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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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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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Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
Agorato allow privately-owned Huawei equipment to be used in its forthcoming mobile telephony 5G wireless... of Vodafone and Telefónica O2 operating in Germany have built the 4G network with Huawei infrastructure equipment. All three companies have long-term strategic partnerships with Huawei. The transfer
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Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics
Agoracan calibrate policies for the wellbeing of the new generation of Greeks who will inherit the debts... the Covid Pandemic emerged. It was based on data through 2018. The book analyzed Greece’s economic trends..., because policy needs to be sustainable and calibrated for the new generation, which has a life
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NBG reports net profits of 122 mln in Q2, highlights successful bond sale
EconomyBankingNational Bank of Greece (NBG) reported a net profit of 122 million euros from continued operations in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019, down from profits of 131 million euros reported in Q1. Quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), this represents a decline of 7 percent. For the first half (H1) of the year, net
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Greek competitiveness rank remains low as tax, bureaucracy create obstacles
EconomyFeaturescompared to where it lags. Many of the poor scores in the subpillars reflect areas where Greece’s lenders... scores were noted in the subpillars of the effect of taxation on incentives to invest (137 out
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Portuguese election: Where those who lost may decide
Agoraand months may be critical to end or deepen political uncertainty in Portugal. *Vitor Rodrigues Oliveira is the business editor at TSF news radio station in Portugal. You can follow Vitor on Twitter: @vroliveira_pt Vitor Rodrigues Oliveira
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Clash over institutional interference primes political mood ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Chinese officials over Huawei’s efforts to counter US efforts aimed at limiting the telecom giant’s expansion. The claims were made in the wake of a New York Times article that alleged Huawei’s.... Georgiadis denied having any kind of inappropriate relationship with Huawei and insisted that he
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Greek public sphere witnessed last week a rare incident for the country’s political scene - a debate through articles and statements by the two prime ministers who governed Greece between 1996 and 2009 on their views regarding foreign policy regardi...
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Mitsotakis tries to calibrate domestic message amid widening EU-US rift
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has issued a cautious message on the rapid escalation in EU-US tension, hoping to pre-empt a repeat of the criticism which greeted his tepid reaction to the capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month. The G...
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