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18/06/2020
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Griechenland verpasst sich eine Imagekorrektur

23/04/2020
Washington Post
Greece has been a coronavirus success, but it will be hit economically anyway

17/02/2020
PBS
In these parts of Greece, crisis is building between residents and migrants

2019

11/12/2019
Politico
Greek conservatives agitate for drastic response on refugees

21/10/19
Politico
Greece's half-miracle

08/10/19
Politico
Greece presents ‘radical’ pro-business budget

13/07/19
Bankier.pl
Symbol zastoju greckiej gospodarki ma stać się luksusową dzielnicą

09/07/19
BIRN
Clock already ticking for Greece's new government

08/07/19
The New York Times
Greece Liked to Underestimate Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Now He’s Prime Minister

08/07/19
FAZ
„Ideen, die einem großen Teil der Konservativen fremd sind“

08/07/19
NPR
Greek Voters Welcome Centrist Government, Reject Leftists Amid Long Financial Crisis

08/07/19
5W
Las ruinas de la austeridad Griega

08/07/19
The Independent
New prime minister faces uphill battle as country grapples with economic crisis, disillusionment and far-right

08/07/19
El Correo
El conservador Mitsotakis conquista la mayoría absoluta en Grecia

07/07/19
Publico
Mitsotakis prepara-se para vitória nas eleições gregas e quer “virar a página”

05/07/19
Deutschlandsfunk
Griechenland sucht nach Stabilität

05/07/19
The Washington Post
Greek elections are expected to bring a populist experiment to an end

05/07/19
DR
Fattige grækere til valg: De gamle skabere af gældskrisen står til at få magten igen

05/07/19
De Tijd
Teleurgestelde Grieken lusten linkse premier Tsipras niet langer

02/07/19
Trouw
Wat kwam er terecht van de beloften van Tsipras?

01/07/19
The National
Greece appears poised for era of New Democracy after decade of turmoil

27/06/19
The Wall Street Journal
Greece's voters turn to establishment amid Europe's populist wave

01/03/19
Deutschlandfunk
Die Krise ist noch nicht überwunden

13/01/19
BBC News
Greek government crisis over Macedonia name change

13/01/19
The Wall Street Journal
Greece Edges Toward Political Uncertainty Over Macedonia Deal

2018

20/08/18
Publico
Ainda não é o fim da história para a Grécia

21/08/18
The National
Greek exits bailout programme but much still to be done

22/06/18
The Wall Street Journal
Eurozone Gives Greece Some Debt Relief as Bailout Nears End

20/06/18
Expresso
Centeno tem nas mãos o futuro da Grécia

17/06/18
ARA
Macedònia del Nord, un part amb fòrceps

16/06/18
Expresso
Atenas consegue saída ‘limpa’

08/04/18
The National
Green shoots of recovery but little relief for Greeks

24/03/18
La Vanguardia
La larga travesía de Grecia

08/03/18
Washington Post
Battered for a decade, Greece feels an unexpected whiff of revival as Europe gains strength

23/02/18
Weekendavisen
Herre i eget hus?

06/02/18
NPR
For Two Countries, The Dispute Over Macedonia's Name Is Rooted In National Identity

2017

29/12/17
Dinheiro Vivo
O fim da tragédia grega já tem data marcada

12/12/17
Expresso
Se a Grécia tivesse beneficiado do programa do BCE, os juros poderiam estar abaixo dos portugueses

08/12/17
The World Weekly
Greece clears a path over its mountain of debt

06/12/17
Al Jazeera
Turkey, Greece and the era of 'Cold Peace'

10/2017
Monocle
"Piece by piece - Greece"

30/07/17
O Jornal Economico
Grecia ve a luz ao fundo do longo tunel da crise

26/07/17
Jornal de Negocios
"A próxima emissão será a mais importante"

16/05/17
Vecer
Grčija ostaja zadolžena, vlada optimistična

06/04/17
BBC World Service
Business Daily

10/03/2017
Orf
Das Zeitungssterben in Griechenland

26/02/2017
BBC News
Greeks bridle against 'never-ending' austerity

23/02/2017
Kathimerini
Why Greece’s crisis has broken all previous records

16/02/2017
Die Zeit
Tsipras im Dilemma

16/02/2017
The World Weekly
Playing with Greek fire

14/02/2017
Share Radio
Greek crisis escalates

07/02/2017
Bloomberg TV
IMF discusses bailout for Greece

02/02/2017
France 24
Greek debt drama: Is Grexit back on the table?

31/01/2017
JydskeVestkysten
Min græske familie og kampen mod krisen

03/01/2017
NRC
Griekse crisis kan in 2017 zomaar weer oplaaien

2016

23/12/2016
PBS
Why shopping on Sunday is a controversial economic idea in Greece

16/11/2016
Irish Times
Obama tells Greece: ‘Austerity alone cannot deliver prosperity’

15/11/2016
BBC News
President Obama in Greece - Facebook Live

14/11/2016
The New York Times
Greece, seeking dose of stability, is rattled by Trump's win

14/11/2016
The Guardian
Barack Obama calls for 'meaningful debt relief' for Greece

14/11/2016
Wall Street Journal
Obama Faces Task of Reassuring World Leaders on Trump

15/10/2016
BBC News
Will the Greek economy ever recover?

12/10/2016
Stuttgarter Zeitung
Keine Zweifel an der Führungsrolle

04/10/2016
Internazionale
Muri, rifugiati ed egoismi nazionali

03/10/2016
Estense.com
“L’immigrazione non è emergenza, ma manca la volontà politica di affrontarla”

14/09/2016
Bloomberg TV
Bailout Challenges: What's Ahead for Greece?

15/07/2016
Agenzia Nova
Grecia: con acquisizione di Trainose da parte di Fs italiane proseguono le privatizzazioni richieste dai creditori internazionali

11/07/2016
Greek News Agenda
Nick Malkoutzis on Media and the Greek Crisis

07/07/2016
NPR
With Brexit, Greeks Worry About Europe's Future And Their Place In It

06/07/2016
La Stampa
Atene un anno dopo si scopre europeista: “Temiamo la Brexit”

04/07/2016
Die Zeit
Wie aus dem Oxi ein Ja wurde

23/06/2016
Expresso
BCE levanta proibição aos bancos gregos

24/05/2016
Share Radio
IMF urges action on Greek debt

12/05/2016
Bloomberg TV
Why Greece Still Needs Debt Relief

10/05/2016
El Pais
Las variaciones del rescate griego

09/05/2016
Share Radio
Greece's bailout package update

09/05/2016
Share Radio
Greece approves new pension and tax reforms

08/05/2016
Aftenposten
Kan Tsipras styre Hellas unna reprise på fjorårets drama?

02/05/2016
La Tribune
Non, la Grèce n'a pas reçu l'aide à la Grèce...

01/05/2016
The Guardian
Europe's liberal illusions shatter as Greek tragedy plays on

29/04/2016
The Wall Street Journal
Greece, Germany, IMF: Someone Has To Blink

22/04/2016
Bloomberg TV
How Close Are Greece and Its Creditors to a Bailout Deal?

17/04/2016
La Rioja
Una inyección de legitimidad para Tsipras

14/04/2016
Sverige Radio
Grekiska regeringen tycker att medierna i landet är för negativa

11/04/2016
Expresso
Costa na Grécia: ato simbólico para “consumo interno” de Portugal ou jogada de mestre de Tsipras?

05/04/2016
Bloomberg Surveillance
Greek bailout packages come with conditionality

03/04/2016
Der Tagesspiegel
Tsipras nutzt die IWF-Abhöraffäre

02/04/2016
Expresso
FMI vai avisar Merkel de risco de Grexit e Brexit

18/03/206
Financial Times
Brussels Briefing: Waiting for Davutoglu

17/03/2016
EU Observer
Greek government rocked by nationalist row

11/03/2016
ARA
Tsipras, policia fronterer de la UE

09/03/2015
Share Radio
Bailout review & refugee crisis

07/03/2015
The National
Greek ‘brain drain’ risks economic recovery

06/03/2016
NOS
'Griekenland mag geen hotspot worden'

04/03/2016
The New York Times
Migrant Crisis Alters E.U. Calculations for Greece as Its Debt Struggle Continues

12/02/2016
Deutsche Welle
Griechenlands Flüchtlingsproblem

05/01/2016
Financial Times
Brussels Blog

2015

28/12/2015
NRC
De Grieken wacht meer pijn in 2016

08/12/2015
Der Tagesspiegel
Alexis Tsipras' karges Weihnachtsfest

06/12/2015
Reuters
Shortage of trust threatens Greece's comeback

27/11/2015
Barrron's
National Bank of Greece Halted, Stock Tumbled After Bond Swap

19/11/2015
Bloomberg
Are migrants a financial strain on Greece's economy?  

12/11/2015
CNBC
Payback time? Tsipras faces his first general strike

12/10/2015
Reuters
Pragmatic Tsipras postpones Greek revolution, trouble lurks

05/10/2015
La Tribune
Grèce : pourquoi Alexis Tsipras veut être le "bon élève" de la troïka

01/10/2015
Die Zeit
Griechenlands kurzer Frühling

28/09/2015
Sydsvenskan
Nytt normalläge i grekisk politik

21/09/2015
PBS
Greek election gamble pays off for Tsipras

20/09/2015
Washington Post
Syriza wins an emphatic victory in Greece and, with it, another chance

20/09/2015
Washington Times
Greece’s Tsipras on track for new term despite bailout woes

18/09/2015
The Wall Street Journal
Disillusioned Greeks hope for stability, and little else, from Sunday’s elections

18/09/2015
CNBC
Syriza's credibility has been shot to pieces

18/09/2015
The New York Times
Alexis Tsipras wields charm to appeal to jaded Greek voters

18/09/2015
The Irish Times
Greece must not return to the past, Tsipras warns

16/09/2015
The New York Times
Creditors loom over elections in Greece

15/09/2015
The Guardian
Greek election 2015: everything you need to know

21/08/2015
CNBC
Tsipras resignation necessary

21/08/2015
Newstalk
Rebel Syriza MPs break away to form Popular Unity party

20/08/2015
The Wall Street Journal
Alexis Tsipras Resigns, Clearing Way for Elections in Bid to Uphold Bailout Deal

12/08/2015
Der Tagesspiegel
Griechenland legt vor - Deutschland bremst

12/08/2015
BBC News
Greece's Tsipras risks red lines in eurozone deal

12/08/2015
The Huffington Post
What The Greek Government Isn't Saying About The New Bailout Deal

12/08/2015
Share Radio
Greece agrees bailout deal in principle

06/08/2015
The Guardian
Tsipras: Greece on 'final stretch' of talks with creditors over bailout deal

03/08/2015
Der Tagesspiegel
Sorge um die Wirtschaft

23/07/2015
The Guardian
Greek debt crisis: vote clears way for bailout talks

22/07/2015
Huffington Post
The Mystery Of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' Popularity Even After Austerity

22/07/2015
Der Tagesspiegel
Worum es bei der Abstimmung in Athen geht

22/07/2015
NPR
Can Greece Get A Handle On Its Notorious Tax System?

21/07/2015
The New York Times
Alexis Tsipras Transforms Himself as He Sells Greek Bailout Terms

19/07/2015
NPR
Greeks Cling To Euro, But Dream Of The Drachma

18/07/2015
Associated Press
Greece does about-face, pledges big privatization push

17/07/2015
Publico
Tsipras substituiu contestatários no Governo

15/07/2015
Handelszeitung
Griechen «zu schwach, um Widerstand zu leisten»

14/07/2015
BBC News
Tough test for PM Tsipras

14/07/2015
Share Radio
Greek developments

13/07/2015
The Guardian
Greece’s rescue package: utter humiliation or disaster averted?

13/07/2015
De Morgen
Premier ligt zwaar onder vuur binnen eigen coalitie

13/07/2015
CNBC
Greeks 'feel humiliated' by lenders

13/07/2015
ABC
Greeks digest new bailout deal

13/07/2015
CBC News
Greece crisis: Country needs far more debt life than claimed, IMF leak reveals

12/07/2015
Expresso
Líderes europeus aplaudem acordo com a Grécia

11/07/2015
Bloomberg TV
Majority of Greeks want to stay in the eurozone

10/07/2015
Bloomberg TV
Greece on the Brink: What'd You Miss?

09/07/205
Financial Times
Greece currency swap faces rocky road

08/07/2015
MNI - Euro Insight
Five Years of Crisis Management in Greece Have Come Down to Five Days

07/07/2015
Bloomberg TV
The History and Politics of Greece's Financial Troubles

07/07/2015
Aftonbladet
Här är länderna i EU som är fattigare än Grekland

07/07/2015
Politiken
Grækenland skifter stil

06/07/2015
Irish Times
Eight reasons why Greeks so emphatically voted No

06/07/2015
The New York Times
Greek ‘No’ May Have Its Roots in Heroic Myths and Real Resistance

06/07/2015
PBS
After landslide vote, Greece prepares for new EU negotiations

06/07/2015
Financial Times
Greeks deserve more than threats of further hardship

06/07/2015
The Washington Post
Greeks reject bailout terms; finance minister steps down

06/07/2015
Financial Times
Greeks dance but Alexis Tsipras faces a big test

05/07/2015
El Punt Avui
“S'ha posat massa pressió sobre la societat grega”

05/07/2015
EU Observer
Did Tsipras always want a euro exit?

05/07/2015
Telegram
Upravo su zatvorena glasačka mjesta

04/07/2015
CBCNews
Greek referendum voters unclear on question, potential aftermath

04/07/2015
La Gaceta de Negocios
'Es mejor seguir en Europa, de cualquier otra forma será todo peor'

03/07/2015
El Pais
Nick Malkoutzis, premio Ernest Udina a la trayectoria europeísta

03/07/2015
La Vanguardia
"Los griegos no saben qué votan mañana"

03/07/2015
Ara
“La societat grega està polaritzada i estem esgotant el sistema”

03/07/2015
Istoe
Horas de desespero

02/07/2015
Share Radio
Atmosphere in Greece following IMF default

02/07/2015
Expresso
A forca de uma imagem

02/07/2015
Financial Times
Capital controls squeeze a suffocating Greece economy

01/07/2015
Al Jazeera America
Who is really being bailed out in Greece?

30/06/2015
New York Times
Greek Referendum Plan by Alexis Tsipras Tests His Power and Conviction

30/06/2015
Irish Times
Tsipras rejects idea of No vote leading inevitably to Grexit

29/06/2015
Financial Times
Eurozone leaders take co-ordinated gamble with response to Athens

25/06/2015
ABC Radio National
Greek default countdown

23/06/2015
Expresso
Tsipras aumenta contribuições. Corta na Defesa e nas reformas antecipadas

22/06/2015
CNBC
Can Tsipras calm the Greek public?

22/06/2015
Channel 4
Greece on the edge one last time?

19/06/2015
The Guardian
'Tsipras has a bus full of people and has to change the wheel while driving'

19/06/2015
Politico
With ‘knife at its throat,’ Athens chills

17/06/2015
The Guardian
'Making us poorer won't save Greece': how pension crisis is hurting its people

16/06/2015
Die Zeit
Griechenland braucht eine funktionierende Armee

16/06/2015
N-TV
Griechenland in der Geisterbahn

15/06/2015
The Guardian
Unsustainable futures? The Greek pensions dilemma explained

05/06/2015
ABC
Greece seeks more time to repay debt

05/06/2015
Die Zeit
Ökonomen warnen vor Zugeständnissen an Griechenland

05/06/2015
Publico
Tsipras dá mais um passo em desafio aos credores

05/06/2015
EU Observer
Tsipras to call for national unity on bailout talks

05/06/2015
Politico
The silver lining in Greece’s collapse

05/06/2015
Share Radio
What's next for Greece after delaying its IMF repayment?

31/05/2015
New York Times
As Insults Fly in the Greek and German Media, Some Wish for Less News

18/05/2015
Deutsche Welle
Griechen zwischen Apathie und Angst

15/05/2015
Deutsche Welle
Financially strapped Greeks quietly prepare for the worst

15/05/2015
Politico Europe
Greece's pinched pennies

03/05/2015
La Razon
Cien días de gobierno de Tsipras: 30.000 millones de euros menos

28/04/2014
Daily Telegraph
Is this the man to replace Yanis Varoufakis as Greece's new finance minister?

28/04/2015
Wall Street Journal
Greece weakens Yanis Varoufakis’s influence in bailout talks

24/04/2015
Stern
"Tsipras kratzt die letzten Cent zusammen"

24/04/2015
Kauppalehti
Kreikan elinkeinoministeri: Tarvitsemme vielä useamman miljardin

23/04/2015
AdnKronos
Grecia: Giakoumis (MacroPolis), a luglio senza soldi, serve accordo politico

16/04/2015
Wall Street Journal
Europe Braces for Brinkmanship Over Greece as Country Moves ‘Ever Closer to the Abyss’

16/04/2015
EU Observer
Greece: too much talk, not enough vision

09/04/2014
Die Zeit
Athen steht mit dem Rücken zur Wand

08/04/2015
Der Tagesspiegel
"Dieser Druck ist nicht zielführend"

08/04/2015
Wirtschafts Woche
"Putin kann Tsipras gar nicht finanziell unterstützen"

07/04/2015
CNBC
Greece on warpath for damages as crisis grows

31/03/2015
Financial Times
The Greek reform list: the best is yet to come?

25/03/2015
Al Jazeera America
Privatization calls find Greece caught between creditors and voters

23/03/2015
Wall Street Journal
Greeks investigate statistics chief over deficit figure

23/03/2015
Bloomberg
Greece’s German-built money hall reveals unity, divide over euro

19/03/2015
New York Times
The gesture that turned a fiscal crisis into Twitter fodder — or fid it?

13/03/2015
New Yorker
It’s time for the EU to stop bullying Greece

10/08/2015
Share Radio
Greece and the Eurogroup

08/03/2015
The Guardian
Greece threatens new elections if eurozone rejects planned reforms

04/03/2015
Financial Times
Athens faces uphill struggle despite eurozone deal

26/02/2015
Share Radio
Greek reforms talk

24/02/2015
Bloomberg TV
Greece awaits verdict on economic proposals

24/02/2015
Die Zeit
Griechenland: Endlich wehrt sich mal jemand

23/02/2015
CNN
Greeks react to bailout extension

22/02/2015
El Mundo
Grecia: una pausa en la incertidumbre

19/02/2015
Die Zeit
Europa sollte Griechenland beim Wort nehmen

17/02/2015
CNBC
Greece: The Achilles heel driving EU talks

11/02/2015
Die Zeit
Wer gegen Tsipras ist, ist gegen ganz Griechenland

10/02/2015
Share Radio
Analysis of Greece's four point plan for debt restructuring

09/02/2015
The Telegraph
Greece's leaders stun Europe with escalating defiance

09/02/2015
Associated Press TV
Reaction to Greek PM's plans to end austerity

09/02/2015
Deutsche Welle
Tsipras' strategy gives Greeks a voice

06/02/2015
Die Zeit
Wohin die Griechenland-Milliarden fließen

06/02/2015
Capital Radio
Lo del BCE es política

05/02/2015
Bruegel
ECB collateral damages on Greece

04/02/2015
Reuters Breaking Views
Truth helps

02/02/2015
CCTV America
The Heat

31/01/2015
Irish Times
Angela Merkel rejects any debt writedown for Greece

31/01/2015
Irish Times
Greek government rejects any debt negotiations with ‘anti-European’ troika

29/01/2015
Die Zeit
Das Loch wird mit jedem Tag größer

29/01/2015
Daily Mail
Should Greece be forgiven some of its debts - or should it just leave the eurozone?

28/01/2015
Associated Press
Greece, eurozone creditors gear up for clash over bailout

28/01/2015
The Independent
Greece elections: In times like these, the EU has far more dangerous adversaries than Syriza

27/01/2015
Financial Times
Greek debt and a default of statesmanship

27/01/2015
Capital Radio
“Esperábamos que Syriza ganase y que formaran coalición”

27/01/2015
BBC News Online
How optimistic are Greeks feeling about the future?

26/01/2015
Washington Post
A young, impatient leftist is Greece’s defiant new face

22/01/2015
Wall Street Journal
How Greece and Germany brought Europe’s long-simmering crisis back to a boil

21/01/2015
New York Times
New party harnesses discontent in Greece

20/01/2015
La Tribune
Grèce : à quel jeu jouent les banques?

20/01/2015
The Guardian
Greece Election 2015: the politics and economics in numbers

19/01/2015
Share Radio UK
Morning Money

19/01/2015
Radio Bremen
Griechenland: "Linkspartei wird zur Volkspartei"

19/01/2015
Capital Radio
“Este mes se prevee en Grecia una salida de depósitos de casi cuatro mil millones de euros”

16/01/2015
La Tribune
Grèce : faute d'alliés, Alexis Tsipras doit conquérir la majorité absolue

15/01/2015
Il Post
In Grecia si vota tra 10 giorni

14/01/2015
Financial Times
Size of Greece's debt limits scope for solutions

08/01/2015
Frankfurter Rundschau
Wo sind die Milliarden hin?

08/01/2015
New York Times - Dealbook
Voices join Greek left’s call for a New Deal on debt

06/01/14
Financial Times - Alphaville
Further reading

03/01/14
ARA
Syriza, entre el possible i l’impossible

2014

30/12/14
El Mundo
La inestabilidad en el horizonte

30/12/2014
Info Radio Berlin
'In Griechenland steht viel auf dem Spiel'

30/12/14
La Stampa
“Ma adesso l’opposizione dimostri di sapere governare”

30/12/14
Deutschlandfunk Radio Kultur
Interview with Jens Bastian

29/12/14
Washington Post
Greek impasse forces early elections and fears of a return to euro crisis

29/12/14
Consenso del Mercado
“Si SYRIZA quiere mejorar el acuerdo con los acreedores de Grecia, tendrá que ofrecer algo a cambio"

29/12/14
Al Jazeera
Greece to hold snap elections

29/12/14
The Corner
“If SYRIZA wants to obtain a better deal from Greece’s lenders, it will have to offer something in return”

29/12/14
El Diario
El enigma griego no acabará con las nuevas elecciones

29/12/14
Business Insider
Greece's leading prime ministerial candidate could throw Europe back Into crisis

29/12/14
Capital Radio, Spain
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24/12/14
Irish Times
Greek presidential vote goes to third round

23/12/14
MSNBC
Greek PM Samaras' challenges in presidential election

11/12/14
Business Insider
Greece's election chaos is sending markets crashing again

10/12/14
BBC Radio 4
Today programme

09/12/14
New York Times
In political gamble, Greek premier speeds up presidential vote

09/12/14
Bloomberg Businessweek
Why the Greek stock market is crashing again

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Terms & conditions

WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS

1. Description of the Services  

1.1 We welcome you to Macropolis.gr a website (hereinafter “The Website”) and a subscription service (hereinafter “The Service”) that belongs to the company MacroPolis Ltd (hereinafter “The Company” or “Macropolis.gr”). The users / visitors of the Website and the subscribers of the Subscription Service shall read carefully the terms of use and the pre-conditions for the provision of the services that follow before visiting or using the Website and the Service. In case they do not agree, they should not use the site, otherwise it is implied that they accept this Terms of Use Agreement (hereinafter “this Agreement”) and that they consent. These Terms of Use apply in relation to the entire content of Macropolis.gr. The Contracting Parties to this Agreement are the user / visitor of the Website and / or the subscriber, on one side, and the Company, on the other side.

1.2. Macropolis.gr can at any time amend the terms of use and the users of the Website and/or the subscribers of the Service shall each time they visit the Website inspect for any amendments. In case the users of the Website and/or the subscribers of the Service continue to use Macropolis.gr following amendments to the terms and conditions it is considered that they accept the terms and conditions as amended.

1.3. The Website consists of the following sections (1) Home, (2) Politics, (3) Economy, (4) Society, (5) Statistics, (6) Charts, (7) Documents, (8) Newsletters and (9) Media. Access to them is subject to an agreement for the provision of the Subscription Service. Moreover, the Website contains a blog named “The Agora”. Regarding the relation between the Website and the Subscription Service, it is possible that in the future the content of the newsletter, i.e. part of the subscription Service, will be disclosed and be made available for free access to the users / visitors of the Website after a certain period of time, after it was made available to the subscribers for a fee. The exact scope and content of the phrase “certain period of time” will be decided in the future by the Company,

2. Login and License

2.1. Use of The Website is fee liable following a registration process.

3. Legal Nature of the Service

3.1. Macropolis.gr provides timely, accurate and independent analysis of events and developments in Greece at the extremely challenging time of the economic crisis for the country which moved Greece from relative obscurity to international prominence taking fully into account political, economic and societal complexities instead of clichés. The analysis is compiled by experienced professionals who have not just observed the crisis in Greece and Europe but have lived the crisis and thus provides a real insight into developments in Greece. Macropolis.gr does not aim to give investment advice but hopes the intelligence it supplies will be useful for investors as well as analysts, policy-makers, academics, journalists and anyone who would like to understand Greece better. Macropolis.gr is self-financed and is not affiliated to any political party or financial institution. The Agora is a public forum for discussing events that are unfolding in Greece and beyond. Contributors to The Agora, as well as guest posters, share their views on political, economic and other matters, while also offering readers the opportunity to express their opinions.

3.2. Macropolis.gr is not a news site and does not fall under the scope of the regulation of the press and the Laws No. 2328/1995 and does not have civil liability to pay damages according to Law No. 1178/1981. Agora is not a news blog and it does not fall under the scope of the regulation of the press.

3.3. The Company has the right to discontinue (download) the content display temporarily or permanently or proceed to the foreclosure of a user / visitor anytime and especially immediately after it becomes aware of any breach of this Agreement.

3.4. In any case that anyone wants to make any disclosure to the Company against any third party for the discontinuation of content display (notice and take down process), in the legally foreseen, should take every possible care to ensure the grounds are sufficient and concern a specific content posted from a specific user.

3.5. In any case, the Company should be provided at least those items that will be able to support the notification and to avoid unjustified, unsubstantiated, untrue and unfair disclosures. If there is any damage to The Company because of the actions to which The Company proceeded due to the notice of a third person, this person assumes responsibility for covering the damage and any related expenses of the Company.

3.6. It is understood that The Company is required to download the content display in the event of a command or application or decision by a competent authority or Court.

4. Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights

4.1. The entire content of Macropolis.gr, including, but not limited to, texts, news, graphics, photographs, illustrations, pictures, services and any kind of files is protected by copyright, is owned by the Company and is governed by national and international copyright law except the content that is explicitly recognized to be an intellectual and/or industrial right of others (indicatively, the photos contained in macropolis.gr). Access and use of the website does not give rise to any right provided by copyright or trademark law. For this reason it is prohibited to reproduce in whole or in part, duplicate, copy, translate, republish material from this website (including republication on another site),  store, sell, rent or sub-license material from the website, transmit, distribute, publish, show any material from the website in public, exploit material on this website for a commercial purpose, perform, "load ", translate, edit or modify any material on the website in any way without the express prior written consent of the Company. Exceptionally, users are allowed to reproduce parts of the content to a personal computer and print pages from the website for personal use, download for caching purposes only, without the intention of any commercial use and always under the condition that the source of origin is mentioned, without implying in any way that by such use intellectual property rights in the content are granted. Any use including framing, meta tags or other text utilizing the Company’s trademarks, or other trademarks displayed, is strictly prohibited without the Company’s express written consent.

4.2. Whatever else is contained in the pages of Macropolis.gr and is a registered trademark or third party intellectual property right belongs to the area of ​​responsibility of the third party and has nothing to do with Macropolis.gr. In case of violation of intellectual property rights of the Company the legal provisions on the enforcement of intellectual property rights apply and civil, administrative and criminal penalties are threatened as provided for in Law n. 2121/1993.

5. Provision of the Service

5.1. Registered subscribers of the Website have access to all sections depending on the subscription option they have chosen. Registered subscribers also have access to the newsletter in the mobile application, the Website section and electronic mail. The Agora section of the Website is offered to the public free of charge. 

6. Modification / Termination of the Service

6.1. The Company reserves the right to proceed in its sole discretion at any time to any modification on the Website, how it works, the content, the way of service, the terms of use, etc. mainly for purposes of improving the offered service without an obligation to notify users.

6.2. The Company reserves the right to choose, add, remove and modify at its absolute discretion the content of the Website and to remove the content which is added / created by the user mainly for purposes of improving the offered service. The Company cannot intervene with the content created by third parties.

6.3. Similarly, the Company reserves the right to proceed at any time and at its sole discretion to a temporary or permanent closure / suspension of the Website without an obligation to notify the users / visitors of the Website as opposed to the subscribers. Finally, the Company reserves the right to modify at any time without prior notice this Agreement. This Agreement will enter into full effect / be valid once it is posted to the Website.

7. Users’ / visitors’ Obligations   - Acceptable use

7.1. The visitor / user of the Website shall: a) Comply with all the provisions governing communications; b) refrain from any illegal or unauthorized use of the content and services of the Website or any use which is in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity c) refrain from using the website in any way that causes, or may cause damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website d) refrain from using the website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, or any other malicious computer software e) refrain from conducting any systematic or automated data collection activities on or in relation to this website without the Company’s written consent f) use the site for any purpose related to marketing without the Company’s express written consent. He must also behave in a decent and discreet manner during his visit and use the Website, while the adoption of practices of unfair competition or practices that conflict with appropriate behaviour is expressly prohibited. Any damage caused to the Company or generally resulting from poor or improper use of the Website by the user / visitor goes back to the user’s / visitor’s sole responsibility.

8. User Content

8.1. In these terms of use, “user content” means material (including without limitation text, images, audio material, video material and audio-visual material) that the visitor/user of the website submits to this website, for whatever purpose.

8.2. The visitor/user of the website grants to the Company a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute the user content in any existing or future media. The visitor/ user also grants to the Company the right to sub-license these rights, and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights. The Company may remove, edit or amend any such material at any time without notice to the user. The Company will also have the right to disclose the user’s identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by the User to the Company’s site constitutes a violation of their rights including without limitation their intellectual property rights, reputational rights or of their right to privacy.

8.3. The user content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any third party's legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action whether against the user/visitor or the Company or a third party (in each case under any applicable law). 

8.4. The user/visitor must not submit any user content to the website that is or has ever been the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar complaint.

8.5. The Company reserves the right to edit or remove any material submitted to this website, or stored on the Company’s servers, or hosted or published upon this website.

8.6. Notwithstanding the Company’s rights under these terms and conditions in relation to user content, the Company does not undertake to monitor the submission of such content to, or the publication of such content on, this website.

9. Limitation of Liability

9.1. The Company, without a warranty, and therefore without incurring any liability, exerts maximum effort to ensure that all information and content of the Website is correct, accurate, clear, timely, complete and available. The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused to the visitor / user as a result of visiting / using the Website including (i) direct loss or consequential damage of the user/visitor or third parties who derive their rights from the user/visitor such as business loss, loss of revenue, income, profits or anticipated savings, loss of contracts or business relationships, loss of reputation or goodwill, or loss or corruption of information or data (ii) direct loss or consequential damage of users/visitors that breach the present terms and conditions and (iii) any liability caused by a force majeure event. The Company’s liability is solely restricted to liability for death or personal injury arising from gross negligence or malicious intent. The information and services are provided "as is" without any express or implied warranty, including those of merchantability or fitness, which are explicitly denied by the Company. The Company under no circumstances guarantees the uninterrupted or error-free provision of services and content or even the lack of "bugs" neither of the Website nor of any other site or server through which the user / visitor of the Website receives the content of the Company or to which the Website links.

9.2. The Website is also not responsible in any way, directly or indirectly, to provide any incentive, inducement or advice to users / visitors of the Website to perform any act but instead it is at the discretion of the users / visitors to evaluate what information they receive and to act based on their own will, without any liability of the Website.

9.3. The Company is not responsible for the content and services of other websites to which it provides hyperlinks nor guarantees their availability. Problems that may arise during the visit / use of other websites to which the Website links / points are sole responsibility of the respective websites, to which users / visitors of the Website must refer to. Reference to other sites is done for the convenience of users / visitors of the Website and in no way creates any kind of commitment for anyone and any form of responsibility for the Company.

9.4. The users of the Agora blog must observe the rules of good behavior and decency and not engage in illegal or immoral acts and comments. The Website reserves the right to prohibit or stop the use of the Agora blog by users in case of violation of these rules. The Company in no way can be considered that accepts or endorses in any way the views, personal ideas or concepts that are expressed in the Agora blog by the users.

10. Breach of the terms and conditions

10.1 Without prejudice to the Company’s other rights under these terms and conditions, if the user/visitor breaches these terms and conditions in any way, the Company may take such action as the Company deems appropriate to deal with the breach, including prohibiting the user/visitor from accessing the website, contacting the internet service provider to request that they block the user’s/visitor’s access to the website and/or bringing court proceedings against the user/visitor.

10.2 The user/visitor is obliged to compensate the Company for any damage sustained due to infringement by the user/visitor of intellectual property rights or personal data of third parties, illegal use of the website, breach of the present terms and conditions or judicial decision rendered in this regard (including judicial fees).

11. Assignment

11.1 The Company may deal with its rights and obligations under the terms of use without notifying the user/visitor or obtaining his consent.

12. Αpplicable Law and Jurisdiction

12.1. It is expressly agreed herein that in any dispute that may arise in the future from the application of this Agreement the applicable law is the Greek law and the competent courts are the courts of Athens.

13. Other Terms and Conditions

13.1. This Agreement is governed by the provisions of the Regulations and Directives of European Law and relevant international and national provisions applicable in Greece. If any provision is held to be contrary to law and therefore void or voidable, shall automatically lapse, without in any way affecting the remaining terms. No modification of the terms hereof shall be taken into account and be a part of it, unless expressed in writing and incorporated herein. The Company shall not be held responsible for any delay or failure to comply with its obligations under these conditions if the delay or failure arises from any cause which is beyond the Company’s reasonable control including reasons of Force Majeure.

13.2. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes any prior written or oral agreement, understanding or negotiation between them. This Agreement can only be amended only in writing. Αll documents or writings permitted or required under this Agreement will be sent via e-mail, fax, mail (express or registered) to the respective addresses which were notified most recently.

 

SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE TERMS & CONDITIONS

1. Description of the services

1.1. We welcome you to Macropolis.gr a website (hereinafter “the Website”) and a subscription service (hereinafter “the Service”) that belongs to the company MacroPolis Ltd (hereinafter “the Company” or “Macropolis.gr”). The subscribers to the Subscription Service shall read carefully the terms of use of this Terms and Conditions Agreement (hereinafter “this Agreement”) and the pre-conditions for the provision of the services that follows before subscribing to the Service. In case they do not agree, they should not use the Service, otherwise it is implied that they agree and that they consent. These Terms of Use apply in relation to the entire content of Macropolis.gr.

Activation Date is the date on which the Subscriber completes the order and acquires access to the Service. This Agreement is the License Agreement that concerns / applies to the single computer through which the Subscriber chooses to have access to the Service. Subscriber information is data and other electronic files which have been in the database held for the Subscriber, in the context of the provision of The Service.

1.2. Macropolis.gr can at any time amend the terms of use of this Agreement and the subscribers of the Service shall each time they visit macropolis.gr inspect for any amendments. In case the users of the Website and/or the subscribers of the Service continue to use Macropolis.gr following amendments to the terms and conditions it is considered that they accept the terms and conditions as amended.

1.3. The subscription service consists of the following options: (1) the Standard Access and (2) the Full Access. The Standard Access includes (a) a weekly newsletter that will be delivered to the subscribers via e-mail, mobile application and/or login to the Website, (b) access to all sections of the Website including the Statistics, Charts and Documents sections and, finally, (c) a daily e-mail bulletin that will be sent to the subscribers in case an important development happens before the weekly delivery of the newsletter to the subscribers. The Full Access is a tailor – made service for professionals. Subscribers choosing the second option will receive everything included in the Standard package plus one on one access to our analysts via teleconference once every quarter. Everything that remains outside of the context described above will form part of the service that will remain free to which the public at large will have free access.

1.4. The delivery options of the weekly newsletter and of the bulletin are (1) by e-mail, (2) by login to the Website and (3) by means of a mobile application. Subscribers will have access to a read-only format of the newsletter (and bulletin), irrespectively of the method of delivery. Subscribers will be able to access the statistics and the charts sections only by login to the Website.  

1.5. Regarding the relation between the Website and the Subscription Service, it shall be noted that it is possible that in the future the content of the newsletter will be disclosed and be made available for free after a certain period of time after it was made available to the subscribers for a fee.

1.6. The newsletter will be sent weekly, every Friday, with the exception of Public / Legal / Mandatory Holidays, including the 25^th of March, the Monday following the Easter Sunday, the 15^th of August and the 25^th of December, when they happen to be on a Friday. In this case, the newsletter will not be issued. Content regarding the developments of the week in which a newsletter was not sent to the subscribers will be put in the following in line newsletter, i.e. the newsletter of the following week.

As regards the section “statistics”, in particular, it is comprised by statistics issued by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), the Bank of Greece, Finance Ministry and others. The Company does not claim copyright in the statistics per se but in the database i.e the collection of the works and the value added service of the provision of the statistics gathered and presented in a comparative way by means of a calendar and depending on the “Type” of the statistic. In particular, there are nine hundred and thirty two “Types” of statistics, e.g. Interest Rates on Bank Deposits and Loans, Markit Manufacturing PMI, Turnover Index in Retail Trade, etc. Macropolis, has defined several “Types” and evaluates the statistics according to the Type they belong. Then the service consists in the presentation to the subscriber of the statistics they search for in accordance to the existing Types and for the period of interest to the subscriber, i.e. “past releases”, “upcoming releases”, “all releases”, the latter concerning all the releases for years 2013, 2014. The aforementioned releases are further categorized into the ones of “this week”, “past week”, “this month”, “past month” and “this year”.  Moreover, there is an “Upcoming Releases Calendar” which states which upcoming announcements are due and when in order to inform the subscribers in accordance to their interests. For example, a subscriber may choose to see the statistics of the Type of “Building Activity” for a period concerning “past releases” and, in particular, “This Week” in which case the service consists in the value added service of finding the respective content.

1.7 The Full Access Subscription Package includes one on one access to our analysts via teleconference. In specific, it provides the Subscriber with the option to initiate one call for each quarter to our analysts, the quarter being defined as a three-month period starting from the first of January and ending the last day of the last month of the three month period. When the last day of the quarter is a Public/Legal/ Mandatory holiday, the deadline ends at the end of the next day. Once one quarter is over, the Subscriber can only initiate the calls for the remaining quarters. Our Company is neither obliged to initiate a call if the Subscriber chooses not to do so, nor to provide a refund to the Subscriber if the latter does not initiate one of the calls he is entitled to.

2. Login and License to use The Service

2.1. The provision of services by the Company to the users is possible only after the user registration and account opening user. Registration and Membership is fee-based, personal, non-transferable and non-assignable. The Subscriber will receive a password for each license that creates and will be able to access the Service only through his / her electronic mail address and the security code and only for the number of licenses that are stated in the Application Form for the Subscription Service. The right to use licensed content under the present terms of use belongs only to the Subscriber in the sense that access of any third party without the consent of the Subscriber is prohibited. In case the Subscriber is a legal entity it has to notify the Company about the authorized persons which will have access to the Subscription Service. The Subscriber may change the data only through his/her user code (user name) and password security (password).

2.2. The service is directed only to adults and in people who have full legal capacity. The use of The Service by minors over 14 years and access to third party web content is only possible through the persons exercising parental authority or guardianship of the minor.

2.3. In order to login, the subscriber must complete the part of the subscriber requested information which is necessary, relevant and appropriate for The Service which the subscriber asks on his own initiative by the Company. The subscriber is obliged to state information that is true, accurate, current, and which has been acquired legally. The subscriber is solely responsible for the accuracy, truth and updating of information that indicates the account opening, as the Company does not make any crosscheck or verification of reported information by the subscriber. The collection of information requested by the Company during the subscriber registration is solely to enable the provision of the above described service to subscribers i.e. to display content to subscribers.

2.4. The access codes used to identify you on the basis of the information you provided during registration are a) Username (e-mail address or username) and b) the Personal Security Password (password), which provide secure access to your personal information each time you fill. You can modify the above access codes whenever and as often as you wish. The only person who has access to the subscriber’s information is the subscriber through the aforementioned access codes and the subscriber is the sole responsible for maintaining the secrecy of the access codes and for concealing them from third parties. When a Subscriber logs in the website it is deemed that his/her identity is true and verified. In case of loss or leakage the Subscriber should immediately inform / warn the Company in writing. However, the Subscriber bears sole responsibility for any damage sustained by himself or the Company from the unauthorized use of the access codes. . Subscribers are solely responsible for any act done in their account using their username and password as well as for any loss or damage done to the subscriber himself or to a third party by via his account. Subscribers are recommended for security reasons to change the aforementioned access code at regular intervals and to avoid using the same access codes as well as easily detectable access codes, using, where possible, not only letters and numbers but also symbols in order to create their passwords.

2.5. A personal, non-transferable, non-exploitable, annual, for his/her private use only license to access the content of the Service on these terms and conditions, is provided to the subscriber when the latter accepts these terms and conditions and registers in the Service. It is expressly forbidden to the subscriber to use the content of the Service for any commercial or illegal exploitation. Indicatively, it is not permitted to forward, share or distribute the newsletter and to make commercial use of the newsletter material unless the specific content / material is made freely available (e.g. a particular chart) via the Website or social media accounts of the Company.

2.6. According to the terms of The Service, the subscriber is allowed to reproduce content of the Service solely for private use, non-commercial purposes in accordance with what copyright legislation provides.

3. Legal Nature of the Service – Limitation of Liability

3.1. Macropolis.gr provides timely, accurate and independent analysis of events and developments in Greece at the extremely challenging time of the economic crisis for the country which moved Greece from relative obscurity to international prominence taking fully into account political, economic and societal complexities and not clichés. The analysis is compiled by experienced professionals who have not just observed the crisis in Greece and Europe but have lived the crisis and thus provides a real insight into developments in Greece. Macropolis.gr does not aim to give investment advice but hopes the intelligence it supplies will be useful for investors as well as analysts, policy-makers, academics, journalists and anyone who would like to understand Greece better. Macropolis.gr is self-financed and is not affiliated to any political party or financial institution. The subscription Service is not a news subscription service and therefore does not fall under the scope of the regulation of the press and the Laws No. 2328/1995 and does not have civil liability to pay damages according to Law No. 1178/1981.

3.2. The company has the right to discontinue (download) the content display temporarily or permanently or proceed to the foreclosure of a user / visitor anytime and especially immediately after it becomes aware of any breach of the terms of this Agreement. In any case that anyone wants to make any disclosure to the Company against any third party for the discontinuation of content display (notice and take down process), in the legally foreseen, should take every possible care to ensure the grounds are sufficient and concern a specific content posted from a specific user.

3.3. In any case, the Company should be provided at least those items that will be able to support the notification and to avoid unjustified, unsubstantiated, untrue and unfair disclosures. If there is any damage to the Company because of the actions to which The Company proceeded due to the notice of a third person, this person assumes responsibility for covering the damage and any related expenses of the Company.

3.4. The Company is required to download the content display in the event of a command or application or decision by a competent authority or Court.

4. Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights

4.1. The entire content of The Service, including, but not limited to, texts, news, graphics, photographs, illustrations, pictures, services and any kind of files is protected by copyright, is owned by the Company and is governed by national and international copyright and trademark law except the content that is explicitly recognized to be an intellectual and/or industrial right of others (indicatively, the photos contained in macropolis.gr). Access and use of the website does not give rise to any right provided by copyright or trademark law. For this reason it is prohibited to reproduce, in whole or in part, duplicate, copy, translate, republish material from this website (including republication on another site),  store, sell, rent or sublicense material from this website, transmit, distribute, publish, show any material from the website in public, exploit material on this website for a commercial purpose, perform, "load ", translate, edit or modify any material on the website in any way without the express prior written consent of the Company. Subscribers are prohibited to engage in any unlawful act which may undermine the rights of the Company. Indicatively, they should not undermine the Company’s exclusive right to authorise or prohibit direct or indirect, temporary or permanent reproduction by any means and in any form, in whole or in part of the Service’s content; they should not undermine the Company’s exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the adaptation of the work, i.e. the Service’s content; they should not undermine the Company’s exclusive right to authorise or prohibit any communication to the public of the Service’s content, by wire or wireless means, including the making available to the public of such content in such a way that members of the public may access it from a place and at a time individually chosen by them; they should not undermine the Company’s exclusive right to authorise or prohibit any form of distribution to the public by sale or otherwise the Service’s content; they should not undermine the Company’s exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the translation of the Service’s content; they should not undermine the Company’s exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the renting and public lending of the original or copies of the Service’s content; they should not undermine the Company’s exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the public performance of the Service’s content; they should not undermine the Company’s exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the transmission or retransmission of the Service’s content to the public by radio and television, by electromagnetic waves or cables or pipes or other material in any other way, parallel to the surface of the land or through satellites; they should not engage in any other act that contracts to the exclusive rights of the Company to the Service’s content and to this Agreement. Exceptionally, subscribers are allowed to reproduce parts of the content and print pages from the website for personal and non-commercial use, download for caching purposes only and always under the condition that the source of origin is mentioned, without implying in any way that by such use intellectual property rights in the content are granted to the subscribers. Any use including framing, meta tags or other text utilizing the Company’s trademarks, or other trademarks displayed, is strictly prohibited without the Company’s express written consent.

4.2. Whatever else is contained in the pages of the Service and is a registered trademark or third party intellectual property right belongs to the area of​responsibility of this third party and has nothing to do with the Company. In case of violation of intellectual property rights of The Company the legal provisions on the enforcement of intellectual property rights apply and civil, administrative and criminal penalties are threatened as provided in Law n.2121/1993. Moreover, the circumvention of technological measures and of rights management information is prohibited in accordance with the current national and European legislation.

5. Provision of the Subscription Service – Payment - Subscription

5.1. The Service is provided by the Company to subscribers for a fee. Details of the subscription packages can be found here: http://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.subscriptions

5.2. The Company does not guarantee that the provision of this service will continue to be offered under the same economic / financial terms. In case that the Company changes the amount or the method of payment, such changes will be preceded by prior notice by the Company. The Company reserves the right to suspend the subscriber’s account in case it changes the amount or method of payment without prior notice. The Subscriber has the right to terminate the agreement if he does not agree with the new financial terms following payment of any outstanding debts..

6. Modification of the Service 

6.1. The Company reserves the right to proceed to a modification of the Service, of how it works, of the content, of the way the service is delivered, of the terms of use, etc. incurring an obligation to notify users.

6. 2. The Company reserves the right to choose, add, remove and modify the content of The Service incurring an obligation to notify users. The Company cannot intervene with the content created by third parties. Similarly, the Company reserves the right to temporarily or permanently close / suspend the provision of the Service incurring an obligation to notify subscribers. Finally, the Company reserves the right to modify at any time with prior notice this Agreement. This Agreement will enter into full effect / be valid once they are posted to the Website and to the Service.

7. Termination of this Agreement

7.1. If the Subscriber breaches the terms of Articles 10 and 11 of this Agreement, including non-payment of the value of the subscription, the Company reserves the exclusive right to terminate this Agreement and / or terminate access to the Subscriber's account, without providing specific informationto the Subscriber and without incurring any liability, with prior notice of 5 days before termination. If the Subscriber violates any other term of this Agreement, the Company can either make a recommendation of compliance or suspend the operation of the account or terminate the Agreement or terminate the access of the Subscriber to the Service, following written notice to the Subscriber 30 days before termination. In this case, the Company will not be liable to the Subscriber or any third party for the discontinuation of the Service. The termination of this Agreement does not mean that the Subscriber will not have to pay any outstanding debts. Upon termination or in any way expiration or dissolution of this Agreement and for a period of 30 days from the effective date of termination, the Company has the obligation to grant to the Subscriber, at his request, a copy of his / her data. The Company reserves the right, after the lapse of 30 days or more from the termination or from the in any way expiration or dissolution of this Agreement, to delete the Subscriber information from the system. The terms of Articles 1, 4, 8, 12, 14 will survive the termination or the in any manner expiration or dissolution of this Agreement.

7.2. The Agreement may be terminated at any time by the parties for no reason. If the Subscriber requests the termination for no reason, the Company is not obliged to return the subscription payment for the time period remaining from the date of termination until the end of the subscription period. The Company is also not obliged to return the subscription payment in case of breach of the present terms and conditions.

8. Duration

8.1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the Effective Date (Activation Date). The initial term of this Agreement will be the number of months that will be defined by the electronic ordering process of The Subscription service (the 'Duration of The Subscription Service'). If The Subscription service is used as a free trial, access to The Service solely depends on the Company. Shortly before the expiration of the Subscription Term or Renewal Term, The Subscriber will have to renew the subscription. If the renewed subscription is not paid within the prescribed period, this Agreement will be terminated and access to the Subscriber Service will be interrupted automatically and without special notice given to The Subscriber. The Company undertakes to promptly inform the Subscriber of the impending expiry of the duration of the Subscription Agreement through the e-mail address he / she has provided upon registration with the Service.

9. Payments

9.1. In order to provide the subscription service or renew it, the total value of the service should be reimbursed before the date of activation of the Service. The repayment shall be done via deposit to PayPal account. Activation of the subscription Service is directly related to the payment. The Subscriber shall pay for all licenses that are declared in the “Application Form for the Subscription Service” for the entire duration of the subscription, even if you do not use them all. The Service does not collect or process any data of the subscriber as regarding the payment procedure which is entirely outsourced to PayPal and is subject to PayPal’s terms and conditions which can be found here.

10. Subscribers’ obligations

10.1. The Subscriber shall: a) Comply with all the provisions governing communications; b) refrain from any illegal or unauthorized use of the content and services of The Service in accordance with the current legislation or any use which is in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity or violates third party rights (c) refrain from using the website in any way that causes, or may cause damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website (d) refrain from using the website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, or any other malicious computer software (e) refrain from conducting any systematic or automated data collection activities on or in relation to this website without the Company’s written consent (f) use the site for any purpose related to marketing without the Company’s express written consent. He must also behave in a decent and discreet manner during his use of the Service, while the adoption of practices of unfair competition or practices that conflict with appropriate behaviour is expressly prohibited. Any damage caused to the Company or generally resulting from poor or improper use of the Service by the subscriber goes back to his sole responsibility.

11. Limitation of The Company’s liability

11.1. The Company, without a warranty, and therefore without incurring any liability, exerts maximum effort to ensure that all information and content of the Website as well as the information provided by its analysts is correct, accurate, clear, timely, complete and available. The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused to the visitor / user as a result of visiting / using the Service and Subscription options including(i) direct loss or consequential damage of the visitor/user or third parties who derive their rights from the user/visitor such as business loss, loss of revenue, income, profits or anticipated savings, loss of contracts or business relationships, loss of reputation or goodwill, or loss or corruption of information or data (ii) direct loss or consequential damage of users/visitors that breach the present terms and conditions (iii) any liability caused by a force majeure event. The Company’s liability is solely restricted to liability for death or personal injury arising from gross negligence or malicious intent. The information and services are provided "as is" without any express or implied warranty, including those of merchantability or fitness, which are explicitly denied by the Company. The Company under no circumstances guarantees the uninterrupted or error-free provision of services and content or even the lack of "bugs" neither of the Service nor of any other site or server through which the subscriber receives the content of the Company or to which the Service links.

11.2. The Service is also not responsible in any way, directly or indirectly, to provide any incentive, inducement or advice to subscribers to perform any act but instead it is at the discretion of the subscribers to evaluate what information they receive and to act based on their own will, without any liability of the Service. In this respect, subscribers choosing the Full Access subscription option should be aware that the Company only provides information; it does not aim to provide investment advice or counseling of any kind. The subscribers should use their judgment in using the information provided which is done at their own risk and are solely responsible for the use of such information. Subscribers should also be aware that analysts may have different views and should thus independently verify the information provided.12.3. The Company is not responsible for the content and services of other websites to which it provides hyperlinks nor guarantees their availability. Problems that may arise during the visit / use of other web sites to which the Service links / points are sole responsibility of the respective sites, to which subscribers must refer to as well as to their relevant terms and conditions. Reference to other sites is done for the convenience of users / visitors of the Service and in no way creates any kind of commitment for anyone and any form of responsibility for The Company.

12. Breach of the terms and conditions

12.1 Without prejudice to the Company’s other rights under these terms and conditions, if the subscriber breaches these terms and conditions in any way, the Company may take such action as the Company deems appropriate to deal with the breach, including prohibiting the subscriber from accessing the website, contacting the internet service provider to request that they block the subscriber’s access to the website and/or bring court proceedings against the subscriber.

12.2 The subscriber is obliged to compensate the Company for any damage sustained by the latter due to the infringement by the user/visitor of intellectual property or industrial rights or personal data of third parties, illegal use of the Service, breach of the present terms and conditions or judicial decision rendered in this regard (including judicial fees).

13. Assignment

The Company may deal with its rights and obligations under the terms and conditions without notifying the subscriber or obtaining his consent

14. Αpplicable Law and other Conditions

15.1. It is expressly agreed herein that in any dispute that may arise in the future from the application of this Agreement the applicable law is the Greek law and the competent courts are the courts of Athens.

15. Other Terms and Conditions

15.1. This Agreement is also governed by the provisions of the Rules and Directives of European Law and relevant international and national provisions applicable in Greece. If any provision is held to be contrary to law and therefore void or voidable, shall automatically lapse, without in any way affecting the remaining terms. No modification of the terms hereof shall be taken into account and be a part of it, unless expressed in writing and incorporated herein. The Company shall not be held responsible for any delay or failure to comply with its obligations under these conditions if the delay or failure arises from any cause which is beyond the Company’s reasonable control including reasons of Force Majeure. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes any prior written or oral agreement, understanding or negotiation between them. This Agreement can only be amended in writing. Αll documents or writings permitted or required under this Agreement will be sent via e-mail, fax, mail (express or registered) to the respective addresses which were notified most recently.

Privacy & Data Protection Policy

1. MacroPolis Ltd (hereinafter “the Company”) shall collect personal data of the visitors/ users (hereinafter “data subjects”) which is necessary, relevant and appropriate in relation to the objectives pursued by the Company.
The legal basis for collecting and processing such personal data is the data subject’s consent, the performance of a contract with the data subject and compliance with law.
The Company, following the principle of data minimization, collects the following personal data:
a) Data that the data subject provides the Company with during the subscription and sign up process: name, surname, e-mail address, industry, postal address, phone number, mobile number, debit card details.
b) Data obtained from the use of the Company’s services by the data subject by means of cookies, including the data subject’s IP address, data subject’s browsing history of the site and data collected by the user profile page.

The objectives pursued by the Company are legitimate, including the following:
a) The data subject’s access to the services provided by the Company (hereinafter “the Service”). The Company also uses the personal data for related internal administrative purposes - such as accounting and records - and to make the data subject aware of any changes to the Service. For more information of the Service provided please refer to Subscription Terms and Conditions.
b) The use of cookies. For our cookie policy please refer to this page.
c) The response to data subjects’ queries and the resolution of complaints.
d) Security and fraud prevention as well as safety and security of the Website and applications.
e) Compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

It is hereby stated that the Company will ask for the data subject’s explicit consent before using personal data for an objective different than those laid down in this policy agreement.
Users / visitors of the Website are solely responsible for the truth, accuracy and updating of the data they indicate when registering to the Subscription Service and are able to use sections (5) Statistics, (6) Charts, (7) Documents and (8) Newsletters which are not offered to the public for free access but instead access to them is part of the Subscription Service.

2. By accepting this Privacy and Data Protection Policy, users / visitors of the Website (data subjects) give explicit consent to the collection and processing of their personal data as well as the standard analysis of the subscribers’ usage, under the terms and conditions that are specifically analyzed in this Policy.

3. In compliance with the obligations arising from the Law 2472/1997 as amended and the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter “General Data Protection Regulation”), the Company informs the data subjects about the following:

a) Contact details of the data Controller for the protection of personal data:
“Macropolis Ltd”
Registered Office: Nicosia, Cyprus
e-mail address: info@macropolis.gr
Representative of the Controller: Yiannis Mouzakis
b) The Company will keep the personal data collected for only as long as it needs to. How long the Company needs the personal data depends on what the Company is using it for, as set out in this privacy policy. For example, the Company may need to use it to answer data subject’s queries about a product or service and as a result may keep personal data while the data subject is still using the product or services. The Company may also need to keep personal data for accounting purposes, for example, where a data subject has bought a subscription. If the Company no longer needs the data, it will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify the subject. If the data subject unsubscribes and deletes the Macropolis account and the Company does not have any other legal ground of keeping and processing such personal data, then the personal information will immediately be deleted and the remaining information will be made anonymous. The Company might then use it for statistical reasons or to help improve its services.
c) The personal data collected will solely be disclosed to the third ΙΤ company that stores these data in the backend and will not be disclosed to any other third party unless the Company is legally obliged to disclose it to natural or legal entities, the competent authorities, prosecutors and other administrative services in accordance with the rules and regulations laid down by the current legislative framework.
d) Each data subject has the right to request from the Controller access to and rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing concerning the data subject or to object to processing as well as the right to data portability. The above requests can be submitted at the electronic address info@macropolis.gr The Company will deal with the above requests within one month. If the request is complicated or if the data subject has made a large number of requests, it may take longer. The data subject will not have to pay a fee to obtain a copy of its personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, the Company may charge a reasonable fee if the request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive.
e) Each data subject has the right to withdraw consent at any time and unsubscribe, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. The data subject can opt-out at any time by either signing in to his/ her account to manage his/ her preferences or by sending a relevant e-mail to info@macropolis.gr. Moreover, each email sent by the Company has a link to unsubscribe. 
f) Each data subject has the right to lodge a complaint before the competent   supervisory authority, i.e. before the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
g) The Company does not aim any of its products or services directly at children under the age of 15 and does not knowingly collect personal data about children under 15. Minors under the age of 15 have access to the Website/ The Service only with the consent of parents / guardians and are not required to disclose their personal information.
h) The Company processes personal data on its servers in Greece. The Company may process in the future personal data on a server which is not in the country in which the data subject resides, but in any case within E.U.

4. The Company collects this information in a transparent way and only with the full cooperation and knowledge of the data subject. Once this information is available to the Company, the data will be:
- Accurate and kept up-to-date
- Collected fairly and for lawful purposes only
- Processed by the company within its legal and moral boundaries
- Protected against any unauthorized or illegal access by internal or external parties

5. Users' personal data is protected and managed in accordance with the conditions and rules of Greek law and in particular Law n.2472/1997 as amended, the General Data Protection Regulation and Law n. 3471/2006 and the Company strictly follows all the rules adopted by the relevant legislative framework including relevant provisions of European law.

6. In the case of "links" to other sites, the Company is not responsible for the management and protection of personal data policy these other sites apply. Moreover, the Company has no responsibility in cases when the data subject communicates and / or declares personal data and / or general information and / or data relating to the websites of third parties on which he/she acquires access or to which he/she is referred through The Website / by The Company.

MacroPolis was launched on September 24th, 2013 with the aim of providing real insight through timely, accurate and independent analysis of the key political, economic and social developments in Greece.

What is MacroPolis?

MacroPolis is an independent analysis service providing daily insight on key political, economic and social developments in Greece. In 2018, MacroPolis entered its fifth year of operation under a subscription scheme, a business model we believe best safeguards our independence.

MacroPolis is proud to have built up a solid subscriber base including European and international institutions, central banks, political organisations, ministries outside Greece, the media, the investment community and local embassies.

We have become a trusted reference point for subscribers and readers around the world due to our to-the-point analysis of the events that have shaped the agenda in Greece and within the Eurozone.

Who are we?

MacroPolis is a team of independent analysts with years of experience covering Greece.

It was founded by Nick Malkoutzis, a journalist who has spent more than a decade covering Greece for local and international media, and Yiannis Mouzakis, who held several senior positions at Reuters for a number of years. You can find out more about our team below.

MacroPolis is self-financed and is not affiliated to any political party or corporate institution.

How do we make a difference?

MacroPolis's mission is to filter out the noise that accompanies developments and provide our readership with impartial and pertinent analysis that puts Greece in perspective.

We offer our subscribers a well-balanced mix of political insight and fact-driven analysis that provides an all-round picture of what is happening in Greece, as well as a snapshot of key events.

What do we offer?

Among the services we provide to subscribers are:

·       Daily analysis on politics, economics and society

·       Coverage of statistical releases from ELSTAT, Finance Ministry and Bank of Greece

·       More than 400 charts of the most significant market moving indicators, with data exporting capability

·       Daily e-mail bulletin that details all the analysis and data published on our site in the last 24 hours

·       Weekly e-newsletter reviewing key developments, which can be read online or via free mobile apps

In 2017, MacroPolis also started producing its own reports, beginning with a political and macro overview. We also take on bespoke analysis projects for clients.

Accessing our service

Apart from our blog section, The Agora, MacroPolis stands behind a paywall, with a subscription being required to access the rest of our analysis and data. Details of our various subscription packages are available here. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Core team

Nick Malkoutzis

Nick is the editor of MacroPolis. He was the deputy editor of the English Edition of Kathimerini, a leading Greek daily, between 2004 and 2016. He also wrote a weekly column for the newspaper. His work has also appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek and other international publications such as Die Zeit and The Guardian. Nick has written several papers about Greece for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Germany. In 2015 he was awarded the Ernest Udina prize for European journalism. Nick’s inspiration for helping found Macropolis could be summed up in Henry Miller’s quote that “To know [Greece] thoroughly is impossible; to understand it requires genius; to fall in love with it is the easiest thing in the world.”

Follow Nick: @NickMalkoutzis

Yiannis Mouzakis

Yiannis held a number of senior positions at Thomson Reuters before joining MacroPolis. He has contributed extensively over the last few years to the debate around the Greek crisis and the events in Cyprus through his blog The Prodigal Greek, which earned him a place in the esteemed group of Emergency Specialist bloggers, according to FT Alphaville. If you appreciate strong views and economic charts look out for Yiannis in The Agora.

Follow Yiannis: @YiannisMouzakis
 

Omaira Gill

Omaira writes economic features, society pieces and periodic performance summaries of 20 Athens Stock Exchange listed companies for Macropolis. She worked in investment bank marketing for eight years and holds an Investment Management Certificate. She has freelanced for various outlets including Deutsche Welle, The National UAE and the Guardian with a focus on the Greek economy, social issues and the refugee crisis. 

Follow Omaira: @OmairaGill

 

Associates

Jens Bastian

Jens is an independent economic and investment analyst for southeast Europe. From 2011 to 2013 he was a member of the European Commission Task Force for Greece in Athens. Jens has worked in the private banking sector in Greece and has held various academic positions at Nuffield College and St Antony’s College in Oxford as well as The London School of Economics.

Follow Jens: @Jens_Bastian

 

Alexandra Voudouri

Alexandra has covered foreign affairs for Athens International Radio (2005-2011) and the municipal radio station Athina 984 FM since 2011. She has reported on European councils, UN general assemblies and covered numerous visits of foreign ministers to Greece. Alexandra has also worked with other Greek and international media during the course of the Greek crisis, as well as carrying out interviews with European officials.

Follow Alexandra: @alexvoudouri

 

Georgia Nakou

Georgia writes about current affairs, policy and culture. She has several years' experience in the hedge fund sector, has worked for think tanks in the energy sector, and produced influential academic research. She maintains an interest in her first field of study, archaeology.

Follow Georgia: @georgia_nakou_

 

Elli Siapkidou

Dr Elli Siapkidou is a freelance independent researcher, based in London. She has worked for the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), the Contemporary Social History Archives (ASKI) and taught Economics and European Politics at the University of Thrace. In London, she was Head of Research at Inspiratia, (a publishing company), evaluating investing opportunities for companies in 100+ countries. She is currently Director of Research at Equileap, an NGO that promotes gender equality in the workplace. She holds a MA in Economics and Management, an MPhil in European Politics from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in EU Politics from the University of Athens.

 

Myrto Papadopoulos

Myrto is Athens-based documentary photojournalist who was named a 2013 emerging photographer by the Magenta Foundation. Her work has appeared in several outlets, including Time Magazine, The New York Times’ Lens Blog, Le Monde, Die Zeit, La Stampa, El Mundo, and National Geographic - Greece. She’s exploring the lives of sex workers in Greece in “The Attendants,” an in-depth trans-media project, and also co-producing “The New Plastic Road,” a feature documentary on Tajikistan. View her work at www.myrtopapadopoulos.com

Follow Myrto: @MyrtoPhoto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Οικονομικές Καταστάσεις 31/12/2014

If you are looking for official documents relating to the Greek bailouts, this is the place for you. You can find all the significant agreements and statements involving the European Commission, International Monetary Fund, Eurogroup and EU Task Force for Greece, helping chart the course of events since 2010.

In ancient Athens, the agora was where citizens gathered to hear news, discuss and, later, trade. The agora was the heart of the city’s political, cultural and spiritual life. It is this spirit we hope to channel in this section of the website. Here, the Agora is a public forum for discussing events unfolding in Greece and beyond.

In May 2020, we also launched a podcast called The Agora, delivering insight from our own experts and analysis from special guests. If you enjoy intelligent, lively discussion and want the bigger picture, join us for a stroll through the Agora. Our show is hosted on Acast, but you can also listen to us here:
 

Macropolis provides you a unique service that brings together all the key statistical releases related to the Greek economy. This section allows visitors to view past releases from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), the Bank of Greece, Finance Ministry and others. It provides a calendar so you can see when upcoming announcements are due.