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Tsipras faces challenge in turning promise of China trip into reality
PoliticsForeign Policyto Parliament as a draft law. In the wake of the meeting, COSCO chairman Xu Lirong announced... the resistance it is meeting from port workers, who have been holding rolling strikes over the last
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... mainland through a sea area that Ankara claims belongs to Turkey. The agreement is based, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policycountries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... an agreement with Italy for the extension of the 1977 agreement on the continental shelf in the same area... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including
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Loan and deposit rates edge down in May but remain above euro area average
EconomyMacroeconomydeposit rate is gradually falling, it remains more than 100 bps above the respective euro-area average... corporate lending rates contracted in May, they remain well above the euro area average rates, by 3
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Among euro area SMEs, Greeks face most problems with access to finance
Economyin their need for bank loans (25 percent), which is five times the euro area average. Although bank... requirements for SMEs in Greece remain the highest in the euro area. Overall, SMEs in Greece identified high
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PM briefs EU leaders on migration stance as Turkey tries to pin blame on Greece
PoliticsForeign Policyforces in a sea area that is disputed by the Turkey-Libya memorandum. Greece is also trying... that Turkey has usually interpreted it. Libya There is a possibility of a ceasefire in Libya within the next.... But, according to government spokesman Steffen Seibert, Merkel told Haftar that the situation in Libya
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Turkey closes borders, Greece keeps up pressure
PoliticsForeign Policyin Libya. Dendias reportedly briefed Raab on the Greek positions and “on the dangers that are being created... issues the Ministers also talked about ways to restrict the spread of corona virus. New challenges
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New data shows 6.2 pct of Greek labour force in gray area
EconomyMacroeconomy. This represents 6.2 percent of the labour force and creates a grey area between full employment and inactivity
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Greek loan rates remained well above euro area average in October
EconomyMacroeconomyarea rate. This month’s change reversed the sharp drop of 44 bps recorded in September
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Greek SMEs face biggest obstacles to finance in euro area, ECB finds
EconomyMacroeconomy. Both rates are the worst among the euro area countries. Greek SMEs topped the list for those
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