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The challenge in Greece: Funding an emerging economic recovery
Agorain Greece must be met by the fundamental question of how this dynamic can be made sustainable over time... recovery in Greece sustainable. The engines of the Greek economy continue to run low on one of its most
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Greece steps up efforts for early bailout exit but lenders play it coy
PoliticsGreek Politics. A Greek delegation led by Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis met with International Monetary Fund... programme on top of the one the eurozone is expected to demand. If so, it will be harder for Samaras
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Brewing rivalry between Venizelos and Papandreou threatens to unsettle fragile PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso have damaging consequences for the ruling coalition. Venizelos met with Papandreou last week in the hope of generating a sense of unity within his flagging party. The meeting was followed by one
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SYRIZA's date with history
Agorabut it is to logical to expect that in negotiations where these will be the demands on one side... commitments that have to be met that will also limit SYRIZA’s room for manoeuvre. Chief among
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Papandreou's bid for new role in Greek politics far from simple task
PoliticsGreek Politicsat DIMAR may have provided Papandreou with a timely boost ahead of his announcement. The one-time... to secure a deal was met with horror by many of DIMAR’s remaining nine MPs and it now seems likely
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Almost 50 pct rise for new unpaid taxes in 2014 as overall total rises to 73.8 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyof 2014 and 2 billion for the whole year. Although the half-year target was met, the actual figure... at just 11.4 percent for the whole year, almost one sixth of the annual target of 65 percent
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Foreign policy emerges as potential point of friction between EU and new Greek government
PoliticsForeign Policy, Tsipras met with close allies of President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, such as Valentina Matviyenko... to George Papandreou when he was a foreign minister more than a decade ago. He is also one
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Tsipras seeks tone of cooperation and persistence at Merkel talks
PoliticsGreek Politics, including Germany. The two leaders met for about an hour before holding a joint news conference... one. He also called German authorities to help Greece investigate the Siemens cash-for-contracts
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Tsipras targets opposition in debate but parliament speaker steals the show
PoliticsGreek Politicson SYRIZA’s pledges in the weeks to come. Konstantopoulou was reportedly one of the most outspoken opponents to the February 20 Eurogroup agreement when leftist MPs met behind closed doors last month. She has
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Greece and its lenders: Where do you start?
Agorawould not want to be at the point where they are now. On the one hand, there are the frustrated... on the Lagarde list of Greeks with deposits in Switzerland and other such places, is met with deep
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