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Retail sales up by 1.2 pct in March on higher activity in dept stores, clothing
EconomyMacroeconomyto 71.9. The latest business indicators for May published by the European Commission on Wednesday put... the end of last year. Retail trade confidence dropped by four points to 6.2 following a strong rise
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Parties draw dividing lines ahead of new protests over name issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe argument put forward by government officials that Athens accepted the existence of the Macedonian...-Macedonian.” This issue elicited a strong response from the foreign minister, who suggested
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Fiscal Council endorses fiscal and macro assumptions but warns of potential obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomyoverly optimistic. Finally, the Council raises caution regarding imports that could put the trade balance..., deteriorated by 745 million, rising by 5.5 percent over 2016, which is a strong indication of high
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
. Lazaridis is based in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, where there have been some strong reactions... a Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) put together by Greece’s European creditors which incorporates
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agorarelief is not perceived as a strong enough incentive for sound policies and is being reinforced... painstakingly put in place over a period of about two years. It is wishful thinking to believe
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ESM releases final tranche of third bailout, boosting cash buffer ahead of exit
EconomyProgrammereminder that some of Greece’s lenders are not comfortable with the government trying to put off... to open “Greece now has a strong buffer to smooth its path back to market financing,” he added
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Greek banks push for return to normality
EconomyBankingproducts at the height of the crisis, Greece’s banks were further crippled by the capital controls put... Eurobank. The so-called Pixel portfolio has attracted strong interest from overseas investors
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Tsipras pledges array of tax cuts, hopes for break on pensions
PoliticsGreek Politics, Tsipras told the audience at the Thessaloniki Expo that the strong fiscal performance means.... The prime minister argued that the ANEL leader would not want to put Greece’s economic recovery at risk
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Tsipras and Kammenos vow to stick together until further notice
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Kammenos met on Friday to put on a show of unity. Following the meeting, government sources made... are former SYRIZA supporters. Kammenos ANEL leader Kammenos drew strong criticism from opposition
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Lenders set to keep coalition waiting for answer on pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsjust an adviser to the European lenders, is adamant that there are strong structural reasons... out the cuts being put on hold, but also stressing the need to ensure that markets do not get
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