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Newsletter 292 - 09/04/2021
he wanted to be judged on his record putting Greece on a path to growth, for which he needed... that the faster rollout, the warmer weather and mass self-testing will help restore a semblance
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe troika, which wanted the task of collecting taxes to be ringfenced from political interference... euros. #Greece new unpaid taxes at €763 mln in Apr (from €1.21 bln in Mar) & at €4.33 bln year
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PASOK and SYRIZA turn up heat on govt as surveillance case realigns political forces
PoliticsGreek Politicsbriefing “in his ear” but wanted the entire record of his surveillance to be passed to the parliamentary... and the two journalists implicated so far represent the tip of the iceberg, suggesting more
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalition has two more hurdles to clear before it stumbles over the finishing line at the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass... are presumably softer than those that would have been demanded by the troika, which wanted
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agoratax rates and investment spending if targets were beaten. All crisis governments had first-hand... a fiscal gap of 1.1 percent of GDP, or 2 billion euros. This meant that if Samaras wanted to close
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Storm fallout sweeps PM to crucial juncture early in second term
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe compensated. The measures announced on Sunday represent just the tip of the iceberg in terms... voters’ trust in his administration and finding a way to make meaningful changes that increase
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Newsletter 48 - 23/10/2015
into the Lagarde list iceberg. If history is a guide, Tsipras’s path seems to have been set: after talking... not mean that it can yet be deemed a winning strategy. Why was it a risk to claim he could be the new
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Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
Agoraadministration’s drive also stalled before it drifted into the Lagarde list iceberg. If history is a guide...Alexis Tsipras staked his political future on the “new vs old” concept in the September 20 elections. His victory at the ballot box, though, does not mean that it can yet be deemed a winning strategy
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EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an occasion to hit back at the recent resolution passed by European lawmakers expressing concerns about the rule of law in Gr...
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Survey reveals working lives, job-finding trends of young Greeks
Societypercent said that they wanted to work rather than study, 13.2 percent were put off by the difficulty... surveyed said that they found no type of support helpful. When it comes to finding a job, the most
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