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Greece holds Western Balkan meeting to reaffirm support for neighbours' EU prospects
PoliticsForeign Policyrepresented by Helga Schmid, Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and Maciej... Council. The stance taken by French President Emmanuel Macron prompted Athens to realise
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Retail sales fall for second straight month in Oct, with 0.8 pct decline
EconomyMacroeconomyafter a fall of 0.7 percent in September, according to data published by the Hellenic Statistical...’s annual fall in sales was led by the food sector, which posted a 4.5 percent decline in turnover.... Department stores and malls see a rise in sales of around 5-6 percent, while sales in smaller stores saw
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General govt primary cash deficit at 6.66 bln in April; arrears fall
EconomyMacroeconomy) with a fall of 281 million euros from a year earlier, bringing the total for the month to a deficit... funds deteriorated by 73 million euros YoY. The state budget primary balance showed a fall of 4.58... euros. All other debt categories saw only very minor changes. The stock of general government
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Eurosystem funding down by 2 bln in Oct for fourth straight fall
EconomyMacroeconomy, the decline in October is fully attributed to a fall in ECB funding by 2.42 billion euros to 36.6...Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding continued heading south for the fourth straight month in October...) monthly financial statement showed on Monday. Since July, Central Bank funding has been reduced
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Athens offers continued, but limited support to Ukraine, while seeking balance with China
PoliticsForeign Policythat “the rumours are running rampant: That we will send fighter jets, and S-300s... were taken regarding the funding of military support for Ukraine. There were pledges on behalf... funding, according to a relevant government decision. Additionally, the Greek Navy will assist
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societyafter the fall of the Samaras government in January 2015. Under SYRIZA/ANEL it increased to a maximum... in the census for the first time in 2020 skews the picture slightly, however 2020 also saw a record... in the latter part of 2019, however there was no corresponding fall in the number of contractors. New record
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Newsletter 47 - 16/10/2015
the pattern for Greek politics over the next few months. Independent Greeks (ANEL) MPs. The only one... was ANEL’s Nikos Nikolopoulos, who heads the one-man Christian Democratic party. A hard right... with PASOK and Democratic Left (DIMAR). His stance is seen as having more to do with ANEL leader
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More than half of small businesses saw turnover dive by at least 50 pct due to capital controls
Economyexceeding 70 percent. Overall, nine out of ten companies saw a decline in their revenues with the overall
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Newsletter 141
minister and leader of the Independent Greeks (ANEL). Parliament is due to debate on Monday claims... into the ANEL chief’s exchanges with Makis Yiannousakis, a shipowner convicted as part of the Noor-1 heroin... party, over his continued alliance with the ANEL leader. The focus on the alleged scandal overshadowed
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
others saw them as legitimate pressure. The findings highlighted the government’s dilemma: appearing... MPs vented frustration at Tsiaras, warning they were being “beaten up out there” and even feared... banks and companies for projects totalling 17.7 billion euros. To qualify for RRF funding, projects
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