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IMF outlines areas in which Greece needs further reforms, where it should apply caution
EconomyProgrammeto Greece, Peter Dolman. “At the same time, the government should also be focussing on non-wage costs so... estimates that at least 600,000 workers, or 15-20 percent of employees were affected by the minimum
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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
to peter out by February and for the current pressure on the health system to ease. For the time being.... Specifically, VAT alone is estimated at 18.76 billion euros, outperforming by some margin the revenues from
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EC revises growth estimate upward to 4.1 pct this year, 6 pct in 2022
EconomyMacroeconomyThe European Commission updated its economic estimates for Greece in the context of the 2021 Spring Forecasts, where the estimates are slightly improved from the previous forecasts in February... estimates assume the relief measures that have so far cushioned the blow on the economy will not be cut
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
Economyestimates a gg primary surplus of 812 million (0.4 percent of GDP) in 2013, higher than the initially
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Splits and alliances on leaders' minds as thoughts turn to next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicshomosexuality to paedophilia. Tsipras chose not to respond to these remarks during his speech in Parliament..., that Interior Minister Panos Skourletis recently proposed changes to the vast Athens “B” electoral precinct
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Mitsotakis sets aside talk of next Greek president to meet Trump at White House
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Erdogan during which the latter launched a forceful repost to the Greek president’s chiding remarks about... for the former conservative interior minister to become president in 2015, even though New Democracy
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Cabinet clears marriage equality bill without drama as Tempe inquiry hears grave accusations
PoliticsGreek Politicsopening remarks at the cabinet meeting, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis kept it low-key, noting that legislation... in his socially progressive pronouncements. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus’s attempt to broaden
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EPPO raises stakes over judicial independence question as new political entrants build cases
PoliticsGreek Politicssources point to Kövesi’s own public remarks at the Delphi Economic Forum in April 2026, where she spoke positively about her contacts with Greek ministers. She had said she met the Interior Minister
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IMF upgrades Greece’s GDP and unemployment rate estimates
EconomyMacroeconomyto an estimate of a 0.6 percent GDP contraction in the previous WEO. It is worth noting that this is the most... with the European Commission (EC) estimate, while OECD expects Greek GDP to slip 0.2 percent this year... 2.7 percent previously. The government and the EC estimate the Greek economy will recover by 2.7
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Finance Ministry costs new support package, but questions remain over electricity subsidies
Economyfront and regarding electricity subsidies. In his opening remarks, Staikouras presented the first official revision of the growth estimate for this year. GDP is now seen rising by 5.3 pct, from 3.1 pct... roughly 20 pct below the 2010 levels. The Finance Ministry admitted that in the latest estimates the cost
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