Mitsotakis topples Tsipras with an overwhelming majority Kyriakos Mitsotakis topples Alexis Trsipras with an overwhelming majority; end of the story! Centre-Right party Nea Demokratia headed by Kyriakos Mitsotakis  ridiculed the…
The last few years have witnessed, in the City of London and elsewhere, a break with the tradition that men of status and representing their business should appear in public…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS:Â In line with market expectations, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) stayed put on interest rates at its two-day policy meeting which concluded earlier…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS:Â Taking their cue from the positive tone in Wall Street overnight where the Nasdaq index closed at a fresh record high, the majority…
Reaching the climax of the Greek drama and then what? Prof. Thanos Skouras* writes:Â There is little doubt that the pre-electoral pledges of the Greek government are not realizable. The…
Whatever you read or hear in the media these days with respect  to the  Greek saga, is a part of one of the world’s biggest,  well orchestrated scams for over…
Be prepared, or risk being swamped by the waves! by Pavlos Papadatos* Greek ship owners invested 6.7 billion euros during the first four months of 2015 for ship purchases and it is…
Our fifteenth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015, tonight Friday the 10th of April 2015, with John Faraclas of…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS:Â The two-day BoJ policy meeting concluded earlier today with the Central Bank keeping its monetary policy on hold on the view that rising…
Greece Macro Monitor (March 24, 2015) Tsipras-Merkel meeting seen as important rapprochement step; rising hopes for a partial release of pending loan tranche soon Viewers can log herebelow and read…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMNTS GLOBAL MARKETS:  European stock markets opened broadly lower on Monday, on mounting global growth concerns amid downbeat January trade data from China. Market caution also prevailed…
The Greek elections went well without any trouble whatsoever; fair’s fair, but technically speaking we have the nuts of Syriza and the bolts of Anel (that is the coalition partner Independent Greeks)…
Will the Greek Left Sign ‘The New Memorandum’?* by Dr. Andreas Koutras** Possible Political Consequences of an Envisaged New Greek Loan Agreement It is painful to watch the mouthpieces of Greece’s…