Financial risk
PM urges ministers to identify risks to completion of gov’t plans
Caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas urged his ministers on Saturday to identify and mitigate potential problems that could emerge while carrying out their duties in the first full-length meeting of the caretaker cabinet at Maximos Mansion.
BEYOND unit bracing for increased risk of wildfires
With conditions indicating an increased fire risk this summer, the BEYOND operational unit of the Institute of Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens (IADET/EAA) issued a statement on Monday stressing it is in full operational readiness.
Clearing the uncertainty
The date of Greece's general elections should have already been announced. The country has been in campaign mode for weeks, which affects the work of ministers and the state.
The political uncertainty and the resulting risk preoccupy investors and markets. We now know when the Turkish elections will be held as well as the constitutional margins for holding elections here.
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Asia’s Sinking Cities (infographic)
They face the risk of serious floods by 2030
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Europeans are Closing Shops, squeezed by the Economic Crisis
For two years, businesses received significant government support because of the pandemic, but now rising energy and debt service costs, along with general inflationary pressures, are putting the recovery of small and medium-sized businesses at risk, EURACTIV writes.
Greek Social Security in the vortex of insurance risks
In the public debate on the social insurance in Greece, the fact that the insurance risk contained in an insurance system is equated with the investment risk of the financial markets and the capital markets raises questions and concerns.
Systemic risks to financial stability improving but remain elevated
Ljubljana – The general gravity of systemic risks to financial stability has been reduced as the economy has rebounded, but there are elevated risks stemming from the housing market and the long-term profitability of banks, according to the central bank’s latest Financial Stability Review.
Eurostat: Poverty risk in the EU – Where is Greece (infographic)
The south is at greater risk
Draft bill simplifying bureaucratic procedures welcomed by major parties in Greece
Regulations proposed reduce bureaucratic hurdles to a simple notification for a series of economic activities that have a low risk in terms of harming public interest
Low, medium-risk provinces to be allowed to ease curbs first
Provinces in Turkey classified under low and medium risk groups will be the first ones to be allowed to start easing COVID-19-related restrictions as the country is preparing to return to normal life in March.
The country's 81 provinces will be categorized as low, medium, high and very high risk based on infection rates and the vaccination process as well as other criteria.