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Greece courts danger
AgoraThis could go down as the week that Greek justice took over from Liz Truss as the world’s briefest joke. It would be funny if it wasn’t so worrying. On Tuesday, Greece’s Supreme Court announced the findings of a preliminary 9-month investigation into th...
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Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY
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The tie that binds
AgoraA cringeworthy gathering full of symbolism but lacking any substance at the Zappeion hall in central Athens seemed a fitting way to mark the imminent conclusion of Greece’s final bailout... Greeks have been through in the last decade could have been avoided. The Zappeion hall was the holy
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorain Zappeio Hall in Athens, a venue that Samaras would use two more times to present his economic platform... of the proposals Samaras had presented at the Zappeio Hall three times, only with a leftist twist
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Historic victory for SYRIZA in EU vote unlikely to dislodge Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the interim government formed by Lucas Papademos in late 2011, also sprang a surprise by gaining
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Newsletter 90 - 30/09/2016
becoming embroiled in a public squabble it would be unable to win, Defence Minister Panos Kammenos sprang
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Government launches new round of legislation with diaspora vote bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsand increases to pensions from the start of 2024. Mitsotakis, however, sprang a surprise when he announced
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Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets
EconomyMacroeconomyincrease in the cumulative debt reflects payments against ‘old’ debt, which amounted to 852 million so
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Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures
EconomyMacroeconomya positive impact on general government fiscal figures of 852 million (0.47 percent of GDP) in 2013
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General gov't cash surplus sees large contraction in Jan-Feb, arrears edge up
EconomyMacroeconomyentities. Similar to January, the state budget recorded the highest surplus at 852 million, yet
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