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PASOK and Potami aim to firm up joint platform
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter several weeks of deliberations, PASOK and To Potami are preparing to present their common policy platform in a show of partial unity that may act a as a precursor to the two parties joining... are close. Theodorakis is still holding out hope that PASOK will go through a period of modernisation
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Sallas exit from Piraeus marks end of era in Greek banking sector
EconomyBankingthe resignation of Yannis Costopoulos of Alpha Bank in May 2014 and the elimination of the Latsis... of domestic loans and 27 percent of deposits (with NBG holding an equal share) with a branch network
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NBG raises 300 mln from SME loan securitisation in first such Greek transaction since 2007
EconomyBankingEurosystem funding stood at 20.8 billion euros in mid-May, of which 11.2 billion relate to ELA... Enterprises Messinia (controlled by Konstantakopoulos group) and D-Marine Investment Holding (Dogus
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Apart from bailout review, plenty to keep Tsipras busy in autumn
PoliticsGreek Politicspossible friction between his loyalists and the 53 but the congress may trigger a more overt rivalry... year. Tsipras’s other goal in holding the meeting is to try to create a united front on economic
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Newsletter 92 - 14/10/2016
believes that this is what the eurozone agreed to in May and hopes that it can secure a favourable... Mavrapidi and Militsa Kamvisi became known around the world after they were pictured holding
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Reshuffle expectations doused as coalition braces for TV permits ruling
PoliticsGreek Politicsmay opt not to remove Skourletis from the cabinet and keep his reshuffle to a minimum. Reports...Greece’s governing coalition is on tenterhooks over the imminent verdict on the TV licences tender from the Council of State, which is holding its second session of the week on Wednesday. Should
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Government steps in as NBG row takes new twist
EconomyBankingand may decide to call an EGM with the key issue of the agenda being the withdrawal of confidence...”. HFSF is NBG’s major shareholder holding a stake of 40.39 percent. Following yesterday’s meeting
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New poll hurts coalition's recovery hopes as Turkey threat grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Turkey may have on the refugee deal. Greek government sources said that Tsipras did not bring... diplomatic route, holding a 30-minute phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss his
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Review delay brings Greek liquidity needs back into focus
EconomyProgrammethe income tax and the single property tax (ENFIA) are due to be paid. However, the government may... billion potentially due to the ESM) in the first half of 2017 mostly involve holding back
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Athens hopes concessions can secure review breakthrough
PoliticsGreek Politicslegislation to extend the fiscal brake and only the description of the measures that may be adopted... should be set aside until 2018. Nevertheless, it appears that the Greek government is still holding
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