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Schauble sees more bailout loans and more troika-mandated reforms for Greece
02/06/2014
In an interview with the German magazine Focus, the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble indicated that Greece would require another bailout loan of about 10 billion euros and stated that…
Press Review June 2: Wolfgang Schauble strikes again
02/06/2014
Wolfgang Schauble indicates a new loan programme and new measures are on the cards for Greece; the regional governorship of Attica is a dress rehearsal for power for SYRIZA; the…
European elections 2014: the electorate΄s dividing lines
30/05/2014
Political scientist and founder of the public opinion survey company VPRC Christoforos Vernardakis provides a fascinating breakdown of the results of the European elections, showing which social groups favored which…
Press Review May 30: Horse-trading begins over the imminent government reshuffle
30/05/2014
Samaras and Venizelos begin the process of deal-making over the government reshuffle; a number of potential tax reductions are on the table with the troika; the ministry of health makes…
Thirteen found guilty of selling government bonds to social security funds at inflated prices
29/05/2014
Thirteen out of fourteen people have been convicted by an Athens court of a range of criminal charges including fraud, breach of faith, setting up a criminal organization, money laundering…
Way clears for cultivation of GM crops in EU as member states back compromise
29/05/2014
The pact which was proposed by rotating EU presidency holder Greece would make it easier for companies to gain approval for genetically modified crops to be grown in the EU…
Press Review May 29: Greece’s primary budget was achieved… at the expense of the national land registry
29/05/2014
The agency responsible for establishing a national land registry (ktimatologio) was sacrficed in order to achieve the primary budget surplus; the resignation of DIMAR president Fotis Kouvelis has wider political…
Privatisation of Athens Water Utility ruled unconstitutional
28/05/2014
The government’s plans to privatise Greek water utilities suffered a major setback when the Council of State, the country’s highest administrative court, blocked the transfer of state-owned shares in the…