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Samaras gears up for return as Tsipras guns for first place in elections
Alexis Tsipras has used the August lull to reassert his presence, amid a growing verbal battle with PASOK, and Antonis Samaras appears ready to accelerate the launch of his new party.
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Tsipras breaks August quiet, prompting ND and PASOK to intensify attacks
Alexis Tsipras’s latest intervention has once again broken the August quiet, setting the tone for a political autumn that promises to be intense.
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Industrial Production slows to 1.1% YoY in June as only manufacturing grows
Greece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) slowed in June with a rise of 1.1 percent year-on-year (YoY), from 3.7 percent in the previous month, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Monday.
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Politics
Opposition accuses govt of institutional evasion and strategic missteps over wiretapping and Patriots
The government faced a twin barrage of criticism over the weekend, as opposition parties condemned both the Supreme Court prosecutor’s refusal to reopen the wiretapping case and the handling of Greece’s Patriot missile deployment in Saudi Arabia.
Cyprus faces critical August test as UN pushes for diplomatic results in peace talks
Government seeks fiscal leeway over energy investments, launches farming subsidy app
Economy
Trade deficit continues to drop, falling by 5% in H1
Greece’s trade deficit continued its sharp decline in June with an 18.1 percent year-on-year (YoY) drop, after a fall of 15.7 percent in May, according to data released by ELSTAT on Friday.
CPI slows to 3.4% YoY in July as energy effects moderate
Manufacturing conditions continued to improve in July, despite cost pressures
Society
EU report shows Greece entering new era of extreme ageing and population decline
The data in the latest EU Demographic Transformation report – drawn up by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre - reveals that Greece is at the forefront of a demographic shift that is reshaping the nation’s social fabric, economy and territorial cohesion.
Trust levels fall again as public perceptions trail economic progress
Multiple facets of inequality in Greece: a decade of divergence between data and daily life
Agora
Podcast - Has Greece fully recovered from the crisis?
Greece has come a long way since the dark days of 2015, but has it fully recovered? In this episode of The Agora, Nick Malkoutzis speaks with Peter Sanfey and Dimitris Sourvanos, authors of the new Hellenic Observatory paper Out of the Abyss, to unpack Greece’s decade‑long journey from crisis to stability.