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Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE
PoliticsForeign Policy, Mitsotakis last week proposed a new initiative involving Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, and Libya during..., Libya, and Egypt, according to Kathimerini. Boulos, who met with Mitsotakis last September, is said
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Athens balancing diplomacy and defence amid Middle East turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policy. Greece is also maintaining active engagement in Libya, with scheduled visits by the Foreign Minister... in Libya, promote stability and address pressing issues such as migration, while reiterating Greece’s
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Newsletter 308 - 17/09/2021
summer. However, there was a clear attempt during his TIF speech to outline the political contours... knocks over the last month in connection to the pandemic and the wildfires, but it is clear the PM..., unlikely to produce a clear winner. This would require a second vote, which Mitsotakis would want to take
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek Politics.” The troika has fully adopted the OECD’s recommendations and made it clear to the Greek government... loans to Greece would have on her party’s prospects in the same elections. It was clear from... and it is not clear if this will go ahead as the troika remains sceptical of such an early return
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Surprise 0.1 pct QoQ rise in Q4 GDP on investment rebound, 2015 recession at 0.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy) of 2015 as it edged up by 0.1 percent quarter on quarter (QoQ) compared to a flash estimate of 0.6... estimate and involve December data for the balance of payments and quarterly data for the labour force... but in line with Bank of Greece (BoG) estimate. However, it is lower than the initial forecasts upon
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EC forecast acknowledges pressure on Greek households, revises down growth
EconomyMacroeconomy. The estimate for next year was also downward revised to 2.3 percent, also from 2.5 percent... consumption is now seen growing by 0.5 percent this year and 0.9 percent in 2019. The estimate for 2018... the previous estimate of 11.5 for 2018 and unchanged for 2019. Exports are seen performing strongly, assisted
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EC ups growth to 2.2 pct in 2019, sees growth in 2020 at 2.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyrevised upward, from 2.3 percent in November to 2.4 percent now. The estimate for 2021 remains unchanged... the market share in export markets. Although the uptick in the growth estimate for this year was implied... that it will converge with Bank of Greece’s, this year’s estimate by Brussels remains below the Greek
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title of saviour thanks to his injury time penalty on Wednesday, which ushered Greece into the second round
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Wages index edges up YoY in Q1 after sinking by 24.8 pct since 2010
EconomyMacroeconomybeaten by that of Cyprus (-7.9 percent). In addition, Greece and Cyprus are the only two countries
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Increased revenues push Greek budget primary surplus up to 2.28 bln at end of July
EconomyMacroeconomyand means that the primary surplus target was beaten by 1.48 billion euros. The fiscal performance
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