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First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
PoliticsGreek Politicsheats up. Beyond the accomplishments in Athens and Attica, SYRIZA did not have a great deal to show... Democracy’s incumbent Vassilis Michaloliakos was beaten into second place by independent Yiannis Moralis... incumbent Giorgos Kaminis all the way. According to Interior Ministry projections Kaminis was expected
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New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration
PoliticsGreek Politics. Prior to the deal, Piraeus had the largest network of ATMs in Greece, making it a popular choice... severely brain-damaged after being beaten and sexually assaulted by a Pakistani migrant on the island... politician met with EU interior ministers on Tuesday in Copenhagen, where he pressed for faster
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ND on cusp of brokering deal over diaspora vote as Novartis battle heats up
PoliticsGreek Politicsand representatives of all the opposition parties yesterday, Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos emerged to announce that a deal had been reached to secure more than the 200 votes needed in Parliament to adopt... in to opposition pressure regarding which members of the diaspora would be eligible to vote. The deal outlined
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Newsletter 107 - 17/02/2017
be beaten, the coalition can implement measures aimed at lightening the burden for taxpayers. The kind... is not sure will support a deal that includes the reduction of the tax-free threshold and pension... expenditure increased by 3.4 percent to 3.3 billion, in line with the target. PIB revenues plummeted
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EU funds seen as cushioning Covid-19 impact, giving govt fiscal space
PoliticsGreek Politicsadvice as a continuation of the formula that saw Greece deal effectively with the coronavirus... its future. In the meantime, the government seems pleasantly surprised by the details of the European
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign Policy. However, the deal leaves the Greek government, as well as its EU partners, with a huge amount..., which is currently under the auspices of the Interior Ministry, and putting him under someone else’s
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Newsletter 148 -26/01/2018
made no effort to create political consensus about a potential deal at home because he does not want... coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), may prove an obstacle to any deal with Skopje... to the private sector, 3.3 billion for debt service needs and 1.9 billion for the creation of a cash
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Why is Europe worrying about SYRIZA?
Agoraa comfortable parliamentary majority. This is seen with a fair deal of preoccupation in Europe. A preoccupation... and at the Jakarta School of Public Policy, Indonesia, where he is also head of the Economics
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EU officials see Greek deal close, broad debt talks to follow
PoliticsGreek Politicsand fiscal targets) have not been resolved so far. Moscovici urged all sides to reach a deal by end... to 3.3 percent of GDP. Dijsselbloem suggested that he is open to the idea of discussing lower... issues such as fiscal targets and debt relief mean that there are no guarantees a deal will be reached
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Newsletter 190 -18/01/2018
for majority on name deal Alexis Tsipras survived this week’s confidence vote and looks on course to win... deal. However, the decision of Danellis to reject the calls of his party, To Potami, and its leader... MPs (Danellis being one of them) would support the deal but Theodorakis and his colleagues were
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