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Fitch leaves rating unchanged at 'BB', sees small recession and primary deficit next year
Economythat has been building up in the markets during the recent months, that the prospect of the investment... unchanged, leaving the agency one notch behind S&P that has Greece at ‘BB+’ and two notches from investment grade. It is also one notch ahead of Moody’s that has its own scale and is currently at ‘Ba3’. Fitch
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Report on minister's surveillance ups ante for ND, as PASOK reels from MEP's arrest
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat there are more disclosures to come. Documento publisher Kostas Vaxevanis has hinted that his newspaper... of wiretapping in Greece, and specifically of PASOK leader Androulakis, although there has never... the leadership of the centre-left party in about a year ago. The support that PASOK has drawn away from
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PM bats away surveillance claims, looks to final pre-election handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsbillion euros in today’s money. In contrast, the current government has committed to 15 billion euros.... Mitsotakis will hope that he has created enough doubt in voters’ minds about the veracity... side that some voters don’t see. The left-leaning Documento weekly, which has been at the forefront
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Androulakis attacks PM over rule of law, but PASOK's dilemma remains
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis, although the centre-left politician has not been able to rid himself of questions... of the government, since last summer, it is probably the first time that the PASOK leader has put all... from government-friendly media outlets that want to ensure Mitsotakis has an obvious and available
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Moment of reckoning for SYRIZA as firebrand MP threatened with deselection
PoliticsGreek Politicslead to Polakis walking out of the party of which he has been a prominent element on the national... policies. The tension between the Cretan lawmaker and the party hierarchy has been simmering for some.... In turn, New Democracy has pointed to Polakis to argue that SYRIZA still espouses the populist rhetoric
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ND prepares for opinion poll hit after crash protests, shaky communications
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment has been in crisis management for over a week now, offering repeated assurances... with the public, their message has been undermined by offhand statements made to the media by other New... Giorgos Karaivaz, which there has been no progress in solving and bringing to justice, but also
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Mitsotakis revives spectre of political instability as polls show ND lead diminished
PoliticsGreek Politicsin New Democracy’s four-year term, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set in motion the campaign... by parties of the left, specifically SYRIZA, PASOK and MeRA25 - what he has taken to calling... performance as poor. This confirms earlier findings that although ND has been damaged by the accident
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Top judge's resignation over election law overshadows campaigns
PoliticsGreek Politicson, as the opposition has fixed on claims by the former judge that the government attempted to bribe him... that despite paying lip service to sound governance, New Democracy has tried to undermine the independence..., in turn, has not shied away from personal attacks on regulators and judges, as in the case
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S&P only ups outlook, waits for political clarity before rating move
Economyof implementing structural reforms. Additionally, the government has closed the fiscal deficit faster..., which has also led to solid credit expansion with the RRF also being a contributing factor. The role... inconclusive or the next government has different priorities, both of which will lead to delays
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Androulakis keeps coalition options open as polls suggest deadlock likely in first vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsindicates that support for the conservatives has increased by 1.7 points since the company’s last poll to 29.7 pct, while SYRIZA’s backing has only edged up 0.2 points to 24.9 pct. There was also... opposition leader Alexis Tsipras with the latest data. New Democracy’s manifesto has also been more
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