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Tsipras turns attention to nervy party ahead of new measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsexpelled one lawmaker and had to replace another after they refused to pass the last set of prior... on the tried and tested formula of arguing that SYRIZA’s lawmakers should not fall into the trap set by rivals
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Management of NPLs to test gov't in negotiations with lenders
EconomyFollowing an agreement on foreclosures that was part of the first set of milestones, Greece now has... scheme for liquidators in consultation with the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF). 4) Set up... billion at the end of September, according to market sources. NPL management At the moment only one
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Gov't offers improved terms to farmers in bid to break deadlock
Economy, Tsipras presented to farmers a set of social insurance and tax measures that aim to ease some of the burden placed on them by the original plan set out by the government. Among the new measures presented... pension funds (including OGA) into one. 2) Gradual phase-in of social security contributions from
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Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto complete the set of measures needed to raise another 1 percent of GDP in revenues from income tax... it did not yet reach an agreement with the creditors. The government wants to set the tax-free threshold.... In this respect, it seems last year’s experience is one that the government wants to avoid repeating
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Hopes of swift deal on contingent measures doused by technical, political complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsare not being met. One suggestion has been that the Fiscal Policy Council, created last year, could... in ministry’s budgets would be enough to meet the target set for the stand-by measures. There have also been... Athens to set out exactly what interventions it plans to make (as well as developing an automatic system
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HRADF's updated plan for 19 privatisation projects published
Economythe share purchase agreement. The deadline for the completion of the transaction was previously set.... For the former, one expression of interest was submitted in mid-April and the submission of binding bids for the sale of 100 percent is set for May 31. For the latter, three investment groups have
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Opposition tries to pin government down over last year's Plan X
PoliticsGreek Politicsleaving the euro. It is believed that the difficulties set out in the study played a significant... clarified on the website of the DiEM25 movement set up by Varoufakis. New Democracy chief Kyriakos... for an exit from the eurozone has been indirectly supported by one of its former members, ex-Energy Minister
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Newsletter 86 - 26/08/2016
highlighted the need for Greek authorities to “set the record straight and avoid misinterpretation... and the increase in the unemployment rate to over 27 percent at one point have been widely and repeatedly... to the poverty threshold set in 2005. When measured that way, the deterioration of living standards
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HFSF study identifies constraints on developing dynamic NPL market
EconomyBanking. Although recent amendments appear to have set the basis for much improved efficiency in the enforcement... to enforce their rights. However, recent amendments to the law appear to have set the basis for much... that an applicant whose request was dismissed may re-apply after an interval of one year. Given
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Effort to unite PASOK and Potami seems to have hit a wall
PoliticsGreek Politicsto set out at the Thessaloniki International Fair will be more convincing than the one Tsipras is due... that neither set of ideas will be worthwhile. As for PASOK and Potami, the socialists are seen rising since
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