• Row in Athens flares over Zaev's statement • General strike disrupts services, fails to draw large crowds • Deutsche Telekom snaps up another 5 percent of OTE • Five investment schemes express interest for HELPE • Eurobank announces positive Q1 results # Greece’s conservative opposition claimed the government was acting in secrecy, after a … Continue reading Athens Digest 31.05.2018 →

• Italy crisis won’t change Greek exit strategy, unless... • MinFim Tsakalotos: Cash buffer enough to protect Greece • Last bailout bill to be debated as emergency legislation • Piraeus Bank agrees sale of corporate NPE portfolio equivalent • Enterprise Federation’s Fessas re-elected chairman # Greece’s bailout exit plans will not be derailed by Italy’s … Continue reading Athens Digest 30.05.2018 →

• Over to the PMs as Macedonia talks progress • Former FinMin urges Greece to seek protection over Italy crisis • Part time employment hits 30 percent mark • 40 migrants arrested in Heraklion for forged travelling documents # Stage one of the Macedonia-name talks is officially over. The foreign ministers of Greece and FYROM … Continue reading Athens Digest 29.05.2018 →

• PM courts Thessaloniki Mayor, dismisses speculation of early elections • Conservative leader promises sweeping tax reforms • Greek debt talks to resume at G-7 Summit • After New York, FYROM name talks to resume in Brussels # With next year’s elections in mind, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has thrown ruling Syriza’s weight behind Thessaloniki’s … Continue reading Athens Digest 28.05.2018 →

• Eurogroup: Greece upbeat despite no agreement with IMF • Deputy PM says bad spending habits have been broken • Macedonia-name talks back on track after ‘Ilinden’ option quietly dropped • Migrants block motorway as overcrowding spreads to mainland camps # Greek officials sought out the positives from last night’s Eurogroup meeting which failed to … Continue reading Athens Digest 25.05.2018 →