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Banks wrap up balance sheet transactions for 2021 on path to slashing NPEs
EconomyBankingIn the closing weeks of the year, Greek systemic banks have maintained their efforts to tidy up their balance sheets and execute on their business plans, which foresee them reaching single digit NPEs by the end of next year. Following agreements reached...
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Podcast - Greek elections: That's a wrap
AgoraAt the second time of asking, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been re-elected as the Greek Prime Minister and his centre-right New Democracy party has won a second term in office. The June 25 elections saw the conservatives cruise to an eight-seat majority in P...
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
to complete the review, which seems like a tall order, especially given the arrival of new ministers. Once... is changing because they have been lulled by the warm glow of the liberal democratic order and the capitalist economic model that underpins it. This has led to a complacency that has blinded many
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BoG report notes challenges to Greek economy, issues warning over high fiscal targets
Economycriticised the current model for deterring private initiative, and risking turning Greece “from... of high levels of non-performing loans should be made a priority in order to free up capital.... he report called for a redesign the education system of all levels in order to better arm students
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
legislation tackling law and order issues, which will include repealing a law passed by SYRIZA... prisons. Another bill will be aimed at paring back bureaucracy in order to make Greece a more... plans to appoint a chief of staff as part of his effort to re-model the prime minister’s office
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agorawas designed to define the issue as a public order or security matter. Through this prism, it seems much... and coordination will be possible in order to produce a well-functioning scheme. The high level... are that although Greece has looked at the successful Dutch model and tried to draw elements that might help
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APS bill tabled, allowing use of 12 bln in state guarantees to reduce NPLs
EconomyBankingof 18 months. This can be extended by a ministerial decision. The scheme replicates the Italian model... structure and order with taxes and commissions to the state for the guarantees coming first, and coupon payments at the end of the order. A sticky point in the summer was how the commission
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Promises and challenges of Greece's "green new deal"
EconomyFeaturesadjustment programme the government is desperately searching for a new economic model that will lift... own government and the country as an investment destination, in order to attract the all-important.... Policy tools In order to pull off its ambitious targets in the context of a liberalised energy market
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ND passes major environmental bill against accusations of railroading
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the development model of overexploitation of natural resources which led the country to bankruptcy..., and concentrating power at the centre in order to serve party-political interests. The General... to be equally controversial. In order to meet the target, the legislation will have to be debated
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Mitsotakis uses healthcare debate to turn anti-SYRIZA rhetoric on PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order to make his scheduled address to Parliament, noting that he “does not have access to a prime... afford. The PM argued that the EU needs to take a unified stance in order to bring electricity... sector, which he claimed provided a model of innovation using private investment. At home, Mitsotakis
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