Following the Banks and the Greek state the big Greek businesses are now preparing to return to the markets. Powerful groups are making...
After four years of exclusion, the Hellenic Democracy has found its place again in the international credit system. The attempt to return to the...
The agreement with the troika, the ensuing political confrontation in Parliament with SYRIZA's motion of censure against the Minister of Finances...
Last spring there was the popular belief that certain New Democracy executives and members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn gang had opened up networks of...
For better or for worse, the facts are fact and they cannot be disputed. In the Greek case, after almost five years of state expenses being cut and taxes...
A few weeks prior to the politically crucial local government and European elections, the conditions and impressions in Greece seem to change. Until recently...
At one point we estimated and documented that a lot would develop in the first trimester of 2014. That during that period, all players which have reasons to effect the...
The Latsis Group – especially its head, Mr. Sp. Latsis – systematically avoids publicity. They rarely appeared in public, the interviews were fewer, as were...
The achieved deal with the troika, after many months of negotiations with the troika, in conjunction with the upcoming official confirmation of the primary surplus...
In one of the many conversations currently taking place in the capital a question was posed, whether the political crisis, as a result of the financial crisis, is ...
The Minister of Finances Yannis Stournaras stated that “everything is on the table in the negotiations with the troika” as he prepares for the next three ...
The Minister of Finances Mr. Yannis Stournaras is returning to Athens from Brussels today with an ultimatum in his luggage. His European counterparts treated him with ...
The Minister of Finances Mr. Yannis Stournaras had a tough time on Monday evening. Once again his counterparts expressed their suspicion towards Greece, judged him for ...
When the Minister of Growth Kostas Hatzidakis asked Mr. Gurría of the OECD to conduct a study on the necessary reforms in Greece – for which he was paid ...
Observations have been made over the past five years of the great financial crisis have to outline how the Greek problem has gradually developed.The first cracks...
Our colleague Stavros Theodorakis took the decision to create a political movement in order to run in the European elections. It is his right, obviously, nobody is judging him for it. On the contrary, many may even admire him for his courage.
The Minister of Finances, Yannis Stournaras, who negotiated with the troika for months while expecting better results and primary surpluses from the fiscal management of 2013, is now in a rush. He is in a rush, as he says, to complete negotiations with the troika, so that there is a deal before the Eurogroup on […]
Nobody is denying anyone the constitutionally protected right of standing for an election. However, it is hard to not comment on many of the political candidacies in the upcoming local government elections, especially the cases of MPs who are safely standing in the elections for municipalities and prefectures, whilst maintaining their MPs status. One may […]
In the summer of 1997, a crisis of confidence broke out in Southeast Asia, which put the pressure on the local currency, the so-called “Asian tigers”. That crisis quickly spread to Russia and beyond, and appeared to affect Greece at the time, when it was implementing a stabilization program in order to achieve the goals […]
Amidst a critical phase for the economy, society and politics, the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras spoke to To Vima and spoke about everything. The Prime Minister praises the primary surpluses that were achieved a year before, explains that the debt relief and return to the markets will be based on these surpluses and announces that […]