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ND tweaking stimulus measures as SYRIZA flounders in Novartis backwash
PoliticsGreek Politicson the issue is that it is an attempt by New Democracy to kill off the opposition party by using... that the opposition party is on the back foot. The pressure is now on Tsipras to shake off the serious
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Athens waits for EU recovery fund outcome as new Mati fire claims emerge
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government plans to invest the RRF money (even though the package had not been signed off..., the previous government was not able to shake off the sense that, under its political leadership
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Athens hoping for de-escalation in Aegean as it seeks pension backpay solution
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere was a slight de-escalation in Greece’s latest stand-off with Turkey in the Aegean over the weekend, following a particularly tense few days for Athens. Ankara did not send out the Oruc Reis... that Berlin has played a crucial role in ensuring the stand-off does not escalate into something more
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Fitch keeps rating at 'BB', sees GDP contraction of 7.9 pct in 2020
Economyfend off pressures on asset quality in the near-term. Liquidity pressures were also lifted... is confirmation of the new reality for Greece, which has thrown it completely off course that was set
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Athens treads tightrope as Turkish research vessel sails in Aegean
PoliticsForeign Policyof a similar stand-off in late July. Then, German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to intervene... in Egypt. Erdogan immediately called off exploratory talks that had been agreed with Greece following
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Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Agorakeen to let off steam after several weeks “in quarantine”. Variations on these phenomena have been... (dating back to the days of the lockdown), and inconsistently taped-off seats on public transport
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Newsletter 266 -18/09/2020
was a reminder of the way in which Mitsotakis’s premiership can be knocked off course by non-political...” has paid off as Turkey withdrew the Oruc Reis research vessel and aides to the two country’s leaders
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Greece buoyed by diplomatic progress on Turkey ahead of EU summit as it plans to reduce refugee camps
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe historical site of Thermopylae. This was the latest in a series of off-key public statements by ministers.... An order for oversize masks for schools kicked off a blame game between the ministries of health
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Draft budget sees EU funds fuelling recovery of 7.5 pct in 2021, after 8.2 contraction this year
EconomyMacroeconomyexpects this year’s recession at 8.2 pct, which is way off the 4.7 pct baseline recession scenario... to September this year, it would shave off 3 percentage points of the growth to 4.5 pct
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Newsletter 272 -06/11/2020
adopted softer measures were paying off. The PM said he hoped the new lockdown, which is due to end... the first, the more adverse scenario of a GDP contraction of up to 10 percent is not off the table
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