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Greece could still leave euro, says Simitis, PM who engineered entry
PoliticsGreek Politicson New Year’s Day and is poised to resume talks with the troika on January 15. His questioning
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Bank of Greece decision bolsters Greek lenders’ capital ratios
EconomyMacroeconomythe beginning of the year. The DTA (against future profitability) is the opposite of the deferred tax
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SYRIZA's bid to force elections by early 2015 will be a close-run thing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras pledged on Wednesday during his speech at the European Parliament that his government would see out its four-year term and general elections would not be held until 2016. SYRIZA, however, has different ideas. Speaking in the Greek Parliament on Friday, SYRIZA
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Greek banks' capital backstop and the funding gap: An uneasy relationship
Economyto 8 percent (i.e. in line with that of European peers) compared to the 9 percent applied last year
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Wage ruling gives gov't immediate fiscal headache, political one may come later
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government already has to find at least 1.2 billion euros of savings this year to conclude the latest
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It's not the distance; it's the load you carry
Agorathat are of a structural nature. This concerns a year for which the fiscal interventions were supposed
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Narrowing of trade deficit slows in November as exports fall 22.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy/A surplus to November stood at 1.46 billion from deficit of 4.14 billion in the same period last year
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Off the isles of Greece
Agoraare being left largely unaided to deal with a problem that has to do with the EU as a whole. Last year
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One in two Greek households rely on pensions to make ends meet
Society40 percent (41.7) said that they would not be able to meet their commitments for this year
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Key Greek election date firms up; turnout could prove crucial
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe date for what is certain to prove one of this year’s watershed moments has been set: the European Parliament elections and the second round of voting in Greece’s local polls will take place on May 25. It had initially been thought that the European elections would coincide with the first round
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