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Athens hopes for timely boost from visits by EU officials
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), where he is expected to stress that the threat of Grexit has..., the visits of Juncker and Regling are an undoubted boost to the SYRIZA-led coalition, which has been
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Piraeus port law amended, resolving dispute with COSCO over privatisation deal
EconomyCorporatesGreece has resolved its momentary dispute with Chinese giant COSCO over the legislation linked to the privatisation of the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP). The government made a number of amendments.... Dritsas has openly opposed the privatisation of OLP and his latest reaction now forces Prime Minister
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Adult skills in Greece lacking, indicates OECD survey
Societyby the Paris-based organisation has found. Only about one in 20 adults in Greece attain the highest levels... skills around the world, the OECD has tested the skills of more than 50,000 16 to 65 year olds in Chile
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HFSF executive board members resign
EconomyBankingby the BoG. Meanwhile, HFSF has completed the review of Greek banks’ boards and committees... practices but also under the special situations of the Greek banking sector which has to deal
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Technical MoU provides more detail on fiscal brake, arrears and privatisations
EconomyProgrammethat the government has cleared net arrears for an amount equivalent to 80 percent of the previous disbursement... (four from the transport sector, one from post and one from sports) whose imminent transfer has
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Unemployment rate falls again, reaching 23.3 pct in April - lowest since March 2012
EconomyMacroeconomyreading over the past four years. It is worth noting that the number of jobs has increased by 106,900 over the past 12 months, while the number of unemployed has been trimmed by 91,000 over the same
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Greek expats generating 9.1 bln in taxes abroad each year, study suggests
SocietyFollowing a recent Bank of Greece (BoG) study showing that 427,000 Greeks have emigrated since the beginning of 2018, Endeavor Greece has now estimated that the brain drain reached 350,000 over... all Greek exported "products," human capital has the highest value and is worth 12.9 billion, which
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Greeks' views on Muslims out of step with other Europeans, survey indicates
Society, a survey from a leading US pollster has found. While half of those who identified as left in Greece said... expressing this view has declined from 88 percent to 61 percent in Germany, which was the biggest drop
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Tsipras gets ball rolling on lengthy, ambitious bid to change constitution
PoliticsGreek Politicsand is not likely to be completed until the current bailout has been completed in 2018. In fact, the prime... about the measures the government has adopted since being re-elected in September, but which could
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Factionalism rears its head in build-up to SYRIZA's congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor solidarity movements. This is not the first time that the party has issued statements criticising... has lost touch with its ideological roots and its original base of voters after agreeing to the third
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