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Two years on, Greek government ready to give up on higher heating fuel tax
PoliticsGreek Politicsconvincing the troika to maintain the temporary reduction, due to be in place until the end
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Greece sees travel receipts shoot up by 35.8 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyto 3.4 million visits are due each month in June until September. This means that a part of scheduled
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Greek coalition overcomes concerns about "small PPC"
PoliticsGreek Politicscontentious bill was delayed until Parliament’s summer sessions (when 100 rather than 300 MPs sit) had
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Greek primary budget surplus at 707 mln as revenues beat target in May
Economyto 5.9 billion. The PIB balance showed the over-performance of 390 million until April being reversed
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Greek economic sentiment breaks through 100-point mark for first time since 2008
EconomyMacroeconomyuntil October 2012 when it settled at 79.6 points. Since then, the economic sentiment indicator has been
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Sparks to fly as coalition and SYRIZA clash over electricity sell-off
PoliticsGreek Politicsmost influential unions and a PASOK ally until recently. It will also help Tsipras keep the left
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General gov't primary cash surplus for Jan-May reaches 1.22 bln as arrears drop
EconomyMacroeconomyin April and payments of 2.05 billion to the IMF. The amount of short term loans, which was zero until
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Public deficit and democratic duty
Agorafigure (which was not actually finalised by Eurostat until November 2010 – six months after the first
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Value of HFSF's shareholdings in core Greek banks sinks to 18.5 bln
EconomyBanking’ privatisation process. Nevertheless, local media now note that any relevant decisions may be delayed until after
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Greece ponders how to deal with rising unpaid private debt, which hit 88 pct of GDP
EconomyUnpaid private debt in Greece is estimated to have reached around 160 billion euros, which corresponds to 88 percent of GDP, but was largely ignored until the last few days, when it became a key issue in the discussion between the government and the troika. Apart from the outstanding amount
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