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Broad consensus on border action holds, but concerns emerge over use of force and press intimidation
PoliticsGreek Politics-up on the Turkish border. On Monday, Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Fofi Gennimata called.... A separate investigation turned up evidence suggesting that Greek forces have been incorrectly using
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Poll suggests broad support for border closure, continued concern about islands
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first major opinion poll published since the closure of Greek-Turkish border crossings appears to back up the sense that there is strong support for the government’s decision across the political... is stepping up its efforts to decongest reception centres. He said that since the start of the year
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Mitsotakis enjoys growing popular backing at home, as efforts intensify to defuse border crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsa gearing-up of diplomatic efforts to defuse the simmering crisis on the Greek Turkish border. Turkish... our obligations under the EU deal, however the EU did not live up to its promises
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Car sales rise by 7.7 pct in February
EconomyMacroeconomyrose by 8.4 percent with the absolute figure standing at 13,994. The remainder was made up..., totalling 33,055. The remaining sales in the first two months were made up of lorries (5,436), motorcycles
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Loans under credit servicing firms rise 17.1 pct QoQ to 23.54 bln
EconomyBankingquarter-on-quarter (QoQ). Out of the total, corporate loans came to 6.40 billion, rising up by 18.3.... Loans to insurance corporations and other financial intermediaries came to 48 million, edging up
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More than a quarter of a million firms affected by enforced closures due to Covid-19
EconomyThe government’s emergency response to the coronavirus will lead to the closure to just over a quarter of a million businesses and temporary job losses for up to one million employees according... order, which included malls, cinemas, theatres, schools and educational institutions. Up to March 18
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PM increases coronavirus support package to 10 bln, while sounding dire warning to public
PoliticsGreek Politicsof up to 10 billion euros to fight the spread of the disease in Greece and support the workers... an expanded programme of testing for the virus in the community using mobile testing units. Up
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PM orders lockdown as opposition focusses on health system's capacity
PoliticsGreek Politicshad risen to 15 by Sunday, while the confirmed cases went up to 624. Of those, 124 are receiving hospital treatment and 34 have been hooked up to respirators. Of the 15 Greeks who have died after
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EU's temporary framework for state aid in response to Covid-19 outbreak
LegalFramework provides for five types of aid: Direct grants, selective tax advantages and advance payments, up... States are able to create aid schemes to grant up to €800,000 gross to individual companies
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More fiscal measures, restrictions on movement mulled by govt as it rides high in polls
PoliticsGreek Politics, or 3.5 pct of GDP, although part of this is made up of European Union funds. The Finance Ministry.... With regards to the interventions made by the government to prop up the economy, 67 pct of those
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