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New Democracy risks losing moderates with move for right-wing alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPopular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), Giorgis Karatzaferis has said he would be willing to join an alliance...New Democracy’s attempt to form a broad right-wing alliance designed to prevent SYRIZA winning the next elections has had a mixed response so far but the most important reaction could yet be the one
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Gennimata aims to secure centre-left leadership in run-off vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe mark this time. Georgiadis, who only joined New Democracy in 2012 from ultra-nationalist LAOS... leader a strong chance of winning Sunday’s ballot, although some commentators have pointed out that New
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New Democracy gains MP as new effort to launch nationalist party announced
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the former head of the Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), Giorgos Karatzaferis. New Democracy... of political symbolism, allowing him to claim that he is winning over people outside the party
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politics, a former member of the far-right LAOS party and prominent far-right student activist, has been viewed..., which has already been voted, and would award the winning party an extra 40 seats. New Democracy
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Ousting of govt MP brings to fore leadership unease, angst over far right
PoliticsGreek Politics, a former member of ultra-nationalist LAOS, is one of the most prominent members of ND’s right wing... representation system that will award bonus seats to the winning party. On Wednesday, Bogdanos expressed his
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Tsipras visit to Moscow confirms thaw in relations with Russia after diplomatic spat
PoliticsForeign Policyand Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference that followed their meeting at the Kremlin... completely overcome. Tsipras and Putin, for instance, confirmed that they continue to have opposite... private talks with Russian officials as well as in his joint statements with Vladimir Putin, he also
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Survey reveals working lives, job-finding trends of young Greeks
Societysaw it through to completion. This tended to be people who have completed tertiary education and Greek... surveyed said that they found no type of support helpful. When it comes to finding a job, the most
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Greece saw first annual deflation in almost half a century in 2013
EconomyMacroeconomyThe drop in Greece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) decelerated to 1.7 percent in December after peaking with a 2.9 percent decline in November, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.9 percent for the f...
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April saw first rise in Greek banks' Eurosystem funding this year
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding increased by 1.27 billion in April, showing a monthly rise for the first time since December 2013, according to the Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement. The headline figure stood at 61.96 billion at the end...
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Most Greeks saw income fall over last year, limiting purchasing power
SocietyThe results of a survey by the Labour Institute (INE) of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), which was published on July 17, highlighted how salary earners’ purchasing power has been limited. The survey, conducted in cooperation with Alco...
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