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Coalition faces demanding September on reform, fiscal and economic fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicsif the coalition is going to live up to its goal of completing the review as quickly as possible.... The latter has to be followed up in November by a major reform of the family benefit system as well
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Eurobank records 40 mln net profits in Q2 and third quarter of negative NPE formation
EconomyBankingto 44.1 percent in Q2 from 45 percent in Q1, while the NPE coverage ratio edged up to 51.1 percent from... Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio edged up by 10 basis points (bps) QoQ to 17.4 percent in Q2. The disposal
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Centre-left leadership candidates step forward as unity doubts linger
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor stepping forward. This is already a much more crowded line-up than had initially been expected... to pay up to 4 euros to cast their ballot. The committee is said to also be looking
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Tsipras looks forward and puts emphasis on growth, MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsmanaged to turn “Grexit” into “Grinvest.” This motto summed up the tone of Tsipras’s speech... to subsidise the hiring of first-time workers up to the age of 34, with the state covering part
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Net job hirings turn negative by 14,402 in August to highest aggregate figure on record
EconomyMacroeconomyamong total hirings edged up to 57.5 percent in August from 57.9 percent in the previous month...-month period point to net hirings of 248,743, up by 10,926 from last year’s figure of 237,817
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Clean exit under discussion but course of third review holds key
EconomyProgrammeand the ability that Athens has to build up a cash buffer between now and August 2018, allowing... that there is no such issue and that this was all settled when the second review was wrapped up earlier this year
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Coalition looks to regain confidence, centre-left struggles with ballot
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelics on the site should hold up any building work. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was in Crete... a key theme for the coalition as Tsipras has embarked on his campaign to talk up the economic recovery
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China’s Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agorain Serbia, only gradually building up its financial operations in the medium-term. Serbia’s importance... Development Bank (NDB) as well as the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). [9] The setting up
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PMI rises to 52.8 in Sept, highest since June 2008
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Manufacturing PMI increased by 0.6 points in September to stand at 52.8, up from August’s figure of 52.2. The figure marks the fourth successive improvement for the sector and the highest... while pre-production inventories continued to decline. Input inflation picked up pace
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General govt primary cash surplus at 4.51 bln in eight-month, arrears increase to 6.03 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros) followed by hospitals (+108 million) and SSFs (+106 million). Arrears in SSFs made up 38.3... of total debt. Bonds edged up to 50.21 billion (15.3 percent of total), T-Bills to 14.93 billion (4.6
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