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ND hangs on to lead but decisive election victory hangs in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsretaining a substantial lead over the second party SYRIZA, even though the results continue to point... in ten according to the ALCO poll, while only 36 pct consider it likely that Turkey will provoke
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Polls show drastic erosion of trust in institutions, but ND retaining political dominance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek public’s trust in state institutions has plummeted in the past five years, according to surveys published this week. The findings present a troubling counterpoint to polls which show New Democracy and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis continuing to enjoy...
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Newsletter 8 - 19/12/2014
ten independent MPs that failed to vote for Dimas in the first round. This will leave it needing... at it,” wrote the Wall Street Journal in an editorial this week after the prospect of snap elections
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At sidelines of UNGA, Mitsotakis talks up Greece’s prospects as energy, tech hub
PoliticsGreek Politicsand thinking. In a conversation with The Wall Street Journal’s Emma Tucker and a keynote... a ten-year target to triple tech’s footprint to 10 percent. He celebrated a reversal of the post-crisis
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PMI falls to 46.9 pts in June in ten straight months of contraction
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Manufacturing PMI eased by 1.1 points to 46.9 in June from 48 in May, according to Markit. The headline figure indicates the second lowest reading in the last two years, while remains below the 50-point mark implying a contraction for the tenth...
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Greeks full of contradictions on ideology and political beliefs, study suggests
Societyin ten believing that the country needs “less public sector”, Greeks are generally more liberal than... country provides the best model for Greece to emulate, only one in ten picked Russia while six in ten selected Sweden. Despite its problems, nine in ten still have confidence in democracy, even though
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Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015
, were indirectly highlighted by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras this week. In comments to the Wall... significant funding, as Tsipras indicated in his comments to the Wall Street Journal. The European Union... contribution to covering the remaining capital needs. The Eurogroup statement of 14 August, as well
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Tsipras faces lenders' wall in Brussels as political tension grows in Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA new round of marathon talks are due to take place in Brussels on Thursday after a failure to reach an agreement on Wednesday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held two sets of talks totalling about six hours with European Commission president Jean-Claude...
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Effort to unite PASOK and Potami seems to have hit a wall
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe project to unite PASOK and To Potami in order to create a dynamic third force in Greek politics with the potential to be a key governing partner or kingmaker appears to be in danger of collapsing. Only a few days after the leaders of the two parties...
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Newsletter 4 - 21/11/2014
billion in unpaid taxes, of which almost ten billion was created within 2014, requires some kind... that the first ten months of 2014 have produced a revenue shortfall of 900 million, which could increase... rise in the yield for the Greek ten-year bond. Mid-week it stood at 8.34 percent. Back in June
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