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Reopening public broadcaster poses multiple challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe tendency in the past for there to be a lack of transparency or accountability over public... moulds ERT into a government mouthpiece, as it was in the past, he risks damaging his credibility
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Piraeus Bank brings Q1 2015 losses down to 69 mln
EconomyBankingtime over the past four years. Pre-provision income (PPI) more than doubled quarter on quarter (QoQ... to 327 million. Over the past two years, the network has been reduced by 41 percent and currently
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Athens and Skopje press ahead with confidence measures despite uncertainty
PoliticsForeign Policyprospects. Athens may not be under the same kind of intense pressure from her allies as in the past... to be seen ignoring their concerns. The past suggests that possible unrest in the region could have wider
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Greek stocks dive by 4.7 pct as bond yields climb on absence of deal with lenders
Economythe last two days, bank shares have lost more than 42 percent of their market value over the past 4.5... over the past five weeks. Bonds The negative sentiment was also widespread in the bond market, where
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Deposit outflows eased to 3.86 bln in May, balance below 130 bln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion, which is the lowest reading over the past 11 years. As in previous months, the outflow... over the past 6 months were in banknotes and short-term instruments (mainly money market funds
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Retail turnover fall accelerates to 3.3 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyand the eleventh negative reading over the past sixteenth months. Retail volume also contracted by 1.9... and 0.7 percent MoM. Over the past six years, retail trade has fallen by more than 28 percent mainly
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Car sales rise by 21.7 pct in June for fifth straight increase above 20 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyin the past four years (since May 2011). Passenger cars, up 22.1 percent to 11,040, make up more than 86... and high fuel consumption cars with new and cheaper to run diesel cars. In the past few months
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Disposable income up by 2.6 pct in Q1 for highest reading since 2009
EconomyMacroeconomythe past six years. The absolute figures showed Q1 disposable income reached 27.04 billion euros... than 47 percent in the past six years. Household final consumption slipped by 1 percent, after easing
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On the Greek crisis and German imbalances
Agoraover the past decades via the above described mechanism, which was fed by populist clientelistic... combined with sufficient product- and other market-oriented reforms over the past half decade. The latter
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July rise of 388 mln in unpaid taxes is lowest for two years
EconomyMacroeconomyin the past two years and is reportedly attributed to taxpayers fearing for a potential haircut.... Overall, the total stock of new and legacy tax debt rose at the slowest pace over the past two years
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