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Budget primary deficit at 1.47 bln euros in Jan, revenue shortfall hits 812 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros. Net revenues came to 3.85 billion euros, below target by 812 million euros... a deficit of 782 million euros for the month.
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Mitsotakis dismisses poll speculation, promises swift housing relief and rural support
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister’s remarks come amid growing public frustration over the cost of living, housing shortages... rural unrest and the government’s handling of agricultural subsidies. Mitsotakis reiterated his
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ND braces for rural backlash to OPEKEPE scandal as law and order initiatives take centre stage
PoliticsGreek Politics, as mounting discontent over the OPEKEPE scandal and the government’s handling of rural affairs... focus back on law and order in a bid to win back disaffected conservative voters. Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras is set to meet New Democracy deputies from rural constituencies today
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New Democracy losing grip on regions as farmers’ protests highlight rural frustration
PoliticsGreek Politicsnumbers of voters in rural areas. Footage of the visit show the PM’s convoy being diverted along farm... in rural areas, where anger is boiling over of the misappropriation of farm subsidies, combined... the mood, which has grown increasingly restive as rural voters complained of being condemned
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Pandora's box ajar for Turkey and Greece?
Agora" but his Lausanne remarks made an unannounced visit. He is a man not known for mincing his words but were the Lausanne Treaty revision remarks planned beforehand? Did Erdoğan take an impromptu step... a similar approach akin to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's policy of rallying ethnic
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Rise in overdue contributions slows to 310 mln in Q3, total at 16.9 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rise in unpaid social security contributions (SSCs) slowed quarter on quarter (QoQ) to 310 million euros in Q3 of 2016, from 831 million in Q2. The outstanding amount reaching 16.92 billion, the quarterly bulletin of the single SSC collection centre (KEAO) displayed on Monday. The increase
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PM riles SYRIZA with remarks on EU anniversary
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece marked on Thursday the 40th anniversary of its accession to what was then the European Economic Community, but remarks made in the presence of EU dignitaries by Prime Minister Kyriakos... for Greece, not a party-political gathering. SYRIZA referred to Mitsotakis’s remarks as “incendiary
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Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 1.47 bln in Jan as taxes dwindle
EconomyMacroeconomy. Net revenues came to 3.85 billion euros, below target by 812 million euros. The monthly primary... a deficit of 782 million euros for the month.
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Athens buoyed by content, mood of Mitsotakis trip to Washington
PoliticsForeign Policythe world's longest submarine power cable (310 kilometres (190 mi) from Israel to Cyprus and 898... Europe. Additionally, Mitsotakis has announced the appointment of Nikos Tsafos, a member of the Center
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Time running out for government action out as water crisis deepens
PoliticsGreek Politicsthere are no other options. It is the hour of decisions.” His remarks set the tone for a week in which regulators... Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Professor Christos Makropoulos confirmed that Attica is in a drought
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