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PM trails national recovery plan ahead, talks up growth prospects

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attempted a change of gear at the start of this week, by turning the cabinet’s attention from the troubling epidemiological situation and the strain on public finances, to the post-Covid recovery.

PM aims to press ahead with reform agenda in face of scandals and pandemic

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be looking to rally his cabinet around the government’s reform agenda, as New Democracy battles an unfolding sex scandal, on top of worsening economic data and growing lockdown fatigue.

New Democracy's 2021 agenda focusses on reforms, social support

With the national Covid-19 vaccination plan under way and pressure on hospitals slowly easing, the final cabinet meeting of 2020 turned its focus on the government’s agenda for the coming year.

Many obstacles to clear in Greece's digital leap

By: Georgia Nakou

Announcing the establishment by Microsoft of a regional cloud computing hub in Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that his government was focussing on “the digital transformation of government and the economy” as a critical step in achieving “Greece’s leap into the future, placing Greeks among the winners of the 4th industrial revolution”.

RRF proposals and Pissarides report chart direction of travel for post-pandemic Greece

The publication in the past few days of two major policy documents has given a fairly detailed insight into the strategic direction mapped out by the Greek government for the post-pandemic era.

Lenders acknowledge reforms, flag up tricky fiscal path ahead

Greece managed to clear on Wednesday the fourth post-programme review for this year and the third since the pandemic broke.

Moody's upgrades Greece to 'Ba3' on back of reforms, warns of tricky period ahead

In an unexpected move on Friday night, Moody’s upgraded Greece’s credit rating by one notch to ‘Ba3’ from ‘B1’, while it kept the outlook stable.

WWF sets out road to green economic recovery in post-Covid landscape

WWF Greece has released a blueprint for Greece’s green recovery which outlines a number of steps for the government to take to improve the country’s environmental profile.

IMF sees GDP shrinking by 9.5 pct in 2020, warns about pace of fiscal consolidation

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded on Friday its second post-programme monitoring mission, which took place remotely, by publishing the staff concluding statement.

Seventh post-bailout review completed, lenders flag up state arrears and unpaid pensions

Greece officially completed its seventh post-programme review on Wednesday, when the European Commission released the relevant report.