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PM urges ministers to heed local vote warnings as opposition looks ahead
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis called on his ministers to heed the warnings of the second round of the local elections, which saw New Democracy lose in five of the six remaining regional authority contests...” rhetoric. He advised members of his government to “engage your brain” before speaking publicly
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Newsletter 249 -08/05/2020
they claim would enable them to operate this summer and engage some of As Greece prepares to emerge... to be subsidised and for cheap loans to be made available to businesses. Furthermore, they are asking for their employees’ income to be subsidised via the SURE programme. During a teleconference on Tuesday
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
saw support for the two main parties drop by a combined 5 points, appears to be centre-left KINAL... Gennimata. KINAL saw its backing increase from 8.5 pct in October to 9.8 pct this month. There were also... effect on the sector. It saw its sales rise by almost 80 pct in the last quarter, with the sector
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Clash over refugees in central Athens prompts warnings of far-right resurgence
PoliticsGreek Politicsdescribed as efforts by solidarity groups to “exploit human misery to create an impression”. Around 300... to 11,000 recognised refugees faced eviction from subsidised accommodation when the government cut... of recognised refugees from subsidised housing is part of this push, though agencies and NGOs have
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Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016
fund (IKA) saw the level of contributions paid in by workers plummet by 31.5 percent between 2010... government’s wayward and naïve negotiating strategy last year, which saw the early signs of an economic... unaffordably generous” and unsustainable since the Greek budget subsidises the pension system
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Stock taking: Where is the Greek economy now?
Agora(which has incurred reforms and saw its wages fall)? We hope that we are simply mistaken about... of national income than in the EU-19, why does the government believe it needs to subsidize businesses
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Samaras proposes free wi-fi as crisis antidote for young Greeks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he saw no “pressure” to sign a third bailout, that there would be growth next year, that he fully... and development, harnessing the ample human resources that Greece possesses in this field. The promise
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Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals
Agoraof my former colleagues told me that when she had the final interview, the head of the human resources... is not expected even though the main Spanish banks’ saw their profits surge in 2013. Analysts warn
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Newsletter 65 - 04/03/2016
targets one side with human lives on the other. It is not clear if this is the deterrent, though... saw last year how Greece’s state machinery seized up as the government focussed solely
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When the refugee crisis met the bailout review
Agorathat, balancing economic figures and fiscal targets one side with human lives on the other... at the same time would be a recipe for disaster. We saw last year how Greece’s state machinery seized up
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