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Government takes another stab at media regulation among growing scepticism
Societyadvance on the current figure of zero - would inevitably have far greater political symbolism than... 35 million euros – significantly less than was raised per license in the last round, but adding up... process is a considerably more low-key affair than the much-hyped auction of 2016, which the Greek Union
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Banks meet NPE targets in Q4, reduction at highest rate since start of crisis
EconomyMacroeconomy, which is 1.6 billion lower than the target of 95.9 billion. NPL stock came to 65.1 billion, which is around 800 million lower than the target of 65.9 billion. The NPE ratio stood at 48.6 percent in Q4, slightly higher than the anticipated target of 48.5 percent. The breakdown by lending segment
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Collateral damage in Europe?
Agorainvestments – at times undertaken in a less than transparent manner – in German car manufacturing, nuclear..., it is obvious that Germany and France are in a better point of departure than say Greece and Hungary... in DC and taken seriously in Beijing than going it alone. In theory such unity of purpose
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Extra taxation did not increase revenues in 2017
EconomyFeaturesbillion euros, 589 million euros higher than the figure for 86.78 billion in 2017. In 2017, the total... from 52.73 billion to 52.22 billion euros, lower than that for 2016 which stood at 52.34 billion... tax intakes lower than initially thought at 20.77 billion and 27.39 billion, respectively. Tax
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Is the cost of Greece's public sector soaring again?
EconomyFeatures. As such, they are more a reflection of the use of private contracts in the public sector than the number... Secretaries, 29 “Horizontal” Directors General, and more than 60 Sectoral Directors General. The appointees... the direct exercise of political discretion even further down the seniority scale than previously
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Greece’s unstable and confusing tax system failing to deliver results
EconomyMacroeconomypercent in 2014, and had risen to 50.7 percent in 2017, higher than Sweden’s rate of 49 percent... than the figure for 86.78 billion in 2017. In addition to higher taxation, payment rates are also... of less than 9,000 euros a year, meaning that they make less than 750 euros a month. Greece is one
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New increase in flow of refugees to Greece causes unease
Societytrapped on Greece’s squalid island camps. No sooner had the directive been issued than the Greek... to more than one party shirking its responsibilities. Greece found itself at the sharp end... process. Since the deal was put in place, less than 1,900 failed asylum seekers have been returned
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As part of search for culprits in Boutaris attack, parties should look at themselves
Agora, the leftists – who have seen their own MPs attacked on more than one occasion - may have become... 16, 2018 “Why is the social democrat [Finance Minister Olaf] Scholz stricter than [Wolfgang... foreign minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos. Unity required Koumoutsakos should know more than most
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Newsletter 164 -01/06/2018
shows that 69 percent of debtors owe less than 15,000 euros each for an aggregate amount of 3.36... of 5,609 from the previous quarter. Slightly more than 11 percent of debtors owe between 15... than that for the relevant period in 2017, despite a decline of 18.1 million QoQ. Figures from
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Banks meet NPE targets in Q1 but mortgage reductions remain slow
EconomyMacroeconomywas reduced by 4.7 billion euros quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to 92.4 billion 1.3 billion lower than the target... at 48.5 percent in Q1, slightly higher than the anticipated target of 48.1 percent. The main driver... euros, around 600 million lower than the target. Residential NPLs landed exactly on target at 20.5
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