11.02.2019
Government: Bank recaps a figment of journalists’ imagination
'What Mr. Dragasakis said in the context of parliamentary debate was skewed in order to stir a sensation,” said Tzanakopoulos.
Greek Government
11.02.2019
Editorial: Romances
SYRIZA and the Independent Greeks party experienced their joint rule as a romance. Now, we are witnessing a rupture the characteristics of which transcend politics.
07.02.2019
Weber sees need for new government in Greece
The EPP's Manfred Weber in Athens lionised main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis and indirectly but clearly dismissed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as a populist who cannot bring growth.
07.02.2019
Editorial: Vicious circle
Creditors also bear responsibility as they turned a blind eye to the debt problem and believed that austerity could remedy the ills of a country with the peculiarities of Greece.
01.02.2019
Editorial: Commitments
Might there be something else beyond their ideological kinship that links SYRIZA to the Maduros regime?
29.01.2019
Editorial: Sacrifices
How will the labour market absorb the wage hike? One would hope it will not be by reducing the number of jobs.
28.01.2019
Minimum wage rises to 650 euros monthly, Tsipras defends Prespes
The hike comes into effect in February, and 24 benefits linked to the minimum wage will also increase by extension.
28.01.2019
Editorial: Fellow travelers
The Tsipras government along with those of Austria and Italy are the only ones who have lent support to the Maduro regime.
24.01.2019
Editorial: First time
The ruling party revealed to MPs for the first time that the amendments to the Constitution of FYROM will come into effect only after the Greek Parliament ratifies the protocol on FYROM’s admission to Nato.
22.01.2019
Editorial: Mistake
Within the next 30 days Greece’s creditors or “institutions”, which are currently in Athens to conduct an evaluation, expect the government to have met 16 prior commitments.
21.01.2019
Editorial: Violence
If the police are unable to isolate a small number of troublemakers, either they are incompetent or they are executing instructions unrelated to maintaining order issued by their superiors.
20.01.2019
Editorial: The sole path
Access to the markets is not prohibitive for normal economies. No normal economy has been saddled with the straight-jacket of huge primary surpluses.
20.01.2019
Editorial: The sole path
Despite the Prime Minister’s pronouncements that the country has returned to normalcy, it is clear that the economy has a long way...
17.01.2019
Tsipras wins confidence vote, Prespa Accord ratification now
In his speech, Potami MP Yorgos Amyras in parliament declared “You will find the single vote needed in tonight’s confidence vote, but you willl not find 151 votes [to ratify] the Prespa Agreement.”
16.01.2019
Editorial: Crossroads
In Germany, which continued to move not only as a locomotive but as a high-speed train when the rest of the Eurozone was trailing, there are more and more voices supporting an exit from the EU, or Dexit.
15.01.2019
Editorial: Dispelling the fog
Economic analysts and major financial players are underlining that political uncertainty can have an exceptionally negative impact on the course of the economy.
14.01.2019
The sooner Greek elections held the better says Bloomberg
The report noted that the ratification vote on the Greece-FYROM Prespa naming agreement is what triggered the ruling coalition’s breakup.
14.01.2019
Editorial: Countdown
The PM engaged in petty partisan bargaining with his former coalition partner in the hope of ensuring his own interests.
