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Government refocuses on "Law and Order" message as Dokos prank exposes vulnerabilities
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe deadly arson attack in Thessaloniki has prompted the government to elevate security and political violence to the top of the national agenda, reviving its long‑standing “law and order” doctrine... credentials on public order. In his weekly Sunday review, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described
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New Democracy targets SYRIZA over law and order, independent institutions
PoliticsGreek Politics. One of the issues which it has regularly turned to over the last couple of years is law and order
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Draft 2022 budget represents first attempt to restore post-pandemic fiscal order
EconomyMacroeconomyFollowing two years during which Greece was allowed, thanks to the SGP escape clause, to run substantial deficits to protect its economy from the impact of the pandemic, 2022 sees some sense of fiscal order returning based on the draft budget submitted to Parliament on Monday. Using the enhanced
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Government leans on 'law and order' after arson arrests, but Predator scandal still festers
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has seized on a series of high profile arrests to reinforce its “law and order” message, hoping to restore trust among right‑leaning voters shaken by recent political turbulence. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described the detentions linked to the recent deadly firebombing
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Tempe crash protests renew public pressure on government, give opposition fresh impetus
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the crash site was excavated and disposed of, and then replaced with gravel brought in from
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Newsletter 449 - 31/01/2025
of, and then replaced with gravel brought in from elsewhere. The size of the protests, but also the nature
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Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt
EconomyOn top of the fiscal measures yielding 3 percent of GDP by 2018, one of the key prior actions for the conclusion of Greece’s first programme involves the establishment of a new privatisation fund. This was envisaged in the Eurozone Summit statement of l...
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Officials order wider use of masks as upward trend for Covid-19 cases continues
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe use of face masks for debates in Parliament became compulsory on Wednesday as Greek authorities try to re-instill a sense of caution in the public after seeing the number of coronavirus cases rise significantly this week. The decision to make MPs an...
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EU's temporary framework for state aid in response to Covid-19 outbreak
Legallow premiums. In order to benefit from the framework, the guarantee must not exceed 90% (where losses... in order to curb harmful coronavirus crisis implications in society, limit the losses of jobs and incomes... and in order to ensure liquidity, the Greek State enables the affected companies to benefit from
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Under-fire PM pledges civil defence improvements following summer of destruction
PoliticsGreek Politicseuro per night to 6 euros, in order to raise some 300 million euros that would be set aside to boost... their expenses on the MyData platform in order for them to be eligible for tax calculations. The only... to be strong, allowing the measure to be brought in ahead of schedule. Law and order Mitsotakis also
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