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First visit by quadriga to Athens leaves series of issues unresolved
EconomyProgramme. Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos presented to the quadriga the key pillars and measures...The first visit of the quadriga mission chiefs to Athens after the signing of the third bailout... forecasts, with the quadriga aligning its estimates with the Greek government’s, which points to a milder
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Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence
AgoraGreece is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its war of independence, which began in 1821 and allowed Greeks to free themselves of Ottoman rule and oppression, and form their own nation-state. To mark this occasion, we spoke to Sakis Gekas, the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Chair of Modern
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Increase in number of services that saw their turnover decrease in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomy37 percent) and information service (down 13.6 percent), all showing a material acceleration from... and support (down 65.8 percent) posted the highest QoQ drop, followed by information service activities... in office administrative and support (down 74.9 percent), information service activities (down 45.8
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Almost all services in Greece saw decline in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomyThe evolution of the turnover indices for the services sector showed a further worsening in the third quarter (Q3) of 2014 with 12 out of the 14 service activities recording a drop, according... architectural and engineering activities turnover (up 16.6 percent), information service activities (up 6.5
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Helped by trading gains, Eurobank posts 305 mln in Q1 profits
EconomyBankingEurobank posted an adjusted net income of 305 million euros in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1), compared to a profit of 72 million euros last year. Core pre-provision income (PPI) rose by 10.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) in Q1 to 240.4 million euros, with 62.1 million euros of loan loss provisions
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Newsletter 290 - 26/03/2021
saw its backing slip by 1.3 points to 32.3%, but SYRIZA remained unchanged on 20.5%. There was also... to the government’s quest to attract visitors from further afield. On Tuesday, Greece opened its borders..., the government started issuing requisitioning orders for the services of 206 doctors, following several days
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
October are thought to have exacerbated the second Covid wave in Greece. Wednesday saw the first mass... had been mooted previously, including the armed forces, the emergency services and the clergy
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IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt
EconomyProgrammea preference for an ambitious, front-loaded adjustment, the report notes that the IMF clearly saw... and the OSI, public debt recorded a relatively modest immediate decrease to 305 billion euros (160 percent... of structural reforms in the labour, product and service markets to remain a viable euro area member
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Current account surplus at 1.21 bln in September on services balance growth
EconomyMacroeconomy, while liabilities under direct investment increased by 305 million. The BoG noted that the most... by 348.1 million euros year-on-year and was mainly driven by a rise in the services balance, which rose.... The services balance grew by 14.5 percent off improvements in all subaccounts, and stood at 2.76
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Newsletter 65 - 04/03/2016
for the next steps, starting with the quadriga’s return to Athens. We understand that the IMF... spending by 70 percent over the next three years to leave it in a position to service its debts, which... saw last year how Greece’s state machinery seized up as the government focussed solely
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