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PASOK unites forces with Greek "Olive Tree" for EP elections but will it be enough?
PoliticsGreek Politics3 percent support in national elections and 2.9 percent in European elections. Greece's other social democratic part, Democratic Left (DIMAR) scored equally poorly with 3.1 and 3 percent respectively. There should be no mistaking the fact that these figures, right on the 3 percent threshold
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Mitsotakis pleads for strong mandate as polls suggest ND heading for landslide win
PoliticsGreek Politicsis also targeting Greek Solution because if the fledgling party fails to pass the 3 percent... finance minister Yannis Varoufakis, are right on the 3 percent threshold for gaining seats in the next... on 3.5 and Greek Solution and MeRA25 both on 3 percent again. Public Issue sees 40 percent
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No time for Tsipras to celebrate as long list of tasks means pressure is on from start
EconomyProgrammeor inequitable. 3) In view of any revision of the zonal property values, adjust the property tax rates... (from 11 percent) and for annual income above 12,000 euros to 35 percent (from 33 percent). 6) Increase... of beneficiaries in March 2016. 3) The application of a penalty equivalent to 10 percent on early
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Is Greece on track to decouple from fossil gas?
Agoradecreased by 4.02 TWh, followed by industry (-3.37 TWh) and distribution networks (-1. 3 TWh). However...; this corresponds to a 67.3% decrease compared to the five-year average (Figure 3), which highlights industry’s potential to substitute gas with other fuels. Figure 3: Changes in fossil gas consumption
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Pension reform to be one of new government's toughest challenges in next weeks
EconomyProgrammeeurozone officials recently stated that pension reforms are also key for unlocking the next tranche of 3... in health contributions for pensioners from 4 to 6 percent for main pension and from zero to 6..., 344.7 million in 2018 and 455.3 million in 2019. 3) Integration into the Unified Auxiliary
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This is what's in the legislation Greece has to approve by Wednesday night
EconomyProgrammeand theatre a super-reduced rate of 6 percent (from 6.5 percent) is applied, while basic food, energy, hotels... and 30,000 euros, the rate remains at 1.4 percent 3) Between 30,000 and 50,000 euros, the rate increases... percent (from 2.1 percent) 5) Between 100,000 and 500,000 euros, the rate increases to 6 percent (from
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European Commission review of Greek programme: The key points
EconomyProgrammethe end of August 2014. Following the recent 5-year bond issue of 3 billion, these needs have been... through repo operations which would fetch up to 3 billion and b) use of idle resources available in other... and 3 pp in 2015-16. After a material improvement in 2013, the Current Account (C/A) balance
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Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015
an overall majority. on the total support for the parties that fail to pass the 3 percent threshold..., totalling 2.5 to 3 billion euros for the whole month. This period coincided with the failure of the Greek... by the Interior Ministry. For citizens who are prevented from voting in their home constituency
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Greece and lenders already at apparent impasse, with options narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicsaction.” The government, which submitted the relevant legislation to Parliament on March 3... between 3 and 5 billion euros in liquidity to overcome its shortage over the next few weeks. Athens... of passing the bills through the Hoise. Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis insisted on Tuesday
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
Agorabeen a failure. The 3 billion euros Ankara was promised has not been released and President Recep... million) of the 3 billion euros going towards Turkey to deal with the refugee crisis. At the same time... refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other
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