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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agorastruck in 2008, Greece was woefully unprepared. Karamanlis took the narrow view that this would... Mechanism (ESM) – a permanent crisis fund – has been given the green light, stricter budget rules... green shoots of a slow recovery. From Greece’s perspective, it must continue with structural reforms
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Newsletter 77 - 10/06/2016
Green light for bailout tranche Prior actions completed with signing of Hellenikon MoU The Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) gave the first green light to the disbursement to Greece of the next bailout... at the beginning of the week. That’s not to say that there is a particularly positive view of Greece
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Athens moves quickly to scrap pension cuts as Eurogroup inches forward on euro reform
EconomyProgrammefor next year being cancelled. Eurozone finance ministers gave Greece’s 2019 budget the green light..., Eurogroup president Mario Centeno confirmed that the eurozone ministers gave Greece’s budget the green light... insurance scheme. We did not reach a common view on the need and design of such a function
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UK and EU travel restrictions raise concerns for tourism season
PoliticsGreek Politicsbacked the coordinated approach via the Digital Green Certificate, takes a guarded view... of the EU’s Digital Green Certificate, has added urgency to the government’s quest to attract
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Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
Agoraview the information gathered by the Economist and the Financial Times. A promptly deleted tweet... not help convince the citizens in the contrary. For example, a “Green Corridor” was thoughtlessly introduced and subsequently hastily closed. The idea behind the “Green Corridor” was to allow any citizen
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IMF's Article IV consultation notes progress, reiterates low long-term growth outlook
EconomyMacroeconomyinvestments, particularly in infrastructure and the green transition. Further, sustained reforms.... Upskilling in digital and green technologies can help reduce labour mismatches and enhance... it highlights its long-standing view of low long-term potential of the Greek economy.
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PM brings law and order back onto agenda as foreign policy issues dominate
PoliticsGreek Politicsfuror over Greece’s exclusion from the Berlin Conference on Libya, much of the political debate... with either view. The survey indicates that 54.6 pct of Greeks think it likely that there will be some kind
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Visit to Cairo underlines Greek aims to reach maritime deal with Egypt
PoliticsForeign Policy” that is undermining regional security and stability, as well as peace in Libya, which President Al-Sisi... of any Turkish violation. In any case, the view in Athens is that Greece needs to continue its efforts
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Mitsotakis-Erdogan call seen as first step to possible thaw in relations
PoliticsForeign Policythe same view is something to be seen as Athens has also be seeking sanctions to be applied if Turkey... with the UN-recognised government (GNA)in Libya. The Greek government does have the support
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No let-up in tension with Turkey as MPs prepare to approve maritime boundary deals
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Turkish provocations in the East Med, including its own maritime agreement with Libya... to Turkey’s probing in the Aegean. The overwhelming view in Greece is that Athens has responded
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