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Questions persist about timing of general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the local and European Parliament elections in May, amid continuing speculation that the SYRIZA leader may also call snap general elections at the same time. The conservatives want the government... transferrable vote and whether European Parliament and local elections will both be held on May 26
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Newsletter 27 - 22/05/2015
, the higher haircut may be accompanied by a widening of the collateral eligibility criteria. In such a case... complex reforms and finding compromise solutions with international creditors. Although Cyprus... and reform priorities. In short, while Nicosia is in the process of winding down its affairs
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Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
Agora, Spain and Cyprus. Four of these are now success stories,” said Regling. While one may debate... wrong. This may well be the case but it would also be an oversimplification. There are particular... of who is in power in Greece, the prospect of finding 400 million euros or more to cut from the budget
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Health service weakness highlighted as Covid deaths hit record high and research points to ICU disparity
PoliticsGreek Politics, 2020 to May 6, 2021. During that time, 6,282 patients were intubated and almost 4,000 of them... the research was concluded, at the end of May. The opposition party also called on the prime minister.... This finding is particularly significant because the issue of deaths outside ICUs was the subject of heated
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The case for a general government balance sheet
Agora(according to the Maastricht criterion). The reader may verify that financial liabilities are larger than..., then the policies may be sustainable. A key benefit of such disclosures would lie in the transparency toward... that governments are finding ways to finance deficits outside the Maastricht definition of debt
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Budget execution shows primary surplus of 711 mln, 503 mln ahead of target
EconomyMacroeconomydata released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Thursday. The state budget deficit to May... from +390 million to April). The monthly figures show a primary deficit of 335 million in May, which is lower than the 495 million recorded in April. In contrast, the May budget deficit stood at 839
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
million euros in the first five months of 2019, compared to a surplus of 853 million noted in May 2018... expenditures). The MoF said that these one-off payments that took place until May of 2019 in connection... by 105,282 May figures for job creation second highest on record as seasonality manifests Just over
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New Democracy rejigs key party posts as Spartiates expulsion leaves gap in Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsof May. It is followed by populists Course for Freedom with 15.8 pct, who appear to have established... rejected by PASOK, whose leader Nikos Androulakis claimed the governing party was bending the law
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Greek primary budget surplus reaches 712 mln in first half of 2014
Economy, the first half primary surplus widened the outperformance to 1.35 billion euros from 503 million to May... in June from 844 million in May and 698 million in April. Revenues (excluding tax refunds) retained... increase in May. The year to date figure stood at 22.21 billion euros, up 3.9 percent. The revenue
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Newsletter 73 - 13/05/2016
MPs approve reform package Another bill with remaining prior actions expected before May 24... crucial Eurogroup is on Tuesday May 24, with European economics commissioner Pierre Moscovici expressing... coming from Monday’s Eurogroup in Brussels also bolstered the feeling that the government may have
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