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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.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (296), Politics (417), Economy (354)
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 (417), Economy (354), Greece (534)
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 (296), Politics (417), Economy (354), Greece (534)
Summit of transactions – Erdogan and Trump
President Tayyip Erdogan’s 25 September meeting with President Donald Trump arrives at a sensitive juncture, with Ankara deepening its clampdown on dissent while seeking external wins abroad.
Contributor: Wolfango Piccoli
Categories: Europe (296), Politics (417)
Podcast - DETH and taxes: The only things certain in Greek politics
Greece's new political season is underway and it promises to be full of twists and turns as the ruling New Democracy party tries to perform a course correction to get back on track for a decisive third straight election victory.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (417), Economy (354), Greece (534)