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Reshuffle speculation mounts as offshore law sparks new political row
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the Tsipras administration to overcome the impression that it is only paying lip service to its pledge... that allows MPs, ministers and other state officials to be involved in offshore companies. A fresh row... on politicians and public officials maintaining any interests in offshore firms. According to a law passed
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E-auctions get underway as draft SLA is prepared
EconomyProgrammeof depoliticising the Greek civil service. The new officials will be appointed on fixed-term contracts and cannot... of the first e-auctions is likely to have been encouraging for the lenders and officials from the Single... in January, according to Naftemporiki newspaper. From there, officials aim to be auctioning around 1,000
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Tsipras encounters obstacle in efforts to secure church deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsApart from the promise of positions in the civil service, another clear sign that elections... and former government associates as part of an investigation into claims that Greek officials had been... to the Greek crisis. At the same time, though, Tsipras knows that going after former PASOK officials could
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Effort to keep Greek-Turkish ties on even keel put under stress
PoliticsForeign Policyon information it received from its intelligence service that the Russian officials were actively...” with Greece or put on hold talks with the Greek side, the same sources note. Officials also have to consider... actions and acts of some Greek officials,” he said a few days ago. Akar also stated that “we
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ND blocks parliamentary scrutiny of court’s surveillance decision, ratcheting up political tension
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIntelligence Service (EYP), or agency staff, used the malware. They also suspect that at least some officials in the PM’s office at the time were aware of this. Following the publication of the report based..., no state agencies or officials were linked to the illegal use of the Predator spyware
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Early IMF repayment next goal for Athens after concluding second post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammeGreece and its official creditors. As such, the eurozone finance ministers took specific note of this point in their official statement and particularly the fact that the new Katseli law is temporary... in reducing NPLs by loans being serviced following a state subsidy on the instalment. The scheme is also meant
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Turnover in services shows deterioration in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomydecreased by 41.4 points month-on-month to 40.3 points. Year-on-year, the service confidence indicator...Turnover indices for the services sector showed a deterioration in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019... improvements were noted in 10 out of 15 services, slightly down when compared to increases in 12 out of 15
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Turnover in services shows year-on-year deteriorations in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomyimproved by 5.4 points month-on-month to -28.8 points. Year-on-year, the service confidence indicator has...Turnover indices for the services sector showed a deterioration in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019... deteriorations were seen in 12 out of 15 services, compared to annual improvements seen in 10 out of 15
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Newsletter 127 - 14/07/2017
tight-lipped about its intentions. A government official told local media on Wednesday... to the markets in the summer of 2018 rather than recent reports. The unnamed official added... in 2019 or a new note. Government officials are reportedly encouraged by the fact that the Bank
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Newsletter 210 -07/06/2019
counterparts until September. A senior eurozone official confirmed on Wednesday that Greece is not on the official agenda for Thursday’s Eurogroup and that the Greek issue would not be examined again... officials to give the new government the space it needs to implement its programme. “The 2020 budget
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