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Is VAT all you've got?
Agorawill soon be measuring out its success with coffee spoons. Naturally, the government has made... in the food service sector has over the next few months, there are thousands of Greek businesses
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Who’s afraid of Angela Merkel?
Agorawas: “You know me.” This was the closest a campaign has come to Adenauer’s “No experiments” in the late..., it will not be easy to form a coalition in this new four-party parliament. Die Linke has been ruled out
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Sharper drop for retail sales in July points to lingering recession
EconomyMacroeconomy, beverages and tobacco, books and stationery and retail sale not in stores, the negative trend has... and volumes has broadly converged as of 2012 and almost fully aligned in 2013. Note that retail
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2014 draft budget: An ambitious fiscal consolidation targeting a primary surplus of 1.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyof a sustainable primary surplus has emerged as the Holy Grail of Greece’s fiscal adjustment... has to be agreed with the troika mission until the submission of the final budget. On the primary
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A quarter-pounder democracy
Agorainstitutions has not been strong enough in Greece. The crisis is beginning to change that and civil..., transparency and efficiency of Greece’s institutions has not improved in the meantime. Unless
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Polls give New Democracy wafer-thin lead over SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPavlos Fyssas. The arrest of the party’s leadership has not had a damaging effect on Golden Dawn’s... to the survey, more than 60 percent of those questioned said they believe SYRIZA has not surged ahead
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Unemployment creeps up to 27.6 pct in July; little tourism boost evident
EconomyMacroeconomyof people that dropped out of the labour force has pushed the rate marginally higher. According to the data... with a rate of 31.1 percent compared to 25 percent for males. Youth unemployment has moderated to 55.1 percent
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It remains a mystery
Agorato the WSJ’s report simply confirms how distorted the debate about Greece’s programme has been since... the path that was chosen for Greece - and has left the economy in ruins - on grounds of wider eurozone
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Rare moment of unity as MPs agree to stop Golden Dawn’s state funding
PoliticsGreek Politicsis one of the few times since the Greek crisis began that SYRIZA has voted with the government... giving taxpayers’ money to members of a party that has been singled out as a Neo-Nazi gang. Given
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A summit of little substance
Agoraand e-procurement); and improvements in ICT skills. Although the NSA spy scandal has shaken trust..., remind Member States to implement what has already been agreed, and pledge to come back to some
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