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Govt hints at more relief measures as opposition lambasts electricity bill fixes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest budget performance figures offered a pleasant surprise for the government, which has immediately got to the task of balancing public expectations for more assistance with the need to reassure the markets of its commitment to fiscal discipline...
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Opposition irate over watchdog briefing as govt hints at "rogue network" behind surveillance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition MPs stormed out of a meeting of the parliamentary committee handling the surveillance affair over what they claim is a concerted attempt by the government to cover up a politically motivated spying operation on domestic targets including jour...
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Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeveral months after his surprise election to the leadership of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis has started sketching out the first lines that will distinguish his era from that of party founder Alexis Tsipras. Buoyed by encouraging signs from recent polls ...
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Budget exudes fiscal stability, but hints at political complications
EconomyMacroeconomyLast week’s five-day debate on the 2025 budget concluded on Sunday without any complications for the government, and the economic plan is certainly in line with the Greek authorities’ narrative that stabilising the economy is one of the current administ...
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S&P leaves Greece's 'BBB' rating unchanged, hints at slower pace of upgrades
EconomyS&P on Friday reaffirmed Greece’s sovereign credit rating at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook, citing confidence in the country’s fiscal discipline, solid economic growth, and an improving banking sector. In April, S&P was among the agencies that advanced Gr...
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Another Eurogroup for Greece where all options fell short
AgoraCommissioner Pierre Moscovici was the first to take the floor and his remarks suggest that over... Thomsen’s remarks that what is on the table falls well short of what the IMF considers necessary.... Schaeuble’s closing remarks set the tone for the next weeks and the possible outcome of the next Eurogroup
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Who pays property tax and how much revealed by Greek authorities
EconomyMacroeconomy) of 2016 ENFIA stems from 7.37 million individuals that would have to pay a total amount of 2.71... were due to a pay a slightly higher amount of 2.83 billion. In addition, 55,244 legal entities are due to pay a total of 466.8 million euros this year, up by almost 10 percent from last year’s figure
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
Economyestimates a gg primary surplus of 812 million (0.4 percent of GDP) in 2013, higher than the initially
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Greek primary surplus at 400 mln to Oct but arrears keep piling up
EconomyMacroeconomyEAP terms and comparable to the government’s estimate of 812 million for the whole year 2013
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Budget passed but troika accord still some way off for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politics. - Achievement of a general government primary surplus of 812 million (0.4 percent of GDP) in 2013
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