the previous month. The absolute figures displayed
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