The “MADE IN GRECE” on the World

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) The government’s export policy is now entering a new phase that builds on the positive results of the past four years and will offer greater possibilities to the country’s exporters, Economy and Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said at a presentation of the master plan of the Hellenic Foreign Trade Board (HEPO) for 2008 (February 9). “With the great efforts made by Greek companies, taking advantage of changes in the government’s export policy, we have managed to turn a new page in the country’s export performance,” “Capitalising on the experience gained to date, we are… formulating new priorities… and opening new horizons for our exporters…” Alogoskoufis stated.

GREEK ECONOMY IN THE WORLD

2008: A Crucial Year

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) According to Economy and Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis the government needs to push ahead with reforms this year: “Whatever does not take place now will not happen by the end of the government’s four-year term,” the minister said to Kathimerini daily. In regard to forthcoming negotiations between employers and trade unions on pay hikes over the next two years Alogoskoufis expressed his preference the agreement to cover three years so that “there is a stable midterm framework.”