Tassos Symeonides
(RIEAS Academic Advisor based in Seattle, USA)
Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 4 January 2015
Threatening howls have risen from the halls of "united" Europe at the announcement of early general elections in Greece, scheduled for January 25, 2015 – elections which, most likely, will bring to power the populist left-wing SYRIZA party...Read more
Kvashnin Yuri (Ph.D in History)
(Head, European Union Studies Department, IMEMO RAN, RIAC Expert)
Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 1 January 2015)
Today the Russian-Greek economic relations are affected by a triple crisis: the ongoing crisis in Greece, the crisis in Russian–EU relations and Russia's economic hardships.
As for the first one, at the beginning of this year Greece's economic prospects looked bright. 2013 was the first year when Greece achieved primary surplus of 1.5 billion euro. In the passing year it showed new signs of recovery. In mid-December Greece's central bank slightly raised its forecast for economic growth this year to 0.7 percent and predicted growth of 2.5 percent in 2015.... Read more