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Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy
Societybills in Greece, of which VAT is 6 pct, putting it significantly below the European average... transitory - namely the natural gas crunch which is expected to ease when the Nord Stream 2 pipeline comes
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Newsletter 308 - 17/09/2021
surplus in the region of 2 pct of GDP, which assuming the economy will begin approaching 180 billion... by mortgages that were just short of 6 billion euros. According to the banks’ business plans
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KINAL launches leadership contest to settle internal disquiet ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsin 2009, and with its polling figures stalled at around 6 pct over the last two years, Gennimata has... slipped from 37.6 to 34.4 pct, while the main opposition party has gained almost 2 percentage points
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Tsipras tries to put PM on spot by pushing for 800-euro min wage
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government announced a minimum wage increase of 2 pct, taking the basic salary level to 663 euros from... that the Finance Ministry expects the economy to grow by at least 6 pct this year. To explain this change
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PM to address inflation as polls show wear and tear for govt
PoliticsGreek Politics. Salaries are set to increase by 2 pct at the start of the year, but ND has lined up a second boost later... is on the expected growth trajectory next year, a second increase of 4 to 6 pct will likely kick
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Alpha Bank reports 2.5 bln loss in 9M as it intensifies effort to clean up balance sheet
EconomyBankingwas 1.09 billion euros in the 9M, down by 6 pct from the 1.15 billion euros in the same period... margin decreased marginally in the 9M to 2 pct, from 2.3 pct last year. Net fee and commission income
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SYRIZA zooms in on inflation, pandemic weaknesses to boost popularity
PoliticsGreek Politicswage to be raised to 800 euros. The 2 pct increase on January 1 took the basic gross monthly salary... speculation that it could reach as much as 6 pct, taking the minimum wage above 700 euros – but still well
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Newsletter 324 - 21/01/2022
, they have called for the minimum wage to be raised to 800 euros. The 2 pct increase on January 1... is going to be, but there has been speculation that it could reach as much as 6 pct, taking the minimum
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PM pledges more support as he seeks to resist inflation, pandemic threats
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the rise would be much higher than the 2 percent increase adopted on January 1. Nevertheless, Mitsotakis... is expected to announce on Tuesday the highest inflation data in Greece since 1997, above 6 pct
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One unicorn does not a Silicon Valley make: positive news on startup front also highlights limitations
EconomyFeaturesa valuation of 2 billion USD for Viva Wallet, making it Greece’s first official “unicorn” – a company... Federation of Enterprises (SEV) values the Greek startup universe collectively at around 6 billion
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