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The EU, the troika inquiry and the big disconnect
Agorapay tribute to the courage and fortitude of the men and women of Greece.” It is strange... by Othmar Karas, an Austrian member of the EPP group, and Liem Hoang Ngoc, a French member... of the EU leadership has dropped in 20 of the 28 member states over the last few years. While young people
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Bailout talks, SYRIZA bickering continue - no definite end date for either
PoliticsGreek Politicsbridge loan following July's 7.2-billion-euro package to pay the ECB-held bond, pending an agreement... in September. Former Minister Dimitris Stratoulis, a member of SYRIZA's Left Platform, argued... (not a SYRIZA member) suggested that the recent revelations about plans for a parallel payment system
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks vol. 2
Agora. As the IMF outlines in its announcement, when a member is in need of financing that is far in excess of its.... The four criteria for “exceptional access” are: The member country is facing exceptional balance.... That type of solution at the time would have favoured Greece as a member of the IMF but would have
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
Agorareceived additional support from other member states. On Thursday, Frontext said that it 750 officers... member states have been slow in providing personnel, rather than anything to do with Greek reluctance... and the reluctance of many member states. Greece also deported 16,015 people in the first nine
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PM joins forces with some eurozone partners to lobby for "corona-bond"
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a coordinated eurozone-level response to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on member-states... emergency healthcare spending and pay for economic support measures. The initiative, spearheaded..., suggesting that an agreement on the ESM extending credit lines to eurozone member state’s
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Mitsotakis backs Ukraine as Athens tries to balance position with Trump administration
PoliticsForeign Policy, a small EU member state but with large defense contributions to NATO, seems to be at crossroads as the big EU Member States are currently discussing ways and secure guarantees to offer Kiev in case of either a ceasefire or a failure of the negotiations talks. Member states will be called in any case
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Athens concerned but silent as Trump administration criticises Europe, lines up Ukraine talks
PoliticsForeign PolicyAffairs Kaja Kallas. The meeting took stock of the latest contacts with US and Ukraine officials
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Greece aligns with EU on Israel-Iran conflict, keeps close watch on Turkey as Ankara submits maritime plans
PoliticsForeign Policythis Tuesday in an extraordinary meeting of his EU counterparts called by EU top diplomat Kaja
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Greece to pay IMF but concluding negotiations will be a tougher task
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere were no surprises from Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’s meeting with International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde in Washington on Sunday but the government in Athens still faces a challenging few days ahead. Lagarde co...
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Greeks graduating after 2011 encountered limited opportunities, low pay
SocietyA report by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) has revealed that graduates in Greece after 2011 were twice as likely to be unemployed as graduates in the overall working-age population, and that the majority of them earned salari...
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