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Govt gears up for arrival of Covid-19 vaccine amid virus flare-up in some areas
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe public’s trust in the process, which will see more than 1,000 vaccination centres set up around..., the same as in November. Backing for SYRIZA, though, edged up by 1 point to a still low 23 pct. Centre
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Athens wary as exploratory talks with Turkey approach
PoliticsForeign Policywishes and advice, may 2021 be the year of the three As for Turkey.” He added: “1. Abandon its threats... in Berlin early in 2021. For Greece, a key condition for resuming the exploratory talks was set out
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
discussion that the government had set aside the advice of some experts to cancel the religious.... In addition, sight deposits increased by 2.97 billion euros. Time deposits fell by 1 billion euros. The latest
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PM reins in rush to re-open economy as vaccines proceed slowly
PoliticsGreek Politicsslowly. As of Tuesday, 92,139 people had received the jab. This represents less than 1 percent... the government set for this stage of the scheme. However, the daily average since early January is below 6,000
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Retail sales drop by 8.6% in 2020 as e-shops prosper but many sectors suffer
EconomyMacroeconomyare reportedly set to be revised downward to 3-3.5 pct, although the market seems to have revised its.... On Wednesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis indicated that a March 1 reopening is not likely.
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Pandemic raises economic pressure as govt hopes for imminent relief
PoliticsGreek Politics, but 106 higher than a week earlier. On the plus side, Greece surpassed 1 million vaccinations on Thursday and is set to approve the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for 65s. More than 33,000 vaccinations
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Greece hopes beaches won't be empty again this summer, but vaccination numbers say otherwise
Agoraof April. Two mega-vaccination centres have been set up in Athens and Thessaloniki under... (a little over 550,000 people) are fully vaccinated, and 11.7% (just over 1 million people) have
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Banks tout ambitious NPE plans to return to European mainstream
EconomyBankingGreece’s banks have started what was set to be a difficult year for them by winning plaudits for their progress towards meeting tough goals for reducing the stock of non-performing exposures. Last... its results on March 16. But this is more a reflection on its planned 1 billion-euro share capital
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinister in Ta Nea on April 3 previewing his new book titled “The Strategy of Helsinki, 20+1 years... else put forward by Turkey could be negotiated or resolved in court. The precedent set by Helsinki
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Piraeus Bank raises 1.38 bln in share capital increase
EconomyBankingPiraeus Bank completed its 1.38 billion euros share capital increase, pricing its new shares at the top of its initial price offer range. Following a three-day book-building process, Piraeus set... between 1 euro and 1.15 euros. The bank said the offering of 1.2 billion new shares “attracted a broad
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