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Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:25:00 GMT

Greece 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

Helped by trading gains, Eurobank posts 305 mln in Q1 profits

Thu, 26 May 2022 11:44:00 GMT

Eurobank 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

Greece holds back spending, rakes in one-off revenues for 2.1 bln primary surplus at end of April

Mon, 25 May 2015 11:27:00 GMT

Greece’s budget execution showed the 4-month primary surplus more than doubled year on year (YoY... budget bulletin published on Monday. The reading is 60 million euros lower than the preliminary figure... target by 2.41 billion, which is significantly better than the over-performance of 1.6 billion

Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:16:00 GMT

than a third, according to some polls) is sceptical or completely opposed to the vaccines..., and others putting the estimate at more than 5,000. The protesters, many carrying Greek flags, while... is smaller than those seen habitually in Greece, including at the recent anti-labour law rallies

Come back Cleisthenes, all is forgiven

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:22:00 GMT

partners had caught on to this obfuscation. However, rather than one man or a group of decision makers.... A case in point is former Athens mayor and health minister Nikitas Kaklamanis, who is in the running... some 230 million euros when Kaklamanis left, according to his successor Giorgos Kaminis. The former

Growing Greece: From narrative to reality

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 07:09:00 GMT

investment and get the Greek economy growing at a faster rate than has been predicted so far. The three areas.... They are working from a much sounder base than Greece has had for many years, they are making efforts..., including a more benign international environment than the current one, a growth rate of 3 percent could

Newsletter 14 - 06/02/2015

Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:21:00 GMT

, with a confidence vote due at midnight on February 10, a day later than initially scheduled... by Varoufakis suggesting a debt swap rather than a haircut. Again, anyone observing what key players in SYRIZA had been saying before the elections (rather than taking as gospel the official party line) would

What we've got here is a failure to communicate

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 08:14:00 GMT

the impression of a government winging it. This impression was compounded by Varoufakis suggesting a debt swap rather than a haircut. Again, anyone observing what key players in SYRIZA had been saying before the elections (rather than taking as gospel the official party line) would have been aware

Holding out for a (reformist) hero

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:32:00 GMT

in a political battle with the leftist party rather than implement the measures being demanded... Lula, rather than Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez. However, this bubble also burst when Tsipras decided... in its most recent review (summer 2014, more than a year after Mitsotakis was appointed

Omnibus bill passes but leaves marks on coalition and SYRIZA

Sun, 30 Mar 2014 22:44:00 GMT

to the short time the government granted MPs to debate legislation that stretched to more than 250 pages... increases to take place at prices lower than those paid by the country’s recapitalisation fund... and served as a reminder that with less than two months to go to the elections, SYRIZA has yet