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Orthodox Christianity survey reveals strong influence on Greek society

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:52:00 GMT

strong, at 70 percent, standing closer to levels reported in the former USSR than in European countries... authority than the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, even though the latter is traditionally known... of Greeks said that abortion should be illegal, higher than the average of 45 percent. Among all countries

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

Are hirings in the public sector out of control?

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:52:00 GMT

is lifted is more than topical, as discussions start to focus on shaping the country’s post-MoU... since the beginning of the crisis, perhaps more than most people realise. The core public sector ended... hiring spree as charged by the opposition? Or, to put it in less adversarial terms, what is driving

IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 10:01:00 GMT

put a severe strain on the social fabric of the country. Frequent episodes of political instability... projections, largely due to lower growth and deflators, while unemployment was much higher than originally... and the OSI, public debt recorded a relatively modest immediate decrease to 305 billion euros (160 percent

Tear gas instead of vaccines

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:34:00 GMT

than health protection measures and its authoritarian rule, has continuously lost both credibility..., strong police presence, mounted police, special forces on high alert, with police dogs and in special... with the citizens, incessant corruption scandals, constant repression, introduction of political rather than

Refugee influx pushes Tsipras towards crisis nexus

Fri, 09 Oct 2015 09:19:00 GMT

arrived in 2014 but already this year there have been more than 400,000 arrivals. On Friday, IOM... of September to 7,000 a day in October. Understandably, this has put a huge strain on the Greek state’s.... Housing, feeding and keeping people warm carries a much higher cost than scanning their fingerprints

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

Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015

Fri, 03 Apr 2015 13:33:00 GMT

than those on February 18, meaning that the banks cannot cover the emerging funding gap of 700... director Christine Lagarde would have a month before needing to report this to the board and put... points in February. This means it is 6 points lower than the recent peak of 102.8 in November

Credit origination and transmission: Are Greek banks part of the problem or the solution?

Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:46:00 GMT

bankers involved in the negotiating process, the offers put on the table have been nothing less than... to their customers. Put otherwise, they cannot decline to implement as lending institutions what they have been... as NPLs (repayment delayed by more than ninety days) reaching 22.9 per cent. Such staggering NPL

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