Programme
Unresolved pensions issues complicate the fiscal front
Confirming initial indications, farmers appear disappointed and reluctant to accept the government proposal presented by the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday.
Clock ticks on bailout review but big gaps remain between Greece, lenders
The date of the mission chiefs’ return to Athens is still unknown but intensive work continues at the technical level on Greece’s first programme review.
Wide range of exacting issues lie ahead for Greece in first bailout review
The mission chiefs from the quartet of Greece's lenders are expected to return to Athens in the next few days to begin the first programme review.
Amid protests, coalition ponders tweaks to pension plan
The mounting protest action from farmers and the self-employed have confirmed the belief that pension reform would be the most complicated issue in the agenda for the first programme review agenda.
Where things stand on the Greek pension reform proposals
The submission of the government’s pension reform plan to the institutions on January 4 marked the start of the effort to settle perhaps the toughest issue in the first programme review.
The pension and revenue interventions Greece has to make to meet its 2016 fiscal target
Greece has to achieve a primary surplus target of 0.5 percent of GDP in 2016, according to the agreement reached with institutions last summer.
Gov't hits back as pension reform row heats up
The government has hit back in the public relations battle over its proposed pension reforms by trying to rebut criticism from New Democracy point-by-point.
Gov't submits reform plan that raises contributions and cuts future pensions
The government disclosed on Monday afternoon its final proposal for a unified social security system, which was sent to the institutions ahead of the first programme review later this month.
Coalition poised to unveil pension reform proposals, hoping to avoid cuts
The Greek government appears to have finalised its proposals on pension reform and is set to submit them to the institutions ahead of the start of the first programme review in mid-January.
The agenda of the first programme review shapes up with thorny issues
Following the disbursement of the second sub-tranche of 1 billion on December 23, the next challenge, the biggest since the signing of the third programme in the summer, involves the completion of the first review.