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Are politicians in Greece promoting reforms or social cannibalism?
Agora. Government officials, for instance, have been too happy to portray Greece's civil service as bloated... up with the troika and cling to power, the civil service and the people that staff it have become... and is no longer a European Union outlier; never mind that the civil service also contains honest
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Newsletter 49 - 30/10/2015
Three pending issues Government and quadriga have yet to agree on some prior actions After the three-day trip by the quadriga mission chiefs to Athens on October 21–23, the first visit since... (increasing by 25,000 euros for each child) and with an annual income up to 35,000 euros. The quadriga has
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Stournaras presents debt relief plan with maximum benefits for Greece, minimum cost for lenders
EconomyMacroeconomyDuring a speech at the Delphi Economic Forum on Saturday, Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yannis Stournaras presented the outcome of an exercise conducted by the central bank showing that mild debt relief in the form of smoothing interest payment for EFSF...
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Athens wrestles with timing of market return, aiming for maximum impact
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMarket access has replaced debt relief as a main topic of discussion in the Greek media and country’s political arena, with the government said to be considering three options regarding a return to the international bond markets. There are some in the G...
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What brought down Golden Dawn?
Societythe 18-month maximum period for detention without trial, the party’s leadership were gradually... instant public revulsion, the prosecution had a catalytic effect on the party’s internal cohesion
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SYRIZA lays out alternative vision to counter government's RRF plan
PoliticsGreek Politics, resting on five pillars: a move even distribution of the benefits of growth across society; avoiding... of green transition and digital transformation, as well as the pillars of social cohesion... as a pretext for privatising state assets and public services, liberalising the labour market
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Greece's ultimate sacrifice for stability
Agoraby a political rival suspected of having links to the police and intelligence service? A judicial... of the pillars of the country’s democracy makes it easy to understand why the judiciary continues
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Opposition picks holes in latest measures to mitigate economic impact from pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politicsin terms of reducing indirect taxes. Mitsotakis revealed that VAT for hospitality and food service.... One of the central pillars of the package announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis earlier
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Impact of EP elections continues to reverberate across main parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty around include tackling inflation and the housing crisis, reforming the civil service recruitment...”, adding “C’est la vie”. Among the plans he laid out, grouped into six “pillars”, are a rewriting
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PM hopes energy, US deals offer political lifeline as Samaras drags him towards domestic mire
PoliticsGreek Politics-of-living issues, agricultural subsidies, and public service woes, the government is keen to shift... for cooperation across seven pillars of the global technology supply chain — from semiconductors and AI
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