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Structural problems and dramatic drop in funding harm mental health care in Greece
SocietyGreece’s mental health and integration systems have been ranked among the worst in 30 European countries due to structural problems before the crisis and a drop in direct funding of 64 percent under austerity, a report published last month has found. Th...
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EU makes dramatic revision to economic forecasts, sees recession of 2-4 pct this year
EconomyThe European Commission (EC) published on Wednesday its assessment following the official Greek request for a 3-year loan from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). The document showed that due to the strong deterioration of Greece’s economic and fina...
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Greece’s dramatic year reflected in ATHEX 2015 results
EconomyThe Board of Directors of Hellenic Exchanges-Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) released its annual financial results for 2015 on March 21, 2016, showing that the consolidated net after tax profits of group amounted to 9 million euros compared to21 million i...
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Special ELSTAT report reveals dramatic changes in labour market since 1980s
EconomyMacroeconomyThe drastic changes in the Greek labour market were depicted in a special report released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Friday, which showed the evolution of a number of important features from 1981 until 2015. The labour force in Gr...
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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
and social conflict is much larger. As symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord... of the government. Tsipras has proposed holding a meeting of party leaders’ before he heads to the crucial March 7
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Why is Europe worrying about SYRIZA?
Agoraand at the Jakarta School of Public Policy, Indonesia, where he is also head of the Economics
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The refugee crisis and the beast within
AgoraAs symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies requires little explanation. Its meaning is summed up in one line of the unnerving classic. “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill!” says the fly-infested head. “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part
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Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016
public smelling a rat. According to an MRB poll for Star TV (one of the channels that failed to gain
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Greek government risks mauling after straying off
Agorahave left the Greek public smelling a rat. According to an MRB poll for Star TV (one of the channels
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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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