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Newsletter 505 - 22/05/2026
understand Greek concerns about Turkey’s revisionist rhetoric, instability in Libya and migration flows..., compounding the affordability concerns and disposable‑income erosion Greek households have faced
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Tsipras facing more media intervention claims after changes at newspaper
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is facing fresh accusations of trying to control the media following the latest... of his appointment has raised suspicions that it is part of a government attempt to control a key... of great financial difficulty for DOL, which was founded in 1922 by Dimitris Lambrakis. Control
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PM sets criticism aside, highlights unprecedented conditions behind fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof control amid wind speeds of 2-3 Beaufort, regardless of the extended heatwave. This criticism... in ahead of further criticism by suggesting to Greeks that once the fires are under control... for supposedly bringing the Varibobi fire under control and claiming that the firefighting effort had
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Newsletter 344 - 01/07/2022
. The efforts to get inflation under control will soon be compounded by the ECB increasing rates next... of an instrument that will control yields and spreads has calmed somewhat the market for Greek bonds...’s move also represents an attempt to regain control of the agenda which has been dominated
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The enemy within
Agorathat lower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most (by 16.4 to 34.6 percent) between 2008 and 2012, while the top income groups saw their income fall by much less (9.3 to 11.7 percent). What
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Check, please: How much Alexis Tsipras's first months cost Greece
Agoraand 3.7 percent in 2016. Both organisations saw private consumption and investments pick up due... in terms of the targets had to be compensated by more heavy lifting due to the decline in economic... controls at the end of June 2015 to stave off an intense bank run that the economy contracted. Even
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Athens balancing diplomacy and defence amid Middle East turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policyin the event of a limited US ground operation in Iran that could rapidly spiral beyond control. Against.... Greece is also maintaining active engagement in Libya, with scheduled visits by the Foreign Minister... in Libya, promote stability and address pressing issues such as migration, while reiterating Greece’s
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Newsletter 470 - 11/07/2025
—spurred by a diplomatic debacle in Libya. On Tuesday, a high-level EU delegation, including Greece’s newly... on curbing Mediterranean boat crossings. But the meeting with General Khalifa Haftar, eastern Libya’s de... the Tempe train tragedy. PASOK and Course of Freedom saw smaller shifts—PASOK rising 0.5 points and Course
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Under-fire PM pledges civil defence improvements following summer of destruction
PoliticsGreek Politicsto create a “control tower” to manage ambulance deployments, with the aim of emergency help reaching..., audience – that his government also remains committed to keeping public finances under control. He.... The Observatory was accused by at least one minister of engaging in politics by supporting
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