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Tsipras and the IMF: Another miscalculation?
Agora. Even though I have not refrained in the past from highlighting the IMF’s responsibility in Greece’s... contentious comment of the exchange. He suggests that if past experience is anything to go..., a strategy that is believed to have been followed in the past when the troika was in unison. Nothing
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Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
Agora) is a worse place now than it was at some foggy point in the past where we achieved peak Blighty.” Last year in Greece, many politicians appealed to some supposed idyllic moment in the country’s past, when troika was a word hardly known outside Russia, to stir voters. Never mind that this past was full
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Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016
has increased by 106,900 over the past 12 months, while the number of unemployed has shrunk... has dropped by 17 bps in the year to date and by around 100 bps over the past 12 months. Corporate... of the concession until 2046 for the successful bidder. This option was considered in the past
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Disposable income drops 1.8 pct in Q1 on rise in taxes and social contributions
EconomyMacroeconomyshowed on Friday. This was the seventh negative reading over the past nine quarters. In absolute terms... billion euros or 34 percent in the past six years, mainly reflecting the impact on households from..., with an 18.1 percent drop in Q1 extending the losses over the past six years to 34.5 percent. Household
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Out with the old, in with the old
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/21/tsipras_1000_myrto_2111-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Agorarepresented a break with the past. Tsipras would be one of the few prime ministers of the last decades... impression is that it is simply swapping the corrupt ties of the past with questionable ones of its... because of past convictions regarding unpaid social security contributions. She has denied
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Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016
the past seven months. The trailing index shows a decline of 12 percent over the past 12 months... was meant to be his crowning moment as far as his promise to tackle the shady practices of the past
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Newsletter 104 - 27/01/2017
indicates the second highest quarterly rise over the past seven quarters. The outstanding amount... record high 1.5 years ago was recorded in the past seven months on the back of the reinstatement... a cumulative decrease of 22.6 percent over the past seven years. Q3 2016 drop reflects a marked rise
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Government stalls possible bond issue, clashes again with judiciary
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Euclid Tsakalotos had insisted over the past few weeks that Athens would not make any rushed moves.... Her cause has been backed by SYRIZA, which has tried to reconnect with its activist past through... as an “unpleasant surprise.” He argued that courts have in the past allowed convicted drug dealers to remain free
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ND moderates catch some flak, suggesting delicate party balance
PoliticsGreek Politicspolicy decisions in the past, such as the sale of Olympic Airways, were opposed by the left. He took... clearly has to engage in the battle of ideas, more than it ever has in the past,” wrote Hatzidakis. “We... approach towards the left, past or present. Secondly, she suggested that the current government
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A year of risk and reward for Greece
Agorato plan (admittedly, it rarely has during the past eight years), the third programme’s third review... by the government over the past couple of years. Also, the keenness of the European lenders to get Greece over... matters are not addressed. There can be no brave new future if the familiar failings of the past are left
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