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SYRIZA's weak foreign, defence policy credentials a vulnerability
PoliticsForeign Policyand the heads of Greece’s armed forces. Tsipras made a point of praising the country’s military after... a point of praising the minister, soon to leave his post to join the European Commission, for being
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Greek jobless rate dips below 26 pct in August for first time in two years
Economypercent in 2015. Although both projections point to a reduction of circa 2 percentage points in 2015, there is a 1 point deviation in the absolute figures of their forecasts for both years.
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Greek MPs pass 2015 budget but give few clues for presidential vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Prime Minister Antonis Samaras opened his speech by responding to this specific point, accusing Tsipras.... During Sunday night’s debate, Samaras made a point of stressing Romanos’s criminal record after
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Samaras future unclear as New Democracy enters period of introspection
PoliticsGreek Politicsconvincing. His critics will point out that the conservatives lost more than 100,000 votes compared to June 2012, while SYRIZA gained more than 600,000 supporters during the same period. Another point
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So far and yet so near for Greece and eurozone after second abortive Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it was extending the existing programme. It is clear that this is a sticking point that will have... targets. The Greek finance minister made a point of saying that he wanted the Eurogroup
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You've heard the Greek crisis myths, now here are some truths
Agoraof international bond markets. At that point, Greece had two choices: To default or to seek a bailout... to be in the best interests of the eurozone as well as Greece. At that point, the management of the Greek
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Relief at Greek extension approval evident in Athens bourse, bond yields
Economystatements concluding that the list is sufficiently comprehensive and a valid starting point... also issued a positive statement extending the gains recorded up to that point. The General Index
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Sharp rise for Greek consumer confidence in Feb, economic sentiment also up
EconomyMacroeconomy, February’s figure is the second lowest reading since May 2014 and stands 6 point below the high of 104.2... indicator deteriorated by 2.9 point to -3.9, which indicates the lowest reading since May 2014
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Greek Q4 GDP QoQ drop revised to 0.4 pct, 2014 growth at 0.7 pct
EconomyMacroeconomypoint to a deceleration to 5.6 percent from an 8 percent anticipated for 2014. Imports The other... updated forecast released in mid January implies a downward revision by 1 percentage point since its
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The education of Alexis Tsipras
Agorapoint during his speech. Without a second though, Tsipras responded: “The time of all Greeks has come... verbose and erratic, Tsipras has been dogged but moderate. In his journey to this point, Tsipras has
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