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Public investment under spotlight amid arguments over budget execution
EconomyMacroeconomygovernment level, when the cycle of transfers to state bodies and the actual spend has been completed... was budgeted annually but not spent, while even the costing of the latest protection framework has been
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Lenders set out key review issues as Athens tables proposals for fiscal space
EconomyProgrammefiscal targets and has proposed a phased-out approach over a seven-year period. The banks.... That is not expected before April. Aware of those limitations, the Finance Ministry has focused its
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Perceived corruption in Greece wanes but remains above global average
Societyimprovement last year compared to 2018. The organisation has a presence in over 100 countries and works..., Greece’s score has improved by 12 points since 2012, the report noted. The average score of countries
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ND vies for more support on migration, gets tangled up in football controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be in a state of unrest over the disruption caused by the migration challenge. The government has also come... is owned by Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savvidis, with whom New Democracy has had a turbulent
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Greek 15-year bond attracts strong interest, improves debt profile
Economyat 1.911 percent, attracting just short of 19 billion offers, the highest demand a Greek bond has seen.... Based on the debt strategy for this year, the PDMA has covered more than half of the 4 billion
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Building permits increase by 12.4 pct in November
EconomyMacroeconomypercent to 15,325, meaning that in the first 11 years of the year, 2019 has already beaten the full... last year, construction confidence has increased by 19.2 points.
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New businesses lowest in Greece versus EU with funding obstacles burdening enterprises
EconomyFeatures, Greece has remained in bottom place since 2015, the year for which the data set first became... companies. Business launches Data from the General Commercial Register database (GEMI) has shown
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Athens goes along with EU over Libya, waits for Turkey's move at UN
PoliticsForeign Policy2020. Athens has tabled specific issues related to the already agreed CBMs, while Ankara has so far
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Authorities struggle with islanders' resistance to closed centres for migrants
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitarakis, with one council leader on Lesbos complaining that “Mr Mitarakis has not come once... the government has enjoyed a degree of approval for its use of the police in support of its “law and order
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Sharp rise in M&A activities as 2019 proves record year
EconomyFeatures, and representing a record year for such activity in Greece. According to PWC, this activity has been... that the trend towards small-sized transactions between 10 to 150 million euros has solidified
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