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Relaxation of lockdown considered despite worrying Covid data
PoliticsGreek Politicssignificantly last week in numerous parts of Greece. Attica saw an 87% rise, while the increase in Thessaloniki... that the Greek public has become fatigued and that this is having political consequences. On Tuesday... believe that fatigue is leading to citizens flouting restrictions and not observing social
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Newsletter 295 - 07/05/2021
. Producers saw a renewed upturn in new orders in April as stronger client demand and the easing of pandemic... of these moves on the mood of a fatigued public, but also from the economic boost that they could provide
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Amid patent waiver row, govt hoping to push ahead with reopening
PoliticsGreek Politicsand SYRIZA over US President Joe Biden’s proposal for Covid-19 vaccine patents to be waived. SYRIZA saw... strategy to provide a fatigued population with greater freedom but also to fire up the economy again
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Apartment prices rise by 7.5 pct in Q4 and 7.2 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyapartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices increase by 6.6 percent in Q4 versus a downward revised increase of 8.1 percent in Q3. Across 2019, old apartments saw an average price increase of 6.9 percent compared to a rise of 1.7 percent in 2018. In 2017, old apartments saw
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Latest lockdown tweaks prompt opposition backlash
PoliticsGreek Politicsa balance between optimism and caution, warning that while warmer weather and the vaccination programme... government figures had made reference to what they perceived as a growing lockdown fatigue among the general
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided
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ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat they were beaten and arrested for supposedly impeding the police’s work after refusing to give access... rise for SYRIZA, which saw its backing rise to 25 pct. There was hardly any movement among
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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered a comfortable majority and a second four-year term for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, dealt... into 158 seats in Parliament. Main opposition party SYRIZA saw its support dwindle even further
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
others saw them as legitimate pressure. The findings highlighted the government’s dilemma: appearing... MPs vented frustration at Tsiaras, warning they were being “beaten up out there” and even feared
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