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From nice story to pulped fiction: Carney delivers reality check on rules-based order
The speech delivered by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos has rightly attracted significant attention. It offered the crisp, crystallised analysis of global order, or disorder, that the world needed, enabling leaders to assess options based on a realistic understanding of the present rather than an idealised fantasy.
Record bonds, rising bills: Greece’s economic paradox
The last few days have underscored the contrasts in Greece’s economic landscape: record-breaking success on the fiscal front was offset by troubling inflation data that highlighted the strain on households.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (348), Society (150), Greece (525)
Podcast - Tax cuts and balancing acts: Greece's 2026 budget
Greece's 2026 budget was voted through Parliament on Tuesday, just ahead of the Christmas break. It contained some gifts for Greek taxpayers as it includes the tax cuts worth 1.2 billion euros that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had announced earlier in the year.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (412), Economy (348), Greece (525)
Podcast - Main character energy: Greece vies for leading fossil fuel role
Greece is trying to secure a central role in the global energy game. In this episode of *The Agora*, we explore how a flurry of recent deals is positioning the country as a key player in the transatlantic energy landscape.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Europe (294), Politics (412), Economy (348), Greece (525)
15% Uncertainty: Greece, Europe and the tariff shockwave
Over the past year the United States has reset its trade stance through a series of executive tariff moves and a high profile EU–US framework that established a 15 percent baseline levy.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Europe (294), Economy (348), Greece (525)