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Greek health care spending in the spotlight
EconomyFeaturesThe world of Greek politics is being consumed by a price-fixing scandal centred on the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis, and its alleged links to senior Greek politicians between 2006-2015. Ten former ministers and prime ministers, most of whom served between 2010 and 2014, are alleged to have
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An uncertain and wasted year for Italy
AgoraPM-designate Carlo Cottarelli is expected to submit his cabinet composition to President Sergio Mattarella on Tuesday, May 29. Within ten days from the oath-taking ceremony, the new government will have to go before both houses of parliament to secure a confidence vote. Regardless of the high
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Piraeus Bank sells first real-estate backed NPE portfolio worth 1.95 bln
EconomyBankingthe stock to 32.2 billion in Q1. The latest quarter marked ten straight quarters in which NPE
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
Societyas a group, recent expats alone would rank among the ten largest electoral districts in Greece (by comparison
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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeatures. The “Trojan horse” risk At least ten European countries currently offer some kind of “golden visa
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Primary cash surplus at 19.54 bln in October on monthly and aggregate expenditure falls
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash balance recorded a surplus of 19.54 billion euros in the first ten months of the year, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures have shown. The headline figure includes a 15.33-billion-euro change in state accounts with the Bank of Greece as a result of the effort
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Hirings balance negative by 120,087 in October on seasonal movements
EconomyMacroeconomythat the balance for the first ten months of the year was the highest on record since 2001. The respective
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Unemployment at 18.6 pct in September as unemployed decline by 11.1 pct year-on-year
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the first ten months of the year was the highest on record since 2001. The respective balance for the same
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General govt primary cash surplus at 6.68 bln in October, arrears rise by 9 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyof the figures showed that in the first ten months of the year, revenues rose by 2.1 percent YoY
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Newsletter 188 -21/12/2018
this week. The aggregate figure for the first ten months of the year showed that new tax debt totalled
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