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Mitsotakis targets reforms, but day-to-day challenges set to dominate agenda in 2024
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey are very satisfied with SYRIZA’s performance, while another 23 pct say they are a little satisfied... are either very or quite satisfied by the government’s performance.
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Growth strategy sets out reform targets, broad policies for post-MoU era
EconomyProgrammeaims to strengthen the cooperative and social aspect of economic activity in the ongoing effort.... The plan gives emphasis to the social aspect of the growth, which the government stresses should
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Mitsotakis sets aside talk of next Greek president to meet Trump at White House
PoliticsGreek Politicson the international stage. The latter aspect was mentioned by the opposition leader in connection to the disputes... the tone on diplomatic matters, whether Pavlopoulos has been successful at this aspect of his role
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Cash deficit widens as Greece pays off state arrears
EconomyMacroeconomyThe central government net balance to September on a cash basis showed the deficit widening to 8.88 billion euros from 6.53 billion last year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). At the same time, the primary cash deficit also expanded to 3.32 billio...
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Cash deficit to November rises to 9.9 bln as Greece pays off arrears
EconomyMacroeconomyThe central government net balance to November on a cash basis showed the deficit widening by 30 percent to 9.96 billion euros from 7.67 billion last year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). At the same time, the primary cash deficit also expanded t...
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Athens ticking off prior actions one by one as EU keeps close watch
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEuropean Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici is the latest EU official to visit Greece and check on the government’s progress in completing the tasks it has been set by lenders before the first review of the bailout programme lat...
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Some movement on Greece's name dispute but solution still long way off
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) remains one of the key unresolved matters in Greece’s diplomatic agenda but there appears to be movement on the issue at the moment. United Nations mediator Matthew Nimetz has recen...
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Greek stocks nosedive 9.8 pct over week amid bank sell-off
EconomyDespite a rebound by 3 percent on Friday, the Greek equity market tumbled 9.8 percent for the second straight week amid continued turbulence in the global markets and increasing domestic uncertainty that mostly hit the banking sector. The Eurogroup sent...
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ECB holds off on reinstating Greek waiver, waits for completion of prior actions
EconomyDespite expectations to the contrary, the European Central Bank’s governing council did not reach a decision on Thursday regarding the reinstatement of waiver on Greek government securities. ECB president Mario Draghi said that the council had been info...
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Tsipras tries to push snap election talk off political agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras tried on Tuesday to rule out the possibility of snap elections, or at least remove the subject from the current political agenda. Visiting his family home in Epirus, northeastern Greece, Tsipras said that anybody thinking o...
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