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Athens makes landmark foreign policy shift by sending arms to Ukraine
PoliticsForeign Policyin Sartana on the outskirts of Mariupol. In a statement, the Greek Foreign Ministry said... unhappy that Russia denied on Saturday any involvement in the aerial strikes on the Sartana and Buhas
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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
the new programme will The IMF may defer its decision on taking part in the third bailout until... creditors to engage in a substantial debt reduction operation towards Greece in which the IMF itself... account of the state of play of Greek domestic lenders. Not until the recapitalisation and resolution
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agorato run until March 2016) but the then New Democracy and PASOK coalition governing the country started... of 3.5 percent until 2023 is detrimental to growth and that the goal of 2.2 percent on average up... and staying at 4.5 percent until 2022. Only a few years ago, based on available GDP data
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New rules on sale of NPLs come into play after approval of omnibus bill
EconomyProgrammefrom sale until the end of 2017 loans secured by primary residences with an objective (used for tax.... Licensed companies that will engage in loan sales may also be based outside EEA. The Bank of Greece (BoG... with a binding timetable on a comprehensive mechanism of effective management of private debt. In addition
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Newsletter 157 -30/03/2018
of June or even July, rather than in May as had been hoped until now. Greek Finance Ministry sources.... The opposition party has urged the government to engage on these issues via the institutional route.... Eurosystem funding drops by 2.80 bln in Feb Emergency Liquidity Assistance decline leads drop
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Newsletter 148 -26/01/2018
, ultra-nationalist party. He suggested that New Democracy will no longer engage with the government... completes a few remaining prior actions, dedicates a section to Greece’s financing needs until this August.... Eurosystem funding up by 786 mln in December Rise driven mainly by an increase in Emergency
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six
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Newsletter 79 - 24/06/2016
and further by 3.9 billion until July 6. Since mid-August, the ECB has lowered the The ECB says... in an apparent attempt to engage with the average voter but then only gave a lukewarm endorsement of the EU... Assistance (ELA) for ECB funding. Greek banks hold a total of 9.3 billion of ECB-eligible assets
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Lack of liquidity, political cost push Greek gov't to seek swift deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsof money and is also losing public support in the process could prove the greatest spur in bringing... and secure a disbursal of at least some of the 7.2 billion euros remaining in bailout funding
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